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A brightly colored illustration showing a green hydrogen hub. A container ship on a waterway and a hydrogen production and storage facility are in the foreground, a solar panel array and wind turbines are in the mid-ground, and a city and sunset sky are in the distance.

Can Hydrogen Help Combat the Climate Crisis?

ExplainerUnited StatesSusan Cosier
Hydrogen hubs across the country seek to fuel high-emission industries with cleaner energy.
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The Biden Administration Protects Millions of Acres of Arctic Alaska

Latest NewsAlaskaJenny Shalant
The new Special Areas Rule in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska could boost biodiversity and empower Indigenous Peoples to defend the lands they’ve relied on for generations.
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“Forever Chemicals” Called PFAS Show Up in Your Food, Clothes, and Home

ExplainerUnited StatesMolly M. Ginty, Courtney Lindwall
These toxic chemicals are so common in consumer products and manufacturing that they’re everywhere—including inside our bodies.

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Catch of the Day

Latest NewsInternationalJason Bittel
Scientists find super rare river sharks hiding in plain sight at a Papua New Guinea fish market.

A Motion for the Ocean

Latest NewsUnited StatesClara Chaisson
President Obama just announced the first two new marine sanctuaries in 15 years.

Invasion of the Body Smashers

Latest NewsInternationalJason Bittel
Thanks to warming waters off Antarctica, king crabs are plundering seas they haven’t been able to reach since the Jurassic era.

Net Effect

Latest NewsUnited StatesJason Bittel
Fishermen are throwing back green sea turtles with tumors on them, which may be weakening the Caribbean population.

Know Your Roots

Latest NewsPerrin Ireland
Mangrove forests help keep our heads above water—and marine protected areas help them help us.

Please Silence Your Sonar

Latest NewsWest, United StatesBrian Palmer
The U.S. Navy agrees to give marine mammals off California and Hawaii a break from deafening noise.

The Great Boto Botch Job

Latest NewsBrazilJason Bittel
How a brilliant marketing move led to the slaughter of thousands of pink river dolphins.

Want to Collect Some Whale Snot?

Latest NewsUnited StatesBrian Palmer
Here’s your chance to contribute to an exciting—albeit slightly gross—new form of whale research.

Bringing the Noise

Latest NewsArcticAlisa Opar
How will Shell’s Arctic drilling affect marine mammals in the Chukchi Sea?

Moveable Feast

Latest NewsUnited StatesAlisa Opar
When dead whales sink to the ocean floor, they give life to an array of bizarre creatures—including gutless, bone-devouring worms.

Franken-Coral?

Latest NewsUnited StatesBrian Palmer
A new study suggests that creative interbreeding could save coral from extinction.

Vanishing Vaquitas

Latest NewsUnited StatesClara Chaisson
A report finds that the world’s smallest cetacean has reached a dangerous new low.