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An Exxon gas station sign shows current gas prices last year in Clark, New Jersey.

ExxonMobil Wants You to Take Responsibility for Climate Change, Study Says

ExxonMobil is one of the world’s largest publicly traded oil and gas compan...

ExxonMobil is one of the world’s largest publicly traded oil and gas companies—and it wants you to take responsibility for climate change. A new analysis from researchers at Harvard University released Thursday found that the...

Residents wade through a flooded road in a neighbourhood in Jakarta, Indonesia, on February 20, 2021.

Asia Is Home to 99 of the World’s 100 Cities Facing the Greatest Environmental Challenges

The many environmental challenges facing the world are far from evenly shar...

The many environmental challenges facing the world are far from evenly shared across regions. Of the 100 cities facing the greatest environmental risks, 99 are in Asia, according to a report published today by risk...

An Animated Guide to This Year's Massive Brood X Cicada Emergence

Trillions of the insects are about to emerge across the eastern U.S.

The International Space Station as it plies its rarefied orbit

A Private Company Is About to Send the First Paying Crew to the International Space Station

It's another big step in the commercialization of space

The 3 Science-Backed Strategies That Can Help You Achieve Your Post-Pandemic Goals

With gyms, restaurants, and workplaces reopening, people from every part of...

With gyms, restaurants, and workplaces reopening, people from every part of my life are asking for expert advice on how to ingrain new and healthier habits as we re-emerge from our pandemic cocoons. Their instinct...

Commuters out on a smoggy day at NH-9 near Mayur Vihar on Feb. 8, 2021 in New Delhi, India.

Fossil Fuels, Climate Change and India's COVID-19 Crisis

A version of this story first appeared in the Climate is Everything newslet...

A version of this story first appeared in the Climate is Everything newsletter. If you’d like sign up to receive this free once-a-week email, click here. The surge of COVID-19 cases and the humanitarian crisis...

A Long March 5B rocket, carrying China's Tianhe space station core module, lifts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern China's Hainan province on April 29, 2021.

A Massive Chinese Rocket Will Fall Uncontrollably Back to Earth Soon. It (Probably) Won't Land On You

We won't know where it'll land until hours before its reentry, which is exp...

We won't know where it'll land until hours before its reentry, which is expected around May 8.