Environment

European Parliament calls for total ban of a technique that saves fuel and reduces damage to marine life

Urgent efforts are underway to find better countermeasures to the potent chemical weapons

Science’s news editors and writers predict this year's big stories

Documents suggest Department of Commerce didn’t follow rules on overfishing

Foresters and ecologists face off over the future of a primeval landscape in Poland

Researchers are starting to understand why some glaciers swing between extremes of stagnation and crushing flow

Push by lawmakers to open area to oil drilling rekindles conservation battle

Lack of power forces NASA to end mission early. Replacement won't come until next year

Former Texas regulator expected to bring big changes to Council on Environmental Quality

Scientists use a photographic technique to quantify the amount of carbon stuck to the birds’ feathers

Veteran forest ecologist's views have evolved over time

States are pleased; some biologists are dismayed

Alternative for Germany agrees with Donald Trump on climate change and with Greenpeace on transgenic crops

Power plants and other point sources couldn’t hide or fudge emissions data, new analysis suggests

Deep Argo network of floats expands with $4 million from Paul Allen

Scientists uncover why it starts raining in the region several months before it should