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Human climate change has shifted vegetation and wildlife upslope in Yosemite National Park. Patrick Gonzalez, Author provided...
“We have had an incredible impact on the environment of our planet,” says Colin Waters, principal geologist...
Azteca ants, unsung heroes of coffee pest control. Kate Mathis By Dr. Kate Mathis / 08.15.2016 Research...
Last year’s record heat was fueled by a combination of the effects of global warming and one...
Southern California’s years-long drought has resulted in one of the “most extreme” wildfires the region has ever...
Tourists flock to Lower Yosemite Falls in Yosemite National Park on a spring afternoon. Photo by Eddie Hernandez...
Corals north of Cairns have been hit hardest by the recent bleaching. AAP Image/ARC Centre of Excellence...
Kudremukh National Park, India Valuing nature’s bounty and accounting for it on the balance sheets of companies...
City parks are prime real estate for community gardens, but more unique urban agriculture options are gaining...
An 1858 woodcut celebrating the laying of the transatlantic telegraph cable. (Library of Congress) By Ben Wilson...
Photo © iStockphoto.com/Andrey Danilovich Marine governance favors consumption and commerce over conservation. Here’s what we can do...
Credit: NASA/Flickr It will take at least three decades to completely leave behind fossil fuels. But we...
Illustration by Kelsey King By Dr. Philip Loring Ecological Anthropologist University of Saskatchewan It goes without saying...
The Portland, Oregon school district’s commitment to rid itself of text materials that encourage students to doubt...
Water trickles out of the Glen Canyon Dam into Glen Canyon in a scene from “Damnation”, a...
Montreal gears up for battle over proposed bottled water ban CK Staff / 05.13.2016 Fresh off his...
Abebe Haregewoin (right) and his father in Ethiopia. Credit: Courtesy: Abebe Haregewoin An Ethiopian expat worries for...
By Timothy McGrath We spend a lot of time worrying about endangered species, especially the cute and...
Carbon farming techniques, including compost amending, are helping California ranchers turn their pastures into carbon sinks. Photo...
“Loss of oxygen in the oceans is one of the serious side effects of a warming atmosphere,...
Nature Conservancy of Tennessee’s William B. Clark, Sr., Nature Preserve on the Wolf River at Rossville, Tennessee....
This Earth Day, NASA is giving the world an insider’s look into the myriad activities the space...
“High temperatures are also accompanied by weak winds, causing the atmosphere to stagnate. So the air just...
By Cristina Silva / 04.21.2016 Billionaire businessmen Charles and David Koch are reportedly funneling money toward a...
Winnemem Wintu Chief Caleen Sisk leads a sunrise prayer ceremony at Mt. Shasta in California. All photos...
Bleaching occurs when overly warm ocean waters cause coral to expel the algae living inside of it,...
Illustration © iStockphoto.com/traffic_analyzer Instead of engineering nature into standardized systems of production, we should look for ways...
HVAC ventilation exhaust for a 12-story building Building healthier structures for their occupants is a cornerstone of...
By K. Jan Oosthoek Associate Member, Centre for Environmental History Australian National University First Published on Environment History...