environment
The Bill Gates-backed venture promises to remove CO2 from the atmosphere at a rate of under $100 per tonne.
The sea levels across New York are estimated to rise between 18 and 50 inches by 2100.
Scientists discovered microbes that have lived on Earth for millions of years.
Disney, one of world’s largest entertainment companies, doubles down on its environmental plan.
New statistical analyses show that human-driven climate change is a virtual certainty.
The cost-effective method could revolutionize how we remove carbon from the atmosphere, particularly in regard to climate change.
The Megachile pluto is about four times the size of a honeybee.
“Our findings are not good news,” says Brendan Godley, of the University of Exeter.
Climate change is a dire threat, perhaps it is time to put the people who created and denied the problem on trial?
Experts say global warming is no longer some future worry. It’s already here.
Despite tens of millions of dollars pouring into new technologies, a ‘clean’ burger remains elusive.
Who would’ve thought that never seeing blue sky would bum you out?
Climate-driven changes in phytoplankton communities will intensify the blue and green regions of the world’s oceans.
Hungarian cartographer travels the world while mapping its treasures.
Microbes screened with a new microfluidic process might be used in power generation or environmental cleanup.
The Green New Deal is an ambitious attempt to fight climate change, but is it destined to hit the political skids?
White-nose syndrome is nearly as lethal to bats as the Black Plague was for humans.
Regenerative capitalism challenges the belief that business success and environmental concerns are inherently at odds.
Talking about climate change doesn’t have to be an argument over Thanksgiving dinner. Some people, though maybe not all, can be persuaded.
The suburbs are the spiritual home of overconsumption. But they also hold the key to a better future
Economic “degrowth” may be difficult to achieve, but a “prosperous descent” is possible.
We knew the Chicxulub crater was massive. We just didn’t know how widespread the damage actually was.
Most people think human extinction would be bad. These people aren’t philosophers.
“This is a great example of a forest restoration plan which is both good for the people and good for nature,” one researcher said.
The findings of the controversial study flew in the face of past research on ice gains in Antarctica.
Zoologist Lucy Cooke explains why humans are totally wrong about panda sex, and why captive breeding backfires.
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Whether or not there are tropical islands in 50 years might depend on whether or not we can eat fewer hamburgers.
Luxembourg will offer the world’s first fare-free public transit system, but is there really such a thing as a free ride?
Australia’s two largest supermarkets led the ban, which has so far prevented some 1.5 billion plastic bags from entering the environment.
There might be hope for our oceans, thanks to one clumsy moment in a coral tank.