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The rule change ends a safeguard that had been in place for 50 years and could hasten the demise of imperiled animals.

The official urged requiring a fish farm to monitor for the tiny plastic particles. The E.P.A. said he had taken steps to embarrass the agency.

An accident at the lab that produces America’s nuclear bomb cores could lead to more fatalities than previously estimated by the federal government, according to new research.

Jessica Cantlon had a grant with the U.S. Navy to explore whether people could improve spatial problem-solving skills through training. Then the program was cut.

A team of engineers, foresters and scientists is helping the continent prepare for wildfires from a giant science park in Italy. Their arsenal includes satellites, weather models and expert analysis.

In the past weeks, two sites in the United States have halted operations.

The birds are particularly vulnerable to high temperatures, and France’s torrid June took a heavy toll.

The lawsuit claims that the companies, including 3M and DuPont, contaminated the environment and engaged in fraud by withholding information from the public about the harms of the chemicals, known as PFAS.

The Trump administration wants to roll back some Biden-era restrictions on smog-causing emissions from heavy-duty vehicles.

Recent technological advances have brought the president’s goals a bit closer to reality.

The snails and other mollusks around hydrothermal vents have evolved to thrive in extreme conditions, but mineral extraction could drive more than half to extinction.

An unusually early heat wave smashed records across France, Britain and Spain. Temperatures in some areas are starting to soar again.

The native plant movement gets a lot right, but there’s so much more to consider.

Oil prices are likely to remain volatile as long as the United States and Iran are unable to resolve the status of the Strait of Hormuz.

The spread of the ocean floor, as tectonic plates spread apart, is known but hard to observe. Scientists have now documented the process in action.

Higher sea temperatures have followed scorching weather across Europe, prompting Britain’s weather service to declare a “severe” marine heat wave.

Hotter temperatures and harsher droughts could cause Indigenous societies to lose many of the species they have used for medicine, rituals and more, scientists found.

Federal officials said they would withhold some money unless states pursue paper ballot systems, verify citizenship and conduct costly audits.

Scientists have never quite understood how hail works. Meet the storm chasers trying to change that.

Aaron Szabo will step down as the head of the Environmental Protection Agency’s air office this month, he told employees, after overseeing rollbacks of a range of pollution limits.