Recent droughts are ‘slow-moving global catastrophe’ – UN report
From BBC 7 hours ago ShareSave Tim Dodd Climate and science reporter ShareSave Getty Images From Somalia to mainland Europe, the past two years have seen some of the most…
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Why many low-income households can’t afford this free home improvement program
The federal Weatherization Assistance Program is the oldest and largest energy efficiency initiative in American history. Born from the 1973 oil crisis, it helps low- and moderate-income households make a…
Work begins to create artificial human DNA from scratch
From BBC 8 hours ago ShareSave Pallab GhoshGwyndaf Hughes Science Videographer ShareSave Work has begun on a controversial project to create the building blocks of human life from scratch, in…
Killer whales make kelp tools to ‘massage’ each other
From BBC 19 hours ago ShareSave Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News ShareSave Orcas in the North Pacific have been seen “massaging” each other – rubbing pieces of kelp between…
How America’s prairie was nearly destroyed — and why it should be restored
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WBEZ, a public radio station serving the Chicago metropolitan region. The American prairie was so vast, so alien, it shattered comprehension. Newcomers…
There’s only one statewide ballot this year in Georgia — and it’s important
Early voting is underway in the primary election for two seats on the Georgia Public Service Commission, the powerful panel of regulators with final say over the rates and energy…
Oceans cannot become ‘wild west’, warns UN chief
From BBC 9 June 2025 ShareSave Esme Stallard Climate and science correspondent Reporting fromUN Oceans Conference, Nice, France ShareSave Getty Images Unregulated mining in the deep sea should not be…
William warns ocean life ‘diminishing before our eyes’
From BBC The Prince of Wales has described the challenge of protecting the world’s oceans as “like none that we have ever faced before.” In a speech delivered to the…