3M, DuPont and more to face lawsuit on Pfas in US firefighters’ protective gear
Environment | The Guardianby Reuters·15 Sept 2026
A federal judge on Tuesday said more than 20 defendants including 3M, DuPont and Honeywell must face claims by Connecticut firefighters who said their protective gear was contaminated by toxic...
You Won't Believe What People Dropped Into Yellowstone's Hydrothermal Vents This Year
Gizmodoby Gayoung Lee·15 Sept 2026
Yosemite National Park’s iconic hydrothermal vents are truly amazing to behold. They’re also a hotspot for amazingly weird things to get lost in—and not always by accident.
11 Things Park Staff Found in Yellowstone’s Hydrothermal Areas this Summer - Eos
Eosby Emily Gardner·15 Sept 2026
Research & Developments is a blog for brief updates that provide context for the flurry of news that impacts science and scientists today.
Why most rivers don't respond to storms the same way twice
Phys.orgby University·15 Sept 2026
Why most rivers don't respond to storms the same way twice The same amount of rain falling on the same landscape at different times can send very different amounts of water into its rivers...
Gold mining expands fastest on Indigenous lands in Brazil’s Amazon, new analysis finds
The Independentby Gabriela Sá Pessoa·15 Sept 2026
Indigenous lands face the greatest threat from the expansion of gold mining in the Brazilian Amazon, according to an analysis released Tuesday by the nonprofit Amazon Environmental Research...
iOS 27 battery drain: What to know
Mashableby Chance Townsend·15 Sept 2026
iOS 27 has started rolling out, bringing Siri AI, expanded Apple Intelligence, AI photo editing, and more customization options for Liquid Glass.
Why Australia's most attractive renewables state is almost $1b behind
ABC News Australiaby Tim Fernandez·15 Sept 2026
In 2020, the NSW Coalition government outlined a plan for a once-in-a-generation undertaking. To power Australia's most populous state with renewable energy instead of coal, regional areas would be...
MIT makes progress on campus climate goals
MIT Newsby Office of the Executive Vice President and Treasurer·15 Sept 2026
In 2021, MIT set campus decarbonization goals as part of its Fast Forward climate action plan. Five years later, many of those goals have been met or are on track for completion, including efforts...
Home advantage or pastures new? High-Arctic shorebirds rarely return to the same breeding area
Phys.orgby Sabine Spehn·15 Sept 2026
Home advantage or pastures new? High-Arctic shorebirds rarely return to the same breeding area Shorebirds are capable of some of the longest migrations on Earth, yet most return year after year to...
Sun showers and sheep shearing on day one of the National Ploughing Championships
TheJournal.ieby Emma Hickey·15 Sept 2026
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Frost freezes crops in PNG as El Niño takes hold
ABC News Australiaby Alice Lolohea and Natasha Emeck·15 Sept 2026
In the mountains of Papua New Guinea, months of dry weather are producing a seemingly unlikely threat: frost.
Firefighters recount battle with heat, smoke at Dallupura godown
The Hinduby Lavpreet Kaur·15 Sept 2026
Fire tenders were sent back to a large godown in Dallupura in east Delhi on Tuesday after a residual fire and smoke were reported at the premises, two days after a major blaze broke out there.
3 Questions: Putting nuclear waste into perspective
MIT Newsby Steve Nadis | Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering·15 Sept 2026
For decades, one of the major complaints about nuclear power in the United States has been the argument that, after all this time, we still have not come up with a dependable strategy for...
Right-wing leaders could rule 95% of the Amazon by 2027, experts warn
Mongabay Globalby Alexandre de Santi·15 Sept 2026
- After a cycle of left-wing administrations, four out of nine Amazonian nations are currently under right-wing leadership that favors exploitation of natural resources over conservation.
The EPA would rather monitor abortion pills in water than pollution
Mother Jonesby Rachel Santarsiero·15 Sept 2026
With his characteristic deregulatory zeal, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced before an audience of G20 energy ministers in oil-rich Houston, Texas, that his agency...
Say Goodbye to Fallout's Best Replacement Before it Leaves Game Pass Forever
Polygon.comby Ford James·15 Sept 2026
I love the Fallout games, but as a genuine, original, one-of-a-kind British person, I've always explored the United States-based wastelands wondering what's going down across the Atlantic.
‘Big Cats’ highlights the remarkable power of photojournalism
Mongabay Globalby Mikedigirolamo·15 Sept 2026
Jeff Sikich, the biologist for the National Park Service in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, thought that Steve Winter “was crazy” for wanting to capture a photograph of a mountain lion in front of the...
Report links fishmeal production to decline in key species for Guinea-Bissau communities
Mongabay Globalby Bobbybascomb·15 Sept 2026
Populations of sardinella, an important protein-rich fish, are in rapid decline in the waters off Guinea-Bissau in West Africa.
Lessons from India’s smallholder farmers
The Hinduby Marc de Sousa-Shields·15 Sept 2026
The world of “development” often seems short of convincing answers. Conflict, climate stress, food insecurity, entrenched poverty, and fiscal pressure are exposing the limits of old models.
Great Salt Lake's ancient past reveals how quickly fresh water can disappear
Phys.orgby University·15 Sept 2026
Great Salt Lake's ancient past reveals how quickly fresh water can disappear From a mountainside overlooking Utah's Great Salt Lake, a time traveler turning back the clock 20,000 years would watch...
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