Category: 9. Environment

Since the early 1990s, the small blue Energy Star label has appeared on millions of household appliances, electronics and even buildings across the United States. But as the Trump administration considers terminating some or all of the…

Weight-loss drugs that mimic the effect of regulatory hormones on appetite and energy balance often come with a few rather uncomfortable side effects.

Semaglutide is what’s known as a GLP-1 receptor agonist, meaning it activates the receptors…

A golden eagle has been spotted in northern England for the first time since 2015, indicating the birds may soon be expanding their range south from Scotland into England, where…

A giant hole has opened in the atmosphere of the Sun, and it’s blasting out a high-speed wind that is directed right at Earth.

The incoming blast of solar particles is worth getting excited about: we’re in for a moderate (G2) geomagnetic…

After many hours of staring unblinking at a small patch of sky, JWST has given us the most detailed map ever obtained of a corner of the Universe.

It’s called the COSMOS-Web field, and if that sounds familiar, it’s probably because an…

A supermassive black hole in the early Universe has been spotted blasting out powerful jets of plasma that are at least twice as long as the Milky Way is wide.

Its host galaxy is a quasar called J1601+3102, and we’re seeing it as it was less…

In May, both Iceland and Greenland experienced record-breaking heat. A new rapid analysis has found that the heat wave in both regions was made worse and more likely in today’s…

Mongabay contributor Glòria Pallarès earned an honorable mention in the 2025 Trace Prize for Investigative Reporting, announced May 28, for her investigation into how Indigenous…