environment
We all know somebody who avoids meat. These schools of thought suggest those people are onto something.
Australia’s beloved and bizarre egg-laying mammal could start vanishing in coming years if current trends continue.
The TRUTHS mission aims to collect extremely precise data on how much radiation Earth absorbs and reflects.
The 17-year-old climate activist gets a lot of criticism online. Which of those critiques hold water?
Plate tectonics and mantle plumes set the lifespan of volcanic islands like Hawaii and the Galapagos.
Is the way we choose which animals to protect out of date?
New research suggests the ocean current that delivers warm water to Europe has a one-in-six chance of halting temporarily over the next hundred years, potentially resulting in freezing temperatures.
The 385-million-year-old fossils show that trees evolved modern features millions of years earlier than previously estimated.
Man’s best friend indeed.
Simple changes to your holiday decorations, gifting or travel can make the festive season more sustainable.
A new method of measuring human exposure to the potentially toxic chemical calls into question regulatory policy.
By not taking emergency action to combat climate change, we’re gambling dangerously with the future.
Thinning forests in the Western United States can save billions of gallons of water per year and improve conservation efforts.
How an environmental theology class opened my eyes—and mind—to my biblical responsibility.
Life forms on Earth are wildly varied, but scientists discover a single formula that predicts every one’s life cycle.
Paying a fee for greenhouse gas emissions may spur a revolution, in terms of corporate behavior, amid the climate crisis.
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Fast fashion has a devastating impact on the environment. Here’s what you need to know before heading to Zara this holiday season.
We might feel like we’re just going through the motions, but we can do better.
“The hardest thing is the flying side of things.”
A mysterious startup reveals a groundbreaking solar energy achievement.
The campaign promise could only become law if the Labour Party wins the general election in December.
Switching over to a vegan-based diet can drastically cut CO2 emissions. But will Americans actually change their diet?
An Italian firm has put forward an idea for a green city that would be completely self-sustaining, modern, and green.
Researchers propose a gravity-based system for long-term energy storage.
Recycling is linear, but the economy shouldn’t be.
Unsurprisingly, the results showed that the more materialistic a person was, the less likely they were to engage in reduced consumption.
Rather than scrubbing the emissions from fossil fuel plants, a new analysis suggests we should simply replace those power plants with renewable alternatives.
A DNA study looks for the home of the earliest modern humans.
Data centers are likely to consume up to 4.1% of electricity around the globe by 2030. Can they go green?