UN envoy says 80 countries ready to step up on climate

About 80 countries have signaled that they are willing to scale up their commitment to cut…

China steps up threat to deprive US of rare earths

Chinese state media on Wednesday dangled the threat of cutting exports of rare earths to the…

Rare earths: the latest weapon in the US-China trade war

They are used in everything from lightbulbs to guided missiles, but with China controlling 95 percent…

SpaceX satellites pose new headache for astronomers

It looked like a scene from a sci-fi blockbuster: an astronomer in the Netherlands captured footage…

Huawei asks US court to throw out federal ban

Chinese telecom giant Huawei stepped up its legal battle on Wednesday to overturn US legislation barring…

Renault tries to reassure partner Nissan on Fiat plans

Renault officials on Wednesday sought to reassure the firm’s alliance partner Nissan over a possible tie-up…

A student's disability status depends on where they go to school, study finds

A new Portland State University study suggests that the likelihood of a child being classified with…

First-of-its-kind study quantifies the effects of political lobbying on likelihood of climate policy enactment

For all the evidence that the benefits of reducing greenhouse gases outweigh the costs of regulation,…

First ICESat-2 global data released: Ice, forests and more

More than a trillion new measurements of Earth’s height—blanketing everything from glaciers in Greenland, to mangrove…

Climate driving new right whale movement

New research connects recent changes in the movement of North Atlantic right whales to decreased food…