onEarth
The planet is our beat.
Bugger Off, Baggies!
Today Britain will start charging customers for plastic bags.
Batten Down the Hatches
The world’s largest naval base is a major flood risk in a warming world.
Just How Bitter Is the Tea of the Sea?
A new study examines the ocean’s ability to store carbon as it gets more acidic.
Miracle Glow
For the first time ever, scientists found biofluorescence in a sea turtle.
Played for a Fuel
The fact that corn-based ethanol is renewable doesn’t make it sustainable. When will candidates stumping in Iowa admit as much?
Invasion of the Body Smashers
Thanks to warming waters off Antarctica, king crabs are plundering seas they haven’t been able to reach since the Jurassic era.