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Posted on July 8, 2025

Conspiracy Theories About the Texas Floods Lead to Death Threats

Disinformation around a “weather weapon” and cloud seeding is being widely promoted by everyone from anti-government extremists to GOP influencers—leading to real-world consequences.
Posted on July 7, 2025

On Mexico’s Caribbean Coast, There’s Lobster for the Tourists and Microplastics for Everyone Else

The fishermen of Puerto Morelos complain of pirates who fish off-season with total impunity, while their small catches are contaminated by the abundant microplastics in the sea.
Posted on July 5, 2025

Meteorologists Say the National Weather Service Did Its Job in Texas

DOGE cut hundreds of jobs at the NWS, but experts who spoke to WIRED say the agency accurately predicted the flood risk in Texas.
Posted on July 5, 2025

Is It Time to Stop Protecting the Grizzly Bear?

The Endangered Species Act has a major problem. An unlikely move could help save it.
Posted on July 1, 2025

The Senate Just Put Clean Energy for AI in the Crosshairs

President Donald Trump’s budget would kill off tax credits for wind and solar, raising costs for new clean energy projects and blowing up valuable investment in those already in the pipeline.
Posted on June 28, 2025

The World Is Producing More Food than Ever—but Not for Long

Even America’s richest farmlands can’t outrun climate collapse. That’s everyone’s problem.
Posted on June 23, 2025

India Is Using AI and Satellites to Map Urban Heat Vulnerability Down to the Building Level

Remote-sensing data and artificial intelligence are mapping the most heat-vulnerable buildings in cities like Delhi, in an effort to target relief from extreme temperatures at a granular level.
Posted on June 21, 2025

Methane Pollution Has Cheap, Effective Solutions That Aren’t Being Used

The International Energy Agency estimates that 70 percent of the fossil fuel sector’s methane emissions could be cut with existing technologies—many of which would save polluters money.
Posted on June 19, 2025

How Much Energy Does AI Use? The People Who Know Aren’t Saying

A growing body of research attempts to put a number on energy use and AI—even as the companies behind the most popular models keep their carbon emissions a secret.
Posted on June 17, 2025

Scientists Discover the Key to Axolotls’ Ability to Regenerate Limbs

A new study reveals the key lies not in the production of a regrowth molecule, but in that molecule's controlled destruction. The discovery could inspire future regenerative medicine.

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