environment
Atop hundreds of bus stops, rest stops for bees.
Animal law is the fastest growing legal discipline.
The solar farm is expected to save the airport millions over the following decades.
2019 could prove to be the second-hottest year on record.
Turning salt water into fresh water with the power of the sun.
Tiger reserves and a concentrated public effort has brought this animal roaring back to India.
Fionn Ferreira will receive $50,000 for winning Google's annual student competition.
It's part of the nation's massive reforestation campaign that aims to plant 4 billion trees in 2019.
Our clean energy needs to be sourced responsibly right from the get-go.
Tiny glassy beads called microtektites were found in fossilized shell remains.
France's forests are even creeping up on their major cities.
Lake Turkana Wind Power is expected to produce enough electricity to power 330,000 local homes.
Autism is a widely misunderstood condition surrounded by falsehoods, half-truths, and cultural assumptions.
When it comes to lifelong conditions like autism spectrum disorder, we tend to be biased in a way that obscures reality.
The future of food sounds bleak, but it doesn't need to be this way.
Bats are being subjected to a deadly plague that may be threatening their existence. However, a new bacterial spray may help fight the fungus responsible.
Study finds that carbon dioxide emissions may trigger a reflex in the carbon cycle, with devastating consequences.
A new study lays out a green (very green), data-driven plan to capture much of our atmosphere's carbon pool.
Study shows minerals sequester carbon for thousands of years, which may explain oxygen's abundance in the atmosphere.
Here are just two of the practical and philosophical crises surrounding biodiversity breakdown.
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In April, the U.S. generated more electricity from renewables — hydro, wind, solar, geothermal, and biomass — than coal.
The ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are remnants of the ice age. They're also the wild cards of climate science.
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There are clues to the future and past trapped in Greenland's ice.
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Normally, the landscape in this photo would be a white ice sheet.
It's a "canary in the coalmine," said one climate scientist.
Beyond Beef sizzles and marbleizes just like real beef, Beyond Meat says.
Spending between 120–300 minutes per week in nature shown to increase wellbeing.
Can dirt help us fight off stress? Groundbreaking new research shows how.
Are we witnessing evolution in real time?
Creating more neural circuits through visual landmarking not only benefits your spatial orientation, it could keep Alzheimer's disease at bay.