Tsunami Garbage

As coastlines change, so do surf breaks. That may spell the end for premier waves and the tourist economies that depend on them.

Sold by its trailer as a gag reel, Tom Cruise’s strangest movie may be the most unsettling portrait of our tech and climate moment yet.

Tropical Storm Isaias is set to become the basin’s first hurricane of the season, bringing life-threatening rain and storm surge to the Gulf Coast.

Seven of 16 planetary vital signs are in their most extreme state ever recorded, and El Niño is here to make matters even worse.

While oil is known to float, new research finds that over time it can permeate even extremely deep marine habitats, with animal populations declining by as much as 80 percent.

The deeply uncomfortable film forces audiences to confront what types of stories we tell ourselves about who has economic and political power.

The team behind director Takashi Yamazaki’s new film created their kaiju roars by setting up speakers on top of an outdoor dam. The people walking by weren’t prepared for what they heard.

The metric might not mean much to laypeople, but leap seconds have been a source of contention in the timekeeping community for years. Now, they’re dead.

Five hauntings from the other side of technology.

Human beings struggle with emergency communication. Chatbots can help—if people take them seriously.

Here’s what we know about the record-setting El Niño on a record-hot planet, and the most important questions scientists are trying to answer.

Barbarian, The Fly, and Altered States are among the films deserving of your eyeballs this month.