Environment

Life on Earth Depends on Networks of Ocean Bacteria
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Prochlorococcus bacteria are so small that you’d have to line ...

Tesla car sales in China fall 11.5% as competition intensifies
A Tesla showroom with its logo and electric vehicles on display, including the Model 3 and Model Y, is seen ...

These Robots Are Recovering Dumped Explosives From the Baltic Sea
When I spoke with Guldin in December, after the first stage of the pilot had finished, he sketched a rough ...

Donald Trump’s data purge has begun
Key resources for environmental data and public health have already been taken down from federal websites, and more could soon ...

Honda’s new EV production revolution begins with $1 billion in Ohio
A Honda sedan moves down the assembly line on Jan. 28, 2025 at the automaker’s assembly plant in Marysville, Ohio. ...

AI is ‘an energy hog,’ but DeepSeek could change that
DeepSeek startled everyone last month with the claim that its AI model uses roughly one-tenth the amount of computing power ...

Neighborhood-Consuming Sinkhole In Japan Traps Truck Driver For 3 Days And Counting
Gif: NHK World-Japan / YouTube A sinkhole opened up in the middle of an intersection in Japan on Tuesday and, ...

Norway set to be the first to fully transition to electric vehicles
Oslo Taxi’s Tesla model Y (L) and the NIO ET5 electric vehicle from Nio Inc, a Chinese multinational electric car ...

Donald Trump wants to claw back clean energy funding
The Trump administration sent a memo instructing federal agencies to pause grant, loan, and other financial assistance programs. It’s a ...

The Cause of the LA Fires Might Never Be Known—but AI Is Hunting for Clues
Karen Short, a research ecologist with the Forest Service who contributed to the study and maintains a historical database of ...