Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. You’re listening to our weekly science news roundup. First up, the European Union’s ...

Something unexpected happened in the climate science community over the past two years. While global temperatures soared to unprecedented levels in 2023 and 2024, researchers found themselves unable ...

Minister of Electricity and Energy Kgosientsho Ramokgopa is proposing to suspend the country’s carbon tax following pressure from fossil fuel lobbies. The carbon tax is based on the “polluter pays” ...