Some climate scientists have spoken out about the dangers of climate change. But a new study shows...
Environment
An exploration at what helps us thrive in the face of floods, droughts, fires and other disruptions...
Plants flower earlier, and insects – birds’ food – develop earlier. Viktoriia Radchuk, an evolutionary ecologist at Berlin’s Leibniz...
The consequences of the “reprobate’s” failure to change is not abstract at all; it’s happening now. By...
Two hundred years after New England’s first great hurricane, we ask very different questions about the nature...
While we’re losing biological diversity, we’re also losing linguistic and cultural diversity at the same time. This...
Amino acid is the building block of life and researchers are aiming to use them as the...
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...
How did Greenpeace develop this affinity with Native Americans? The German branch of Greenpeace announced itself to...
Even though Neste tried to conceal its intentions, they were obvious enough to members of the local...
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...
Many of the protected open spaces that we have today have been inherited from one or more...
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...
The Grand Canyon was once a place to avoid. Now it’s a high-traffic marvel. Few sights are...
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...
A community in so many ways defined by reinvention butting up against land prized for its preservation...
By 2100, more than 50 per cent of the land now used to grow coffee will no...
From bird songs to wind patterns, sound is a key but often underappreciated element of natural places....
This network of FSA camps—the series of communities designed to be occupied and left on a seasonal...
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,...
Analyzing the communication space and social construct of early modern Europe from the perspective of environmental history....