One of the hallmarks of the modern corporation is the separation of ownership from control. The firm is owned by shareholders but led by managers, who

Speaking with climate reporters about staying on the beat—because, as Bill McKibben put it, “for better or for worse, by this time next year, there’s no doubt in my mind that climate coverage will be ...

Wave nearing southern California expected to reach San Francisco Bay Area by October as it crawls toward Alaska

Cities like New York are bouncing back faster from major rainfall and flash flooding, thanks to smart, low-cost climate solutions.

Outgoing UN Secretary-General António Guterres has been outspoken about climate change while occupying his office. The message from his last General Assembly address is a remarkably practical one: we ...

Port city of Busan inundated with tourists keen to see the 3.5-metre animal close up Rescuers have begun trying to rescue a large shark that has been trapped in a narrow city canal in South Korea for more than a week, and become an unlikely tourist attraction in the process. More than 600,000 visitors are estimated to have visited the southern port city of Busan since the 3.5-metre shark – nicknamed Bukang-i after the name of Busan’s North Port – was first spotted on 18 September in the waterway at a waterfront park. Continue reading...

Several areas of Bangkok have been inundated by continuous rain that has disrupted traffic and forced some residents to evacuate.

The enforcement action comes less than a month after Floodlight’s visual investigation publicly exposed the Vineland site’s generator fleet for the first time

Thermal drone footage shows DataOne — the Microsoft-backed AI data center in Vineland — is powering its operations with dozens of unpermitted generators

As researchers around the world begin work on the next U.N. climate assessment, fears are growing that the Trump administration could meddle with critical U.S. climate data. In response, scientists are preparing to transfer vast troves of that data to repositories in Germany.

Three years after a federally funded move, Indigenous residents of Louisiana’s Isle de Jean Charles report broken homes — and promises

At Roland Garros airport on Réunion island, the ceiling design funnels a light tropical breeze into the terminal

The world, including the U.S., agreed that rising seas will not change national borders even as small islands disappear.

“50 years after these photographs were taken, a dream is being fulfilled”

Harvard Book Store and Boston Review welcome JS Tan—Ph.D. Candidate at MIT whose work has been featured in The New York Times, MIT Technology Review, Foreign Policy, and The Guardian—and Clarissa Redwine—Kickstarter union organizer and cofounder of the tech organizing conference Circuit Breakers—for a discussion of their new book, Against Tech Oligarchy: Worker Resistance in the World’s Most Powerful Industry. They will be joined in conversation by Ben Tarnoff—technologist and author of numerous books, including Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed, co-authored with Quinn Slobodian.

San Francisco's annual King of the Streets event is celebrating lowriding. The Mexican American and Chicano cultural tradition is rooted in car customization, craftsmanship and community.

Lowriders took over the streets this weekend as part of a celebration of riders’ Latino culture.

It is with great sadness that the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media shares news of the passing of PCSSM Senior Research Fellow Dr. Joe Romm. Please find below an obituary prepared ...

Machine conversation is not free. It comes at the cost of our common life together as teachers, learners, and researchers, colleagues, mentors, and friends.

What are buyers being told about climate risk in Miami? I posed as one to find out.

Analysis of global resources reveals depletion in world’s water savings bank to 42% below normal levels last year Rivers across the world experienced one of their driest years in more than three decades in 2025, a comprehensive study of global water resources has found. The assessment of the global water cycle by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) reveals a depletion in the world’s water savings bank: the amount of freshwater held on or under the ground, including groundwater, lakes, rivers, snow, ice moisture in the soil and inside plants and trees, was 42% below normal across the world last year. Continue reading...

An unholy alliance is working toward an apocalyptic future from which only a chosen few will emerge unscathed. It’s becoming clear how we stop them

Film premieres at Venice as researchers question who took famous Spanish civil war shot of ‘falling soldier’, credited to the pair’s Robert Capa alias

The country is one of just three that still permits commercial whaling, while its government has faced mounting pressure to ban the practice

Global shift towards clean electricity could trigger ‘cascade’ of progress, helping reduce air pollution, cut waste and revive oceans

Most of Kauaʻi remains without power after Lowell destroyed homes, roads and infrastructure. Here's how you can help folks on the ground.

Almost all of Kauaʻi was without power Tuesday, as officials assess damage and community members start to clean up damage.

The Portland Fruit Tree Project harvests edible fruit from thousands of trees, shrubs and bushes across the metro area and redistributes it within the community, fostering equitable access to healthy food.

Wellesley will be the first women's college in the country to offer free tuition at the specific $200,000 income cutoff.

Representatives for the communities filed new litigation over the termination of the $3 billion Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grant program.

The proposed rule could strip federal protections from most U.S. wetlands, many of which help feed drinking water systems.

Officials in Hawaii are urging residents to prepare for heavy rains and flooding as Hurricane Lowell, a major Category 3 storm, prompted forecasters to issue a tropical storm warning for two islands.

A new UN report warns that 1.5°C is now unavoidable. For glaciers, every fraction of a degree matters.

Harvard faculty in the humanities and social sciences expressed broad concern over an email Harvard College Dean David J. Deming sent students Wednesday suggesting that artificial intelligence be inte...

How nationalists, theocrats and tech titans turned their backs on a shared future