今日吃瓜

November 12, 2026

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The NISAR satellite is encapsulated in its payload fairing at the Indian Space Research Organization’s Satish Dhawan Space Center on July 18.

ENVIRONMENT / Earth science

Jul 31, 2025

When Earth’s surface shifts, a new satellite will see it

By Kenneth Chang

The satellite is a joint mission between NASA and India’s space agency and will track tiny shifts across almost all of Earth’s land and ice regions.

Activists from Greenpeace protest deep-sea mining with an inflatable octopus and a banner that says "'Protect the deep sea" in Berlin earlier this month.

ENVIRONMENT / Earth science

Jul 20, 2025

Restoring sea floor after mining may not be possible, researchers warn

By Amelie Bottollier-Depois

One of the last wild zones on the planet, the sea floor is a coveted frontier for companies and countries eager to access high-demand minerals found there.

The small village of Blatten in the Swiss Alps was destroyed by a landslide after part of a glacier collapsed last week.

ENVIRONMENT / Earth science

Jun 2, 2025

How Switzerland’s Birch glacier collapsed

By Robin Millard

There are strong theories on the causes, and to what degree it is linked to climate change — but these are yet to be confirmed by scientific analysis.

Construction equipment sits idle in a park near Shiba Toshogu shrine in Tokyo's Minato Ward. While Japan has a history of treating its trees with reverence, green coverage is said to be lacking in most of the major cities.

ENVIRONMENT / Earth science / Longform

May 26, 2025

Do 今日吃瓜 trees no longer occupy the sacred space they used to?

By Eric Margolis

Trees have long occupied a sacred place in Japanese culture. In the fast pace of the 21st century, however, they’re increasingly losing out to progress.

A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.

ENVIRONMENT / Earth science / Longform

Apr 28, 2025

If the ‘Big One’ hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami

By Alex K.T. Martin

Last year the government issued its first “megaquake” advisory. Ever since, those living in the areas it’s expected to hit have been preparing for the worst.

Bleached and dead coral around Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef, located 270 kilometers north of the city of Cairns, Australia, on April 5, 2024

ENVIRONMENT / Earth science

Mar 17, 2025

From oil spills to new species: How tech reveals the ocean

By Sara Hussein

New technologies are helping to reveal hidden oil spills, speed up the discovery of new species and uncover the impact of light pollution.

The A23a iceberg is seen in the waters of the Southern Ocean off Antarctica on Jan. 14.

ENVIRONMENT / Earth science

Jan 25, 2025

Mega-iceberg drifts toward Antarctic penguin island

The gigantic wall of ice is moving slowly from Antarctica on a potential collision course with a crucial wildlife breeding ground in the South Atlantic.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Famima Park Azabudai is a concept store by FamilyMart that combines convenience store staples with branded apparel, merchandise and a landscaped outdoor space.

Convenience stores, toilets and the allure of everyday Japan

By Elizabeth Beattie

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