Tensions flare over electric fishing in European waters By Erik StokstadJan. 16, 2018 European Parliament calls for total ban of a technique that saves fuel and reduces damage to marine life
How to defeat a nerve agent By Richard StoneJan. 4, 2018 Urgent efforts are underway to find better countermeasures to the potent chemical weapons
Here are the stories that will make science headlines in 2018 By Science News StaffJan. 4, 2018 Science’s news editors and writers predict this year's big stories
Extending red snapper season might have broken U.S. law By Rob Hotakainen, E&E NewsDec. 19, 2017 Documents suggest Department of Commerce didn’t follow rules on overfishing
Beetles are ravaging Europe’s oldest forest. Is logging the answer? By Erik StokstadDec. 5, 2017 Foresters and ecologists face off over the future of a primeval landscape in Poland
Why slow glaciers can sometimes surge as fast as a speeding train—wiping out people in their path By Jane QiuNov. 30, 2017 Researchers are starting to understand why some glaciers swing between extremes of stagnation and crushing flow
Drilling in Arctic refuge could put North America’s largest caribou herd at risk By Warren CornwallNov. 21, 2017 Push by lawmakers to open area to oil drilling rekindles conservation battle
Update: Satellites measuring Earth’s melting ice sheets go dark By Paul VoosenOct. 27, 2017 Lack of power forces NASA to end mission early. Replacement won't come until next year
Nomination of climate skeptic to head White House environmental office draws strong reactions By Hannah Northey, E&E NewsOct. 13, 2017 Former Texas regulator expected to bring big changes to Council on Environmental Quality
The United States’s long history with air pollution reflected in bird plumage By David ShultzOct. 11, 2017 Scientists use a photographic technique to quantify the amount of carbon stuck to the birds’ feathers
Why does this famous protector of trees now want to cut some down? By Warren CornwallOct. 5, 2017 Veteran forest ecologist's views have evolved over time
Endangered U.S. wolf denied new habitat, as critics charge that politics trumped science By Cally CarswellSep. 27, 2017 States are pleased; some biologists are dismayed
A far-right party is about to enter the German parliament. What does that mean for science? By Gretchen VogelSep. 21, 2017 Alternative for Germany agrees with Donald Trump on climate change and with Greenpeace on transgenic crops
Are countries being honest about their carbon emissions? Satellites could tell By Sid PerkinsSep. 14, 2017 Power plants and other point sources couldn’t hide or fudge emissions data, new analysis suggests
Billionaire’s gift pushes ocean sensors deeper in search of global warming’s hidden heat By Paul VoosenSep. 7, 2017 Deep Argo network of floats expands with $4 million from Paul Allen
Trees in the Amazon make their own rain By Ilima LoomisAug. 4, 2017 Scientists uncover why it starts raining in the region several months before it should