Amino acid is the building block of life and researchers are aiming to use them as the...
Climate Change
As climate change alters temperature and rainfall patterns, yields of some crops are increasing while others decline....
A conceptual sculpture made entirely of ice brought attention to global warming and redefined monuments as ephemeral...
Big relief groups often leave poor and rural areas on their own. By Warren Alan Tidwell Recently,...
Renewable wind and solar energy, along with a booming natural gas industry, continue to win the battle...
A Native American protestor at the People’s Climate March in Washington, DC in April, 2017. Source: Nexus Media...
Urban farming can make it easier for city residents to obtain healthy, affordable food. During the partial...
Instead of fighting it, we should embrace the desire for economic growth and direct its path. By...
From occupying House offices to suing the federal government, young people are exploring creative strategies to spur...
While the president chased after his wall, the real national emergency was people dying in extreme weather....
Life-threatening cold temperatures in the central US are caused by changes in wind circulation in the Arctic that bring...
These industries are among the country’s worst water polluters. By Jasmine Spearing-Bowen and Karl Schneider In Ringwood,...
The Trump administration wants to end federal protection under the Clean Water Act for many small streams...
By 2100, more than 50 per cent of the land now used to grow coffee will no...
There are over 100 species of wild coffee, but only a few supply the world’s morning caffeine...
From bird songs to wind patterns, sound is a key but often underappreciated element of natural places....
Threats of global catastrophe won’t move people to action. Only the heart can inspire zeal. By Charles...
Geographical consultations with shamans showed the relationship between imperialism, exploration, and indigenous environmental knowledge. By and large,...
Plastic’s low density allows it to float on water and be swept away by winds and waves...
Green infrastructure can make cities more resilient to climate change while creating ancillary benefits such as increasing...
Widely reported studies this year and last led to headlines globally of an “insect Armageddon.” The real...
In the last years of his life, Dante Alighieri was an unsuspecting witness to a rapid shift...
The ice sheet is now melting at rates unseen within at least the last 350 years. By Olivia...
Photo from USDA NRCS Texas, Flickr, Creative Commons An evolving concept called “sustainable intensification” aims to bridge the...
Photo via World Wildlife Fund The oceans have been absorbing much more heat than previously calculated, meaning the earth...
Melting away. / Photo by NASA/Kathryn Hansen We’re on the road to even more frequent, more extreme events than we...
Athens city walls / Photo by GreeceGuy, Wikimedia Commons Critically examining elements of both anthropocentric and non-anthropocentric environmentalism...
New research suggests temperature and sea level rise could be far worse than climate models predict. (Photo: Christopher...
NASA, Public Domain If greenhouse gas emissions continue at the current rate, the atmosphere will warm up by...
Illustration by Sean Quinn Urban areas present an interesting challenge — and a big opportunity — for...