Environment

An active hurricane season could be in store because of ocean temperatures in the North Atlantic that broke records for more than a year

Both climate-driven disasters and the clean energy transition pose risks for the world’s largest financial institutions

A stunning photography collection underlines how climate change is altering the world’s coastal and lakeside environments

More huge cities are facing Day Zero—the date water taps go dry—just as Cape Town, South Africa, did

A competition to develop carbon-removal technology that is run by XPRIZE and backed by money from Elon Musk has announced 20 finalists. A winner will be announced next year

Large stores of natural hydrogen have turned up in Albania, France and Mali

Using forests to prop up carbon markets can lead to “perverse effects” on land management, such as cutting out local communities

Homes that survive wildfire flames but that are still affected by smoke, soot and ash is a growing issue for homeowners and insurers, as is the question of how to best remediate the problem

The autonomous trucking industry says its self-driving vehicles can cut carbon emissions by reducing fuel use, though some groups have raised safety questions

Hydrogen could help make flying greener, but switching away from fossil fuels poses some hefty challenges

Researchers say this may be the first observation of a nonhuman animal purposefully treating a wound with a medicinal plant

As climate change warms the poles, precious Antarctic meteorites will melt their way down out of scientists’ reach