“What we’re losing are our only known living companions in the entire universe.” In what researchers call...
Environment
Forests once deemed ironclad are suffering surprising die-offs. Introduction As we hang far above the ground on...
Using the latest in DNA fingerprinting to combat the multibillion-dollar business of trafficking plants and animals. Introduction...
Global temperatures have increased nearly 2 degrees Fahrenheit since the start of the Industrial Revolution. The life-threatening...
From semitropical playgrounds to life-endangering climate risks: Going back over a century. Introduction Images of orange groves...
Sweltering temperatures have devastated numerous Asian countries this month. By Kenny StancilStaff WriterCommon Dreams Hundreds of millions...
There’s nothing normal about the blast furnace heat much of the world has been experiencing. Introduction Summer...
Farmers have long faced high suicide rates, and it’s getting worse. When Mike Rosmann, an Iowa farmer...
A natural mutation found in dairy cows might keep them healthier in extreme heat. At Vaqueria El...
Closer collaboration between governments, businesses, and scientists is needed to improve the situation. International efforts to reduce...
Rust, a seemingly benign yet relentless force of nature, is an ever-present threat to metal structures, lurking...
The earthquake was followed by a paleotsunami which devastated the southern and eastern coasts of the Mediterranean....
Turn your city into a climate sanctuary, lobby your elected officials, and more. If you’re new to...
When people work together, they can move governments to action. Introduction Global warming has increased the number of extreme...
South Side residents have finally drawn attention from city and state officials. Jera Slaughter looks at her...
“Living with this level of water stress jeopardizes people’s lives, jobs, food, and energy security.” A report...
Glaciologists are raising an alarm that sea level rise could be much more abrupt than current models...
They break down very slowly, building up in people, animals and the environment over time. Introduction At...
But many foresee problems ahead with transition to renewables and oppose breaking from fossil fuels altogether. By...
Green jobs are found in fields from design to economics and in many types of management. Introduction...
BlocPower has trained over 1,700 New Yorkers to join the clean energy workforce—and is paying them to...
Climate change could create a billion refugees by 2050. As the worsening climate emergency creates an increasing...
Researchers use remnants like antlers, shells, teeth and pollen to learn how natural communities once worked. Introduction...
Predictions of what might happen to these ecosystems as the climate changes. Introduction In northern Colombia, in...
Innovative thinking has done away with problems that long dogged the electric devices. It was an engineering...
China’s international lending projects have big potential impacts on oceans and coasts. Introduction More than one-third of all people...
Nations that are more religious may behave differently as they develop economically and technologically. As a marker...
In the 1990s, the idea of Christian environmental stewardship disappeared from the rhetoric of the religious right....
There’s no way to separate the emotional from the logical. Such is the grimly politicized state of...
Explaining the risks and why older adults, even those in northern states, need to pay attention. Introduction...