Climate Wildfire smoke can carry microbes that cause infectious diseases, researchers find December 18, 2020
Environment European rivers are fragmented by over one million barriers December 16, 2020 - Updated on December 18, 2020
Environment Denmark just opened a huge vertical farm, and it could be a sign of things to come globally December 11, 2020 - Updated on December 13, 2020
Environment Better make room: Man-made stuff now outweighs all other living things on Earth December 11, 2020
Environment It’s Erin Brockovich all over again: rusty iron pipes are exposing us to cancer-causing chemical December 4, 2020
Environment Electronic waste is on the decline in the US, but it’s only because TVs are getting smaller December 3, 2020
Environment Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon breaks 12-year record, as administration focuses on industry December 1, 2020
Environment Scientists compile the world’s largest inventory of known plant species November 26, 2020
Environment Researchers publish the ultimate map of bee diversity, but there’s still much we don’t know November 20, 2020
Environment Feeling blue with the pandemic? A dose of nature can make a big difference November 19, 2020 - Updated on April 9, 2024
Environment The fashion environmental disaster no one is talking about November 13, 2020 - Updated on November 14, 2020
Environment Mistaken beliefs are altering India’s transition to clean cooking fuels November 9, 2020 - Updated on November 16, 2020
Environment In Europe, air pollution fell while plastic use rose during the lockdown November 6, 2020
Environment Researchers send drones to active volcanoes to improve early warning systems November 3, 2020
Environment Lenders are ‘bankrolling extinction’: businesses linked to biodiversity destruction took $2.6 trillion in loans last year October 28, 2020
Environment Huge tanker at risk of collapse in the Caribbean — officials say situation is “stable” October 23, 2020
Environment Electric cars will likely be as cheap as regular ones by 2024 October 22, 2020 - Updated on November 27, 2020
Environmental Issues Infant feeding bottles may release millions of microplastics during formula preparation October 20, 2020
Environment Iceland’s most active volcano may soon erupt, throwing air travel into turmoil — again October 12, 2020
Environment In an ongoing, burning climate crisis, Exxon Mobil plans surge in emissions, leaked documents show October 8, 2020
Environmental Issues US elections: Here’s what environmental scientists want from a president September 24, 2020
Environment A French town is using human hair to clean oil pollution from the ocean September 23, 2020
Environment Endangered fish species are legally being sold as seafood September 21, 2020 - Updated on July 20, 2023
Environment What’s the most sustainable toothbrush? Study finds a surprising answer September 17, 2020
Environment Have we passed peak oil demand? The world might never use as much oil again, experts say September 17, 2020 - Updated on September 27, 2020
Environment The world didn’t meet one single biodiversity target set out a decade ago September 17, 2020
Environmental Issues Human-induced erosion could make some soils around the world unfarmable by the end of the century September 15, 2020
Animals Almost two-thirds of the global wildlife population has disappeared since 1970 September 10, 2020
Environment People don’t really grasp how their actions impact climate, study shows September 2, 2020
Environment Burning in the Amazon is already reaching the record levels seen in 2019 September 2, 2020
Environment Children in greener urban areas have a higher IQ and fewer behavioral issues August 24, 2020
Environment Trump approves plan to open oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s Arctic refuge August 18, 2020
Environment Oil spill update: Mauritius pumps out almost all the fuel from the Japanese cargo ship August 13, 2020
Environmental Issues Bolsonaro calls Amazon fires a “lie”, dismisses own government data August 12, 2020 - Updated on August 13, 2020