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And there's still a lot we don't understand about its effects.
Technology is improving productivity, but climate is slowing it down.
Not even the world's tallest mountains are spared by our pollution.
Replacing a single car trip with biking could dramatically lower your carbon footprint.
It was clear humans were warming the planet for some time -- now we have official confirmation.
You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours.
It was the third-worst year since 2002, when reliable monitoring began.
It's a small change that can make a very big difference.
A team of WHO scientists went to China and looked at the causes of the pandemic. This is their much-anticipated report.
That coffee you are drinking might be linked to deforestation.
Geology and biology, caught in a chemical dance.
Tokyo recorded its earliest bloom for over 1,200 years
The island of Skokholm off the coast of Wales is well known for hosting thousands of puffins ever year. This time, it's something else.
The bald eagle has made a fantastic recovery across the country
A large part of Earth's land is increasingly degraded and coffee could be used to help/
Indigenous communities can help protect the forests but are highly challenged by extractive industries
Situation is bleak but some conservation efforts are working well
Deforestation leads to infection, and we've all seen what infectious diseases can cause
What's the connection between a doughnut and rampant social inequality? Glad you asked...
Delicious and cruelty-free meat.
As the current New South Wales flooding highlights, it’s not enough to continue to build cities and towns based on business-as-usual planning principles — especially as these disasters tend to disproportionately affect disadvantaged populations, increasing social inequality. We need to design our urban spaces around the idea that flooding is inevitable. That means not building […]
They are water-soluble and eco-friendly, you can eat them or throw them away.
Please no I don't have an air conditioner.
It had a massive two-foot beak that squeezed its brain.
Solar cells and greenhouses work better than researchers thought.
It's a multi-million-dollar business but also a high-emissions one.
No wonder why they have the largest brain on the planet
Being exposed to the sounds of nature has important health benefits.
It's not meant to remove what's already there, but to stop new trash from piling up.
With Trump gone, the Environment Protection Agency can finally be about the environment again.
Donations (especially massive ones like this one) are very helpful during difficult times.
It's time for the barbaric practice to come to an end.
Maybe just... stop doing it?
A conservation project seeks to help this tiny but impressive bird.
Researchers find million-year-old plants in frozen ice core.
New tech developments are happening in the wind power sector
Urban floods are about to become that much worse.
We need as many ways to get rid of plastic as possible.
It was already a big problem before the Covid-19 pandemic, but plastic waste is now turning into an even larger issue – and face masks, in particular, are not helping the cause. We need them to avoid the spread of the virus but at the same time, there’s no official guidance on how to dispose […]
The world's biodiversity was suffering before. Now, it's worse.
Glass frogs are famous for their see-through skin that can even reveal the amphibians’ internal organs. Surprisingly, not too much attention has been given to this fascinating translucency — until now. An international team of researchers used a combination of field trials and computer-aided modeling and detection to analyze the glass frog’s translucent skin in […]
In less than a century, it could become too hot and humid to live there.
Our food habits are largely unsustainable.
On a plot of farmland in Lelystad, Netherlands, art and technology merge in a stunning light show. During the day, the 20,000-square-meter field looks like any piece of farmland, but by the night it is transformed into a psychedelic wonderland. Don’t be fooled by the pretty lights, though. The installation actually serves to enhance crop […]
Say no to indoor cannabis. Outdoor... well, that's a different story.
This ancient village fought against the sea.
Study sheds light on plant's evolutionary race
She's the oldest known wild bird in history -- and she's pretty awesome!
Your future furniture might be produced with lab-grown wood
We seriously have to re-think our food shopping and cooking
