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Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington
Microsoft may abandon one of its climate goals. Blame data centers.
A large data center building under construction. A sign in front reads "essential infrastructure for the digital economy."
AI data centers could be wrecking the environment faster than we thought
Construction on the xAI data center in Memphis.
The NAACP is fighting back against AI data centers
A bunch of parked cars covered in snow
Winter storm road conditions: How to check your area online
Snow falls during a winter storm in Kansas City, Missouri, US
Winter storm snowfall videos: Social media reveals how hard the storm is hitting
Children on a beach playing with a ball by a '2025' sand sculpture
25 good things that happened in 2025

Environment

Collage featuring three people wearing green workout sets, silicone snack backs and lunch products on a countertop, an indoor LED plant system on tabletop, and close up of electric toothbrush and carrying case
15+ eco-friendly gifts that someone would actually use
Scientists filmed something outrageous riding on a shark
Remote work helps the environment. Here's how.
Scientists film incredible footage of Hawaiian volcano erupting
Government plane swoops over fuming volcano, captures vivid footage
Wave Browser Help clean the ocean every time you use Wave Browser
A young anti-AI protestor in a pink hat holds "No Data Center" and "No AI" signs AI data centers must be stopped, green groups tell Congress
Jane Goodall, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN messenger of peace, during the Bloomberg Philanthropies 2025 Global Business Forum in New York, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. Dr. Jane Goodall, groundbreaking chimpanzee expert and conservationist, has died
Two photographs side by side. On the left is a taxidermied tooth-billed pigeon on display. On the right is the last known photograph of a tooth-billed pigeon in the wild, taken in 2012. AI is helping rescue a nearly extinct bird species
An image from the first-ever confirmed footage of a colossal squid. Deep sea craft filmed unprecedented footage of a colossal squid

News

A dark, haunting railroad. Ghost sightings went unsolved. A scientist just explained them.
The head of a member of the newly identified species Bathynomus vaderi. Scientists find a 'giant' new species. It's a delicacy.
An ice core recently drilled from deep beneath the Antarctic surface by the Beyond EPICA - Oldest Ice project. Scientists just excavated an unprecedented specimen from Antarctica
An aerial view of Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park. Scientists reveal why the mighty Yellowstone isn't ready to blow
A giant congregation of crabs filmed 1,350 feet below the surface in the ocean off of Chile. The deep sea footage scientists filmed in 2024 is jaw-dropping
The newly discovered deep sea predator, Dulcibella camanchaca. 26,000 feet undersea, scientists find a ghostly predator
Rare footage of a nautilus recently filmed in the south Pacific Ocean. Scientists film footage of extremely ancient deep sea creatures
An artist’s rendering of the X-66 aircraft soaring above the clouds. NASA's testing a futuristic plane. You might fly on it.
The powerful mid-latitude cyclone spinning off the West Coast of the U.S. on Nov. 19, 2024. The bomb cyclone looks monstrous from space
Scientists recently spotted this curious polychaete off the coast of Chile. Scientists film footage of alien, shimmering creature in the remote ocean

More Environment

Visible from space, a mega iceberg could be on a collision course
By Teodosia Dobriyanova
A collage shows penguins, seals, a satellite image and a a drone photo of the A23a iceberg.
U.S. satellites reveal China's solar dominance
By Mark Kaufman
A sprawling expanse of solar panels in China's Kubuqi Desert as viewed by a U.S. Geological Survey Landsat satellite.
Scientists reveal why Bering Bridge let humans cross — but not all animals
By Mark Kaufman
An illustration of woolly mammoths crossing the Arctic tundra.
There's an eerie mystery sound in the ocean. It could be a conversation.
By Mark Kaufman
A ship amid the fog in the ocean
Scientists find evidence that entirety of Earth was once covered in ice
By Mark Kaufman
An artist's conception of "Snowball Earth," when the planet was either completely or largely covered in ice hundreds of millions of years ago.
Scientists discover mysterious deep sea creature. It hunts with a hood.
By Mark Kaufman
It took 150 sightings over 20 years and genetic testing to identify this new deep sea species.
How to find online updates on California's Mountain Fire
By Neal Broverman
Firefighters battle the Mountain Fire in Moorpark, Calif.
Scientists witness stunning, unprecedented carnage in the ocean
By Mark Kaufman
An Atlantic cod swimming in the dark ocean.
A colossal asteroid once boiled the oceans. It also did the unexpected.
By Mark Kaufman
An artist's conception of a large space rock colliding with Earth.
A deep sea expedition is filming jaw-dropping footage
By Mark Kaufman
A giant group of crabs filmed 1,350 feet below the surface in San Antonio Canyon.
Amazon takes enormous step to reduce packaging waste
By Neal Broverman
Amazon boxes in a warehouse.
Land, air, and space footage captures the surging Hurricane Milton
By Teodosia Dobriyanova
Satellite footage captures Hurricane Milton as is brews near Florida's West Coast
Plane flies into Hurricane Milton, captures turbulent footage
By Mark Kaufman
A view from NOAA's WP-3D Orion aircraft as it flew through Hurricane Milton on Oct. 8, 2024.
Hurricane Milton: See Florida coast webcams live as the storm approaches
By Mark Kaufman
Hurricane Milton's storm track, as forecast on Oct. 8, 2024.
National Weather Service releases dire Hurricane Milton storm surge video
By Mark Kaufman
A view of Hurricane Milton as it churns through the Gulf of Mexico on Oct. 7, 2024.
Space footage shows Hurricane Milton explode into monster storm
By Mark Kaufman
Hurricane Milton observed on Oct. 7 by NOAA's GOES-19 weather satellite.
Hurricane Helene: Watch live Tampa Bay webcams as storm threatens Florida
By Mark Kaufman
Hurricane Helene as seen on NOAA satellite imagery on Sept. 25, 2024.
‘Living walls’ are transforming London construction sites
By Teodosia Dobriyanova
A split-screen shows two photographs of a construction hoarding – before and after the vertical meadow grew on it. Caption reads: "Vertical meadows"
Texas resident used Apple AirTags to track her recycling. It ended up in the middle of nowhere.
By Chase DiBenedetto
A green recycling bin with the city of Houston logo, full of cardboard boxes.
Fat bear ate 135,000 calories in 10 hours. And he's not done.
By Mark Kaufman
One of the most dominant bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve's Brooks River, Bear 32, "Chunk."
Flying spaghetti monster and unworldly life filmed in deep sea footage
By Mark Kaufman
A flying spaghetti monster spotted amid a recent deep ocean expedition.
Trump won't stop making a deceptive bird claim. Experts debunk it.
By Mark Kaufman
A crested caracara near a wind turbine in South Texas.
See South Carolina webcams as Tropical Storm Debby looms
By Mashable Team
A view of Tropical Storm Debby passing over the Southeastern U.S. on Aug. 5, 2024.
A violent event occurred on Alaska's fat bear livestream
By Mark Kaufman
Bear 32, known as "Chunk," attacked a cub in a river at Katmai National Park and Preserve.
This shark lives for centuries. Scientists discover how it resists aging.
By Mark Kaufman
A Greenland shark swimming in ocean.
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