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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have announced the Earthshot Prize, an initiative designed to solve Earth's greatest environmental problems before 2030.

UK Royals’ “Earthshot Prize” Aims to Save the Planet by 2030

By Kristin Houser

It's becoming increasingly likely that Japan's decision will be to dump the radioactive water stored at the Fukushima power plant into the ocean.

Japan’s Radioactive Water Will Go Into the Ocean or Atmosphere

By Dan Robitzski

During Thursday's debate, Bernie Sanders suggested cutting the military's bloated budget and putting it towards a more important fight: climate change.

Bernie Sanders: Spend Money on the Climate Instead of Weapons

By Dan Robitzski

Ocean acidification is literally eating away at sharks' skin, destroying the layer of tiny scales that helps them swim and hunt.

Our Acidic Oceans Are Eating Away at Sharks’ Skin

By Dan Robitzski

The internet has a shockingly large environmental impact, and data centers are giving off an increasing amount of carbon emissions. Something has to give.

In the Face of Climate Change, the Internet Is Unsustainable

By Dan Robitzski

If companies are given free rein to scrape the ocean floor for precious minerals, entire undiscovered ecosystems will be snuffed out.

This Plan to Mine the Ocean Floor May Erase Whole Ecosystems

By Dan Robitzski

A new study reveals that extreme weather events have been linked, almost without fail, to the worsening effects of climate change.

Study: Many Extreme Weather Events Were Caused by Climate Change

By Dan Robitzski

TIME magazine has chosen 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg as its 2019 Person of the Year for launching a global movement.

Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Is TIME’s Person of the Year

By Kristin Houser

The World Wildlife Fund published a report arguing that if we want to stop the worst impacts of climate change, world leaders need to take stronger action.

WWF: Climate Change Efforts Need “Dramatic Increase” in Response

By Dan Robitzski

Elizabeth Warren just announced a package of environmental protection policies focused on the ocean that she's calling the Blue New Deal.

Elizabeth Warren Announces Ocean-Protecting “Blue New Deal”

By Dan Robitzski

A new U.N. climate report details how many countries have totally failed to curb their greenhouse gas emissions and argues that dire action is needed.

New UN Climate Report Calls the Future “Bleak”

By Dan Robitzski

A new report found that whales are incredibly adept at absorbing carbon dioxide, meaning their preservation should be a top climate priority.

Report: Whales Are “Nature’s Solution to Climate Change”

By Kristin Houser

Companies in India like Oxy Pure are selling customers access to pure oxygen as the area's air pollution becomes increasingly dangerous.

As Air Pollution Spikes, Indian “Bars” Sell Clean Oxygen

By Dan Robitzski

A nuclear tomb full of radioactive material is at risk of busting open as climate change causes both sea levels and temperatures to rise.

Nuclear Waste Tomb Unlikely to Survive Climate Change

By Kristin Houser

In September 2020, Italy will begin making it mandatory for students to learn about climate change in school for 33 hours per year.

Italy Will Soon Force Public Schools to Teach Climate Change

By Kristin Houser

More than 11,000 scientists in 153 nations have endorsed a newly published statement on climate change — and it does not contain much good news.

11K Scientists: Please Panic, Climate Change Will Kill Us All

By Kristin Houser

A free-to-play video game like Oregon Trail called "Climate Trail" imagines an apocalyptic world in which we failed to fight climate change.

This Game Is “Oregon Trail” Meets Climate Catastrophe

By Victor Tangermann

A team of MIT engineers claims to have built a carbon capture system that could remove carbon dioxide from the environment at an industrial scale.

MIT Scientists Say They Found a New Way to Scrub Atmospheric CO2

By Dan Robitzski

Population control wouldn't solve climate change, several experts recently told CBC News, as it doesn't address a number of other contributing factors.

Experts: Population Control Won’t Solve Climate Change

By Kristin Houser

Temperatures are so high in Qatar, the nation has begun air conditioning its open-air sports stadiums, malls, and markets.

Qatar Is Air Conditioning the Outdoors to Battle 120-Degree Heat

By Kristin Houser

We could pause global warming for 15 to 20 years if we're willing to spend $300 billion to restore billions of acres of land, say UN scientists.

UN Scientists: We Could Pause Global Warming With $300 Billion

By Kristin Houser

MIT scientist Andrew McAfee argues that capitalism can prevent food and commodity shortages even in the face of worsened climate change.

MIT Scientist: Capitalism Will Solve Climate Change

By Dan Robitzski

New data reveals that hospitals in the United Kingdom treat more patients for heart attacks and strokes on days with worse air pollution.

Study: Strokes, Heart Attacks Spike on Days With Poor Air Quality

By Kristin Houser

In an unusual stunt, former Paralympian and bronze medal winner James Brown glued himself to the top of a British Airways plane at a London airport.

A Climate Protester Just Glued Himself to the Top of an Airplane

By Victor Tangermann

A team of researchers from the University of Colorado State University have found "strong links" between air pollution exposure and "aggressive behavior."

Study: Higher Air Pollution Linked to Increases in Violent Crime

By Victor Tangermann

To Our Readers: Why Futurism Isn’t Publishing Today

To Our Readers: Why Futurism Isn’t Publishing Today

By Foster Kamer

Eastern Australia is approaching Day Zero. Some towns have already run out of water, and several more probably will before the year's end.

Australia Is Running out of Drinking Water

By Dan Robitzski

Oxford Physicist: Geogineering Away Climate Change Won’t Work

Oxford Physicist: Geogineering Away Climate Change Won’t Work

By Dan Robitzski

The Japanese government has suggested it may dump contaminated water from the Fukushima power plant into the ocean, but experts say it's too dangerous.

Experts: Fukushima Water Is Too Dangerous to Dump Into the Sea

By Dan Robitzski

A New Bioreactor Captures as Much Carbon as an Acre of Trees

A New Bioreactor Captures as Much Carbon as an Acre of Trees

By Dan Robitzski

People from the Russian town Kiselyovsk want to gain entry to Canada as environmental refugees. Coal mining operations in their town have made it unlivable.

Residents Are Trying to Flee Russian Town Where Snow Turned Black

By Dan Robitzski

A Swedish scientist has suggested humans might need to turn to cannibalism to survive food shortages brought about by climate change.

Scientist Suggests New Response to Climate Change: Cannibalism

By Kristin Houser

With the Amazon Rainforest burning away and sequestered carbon being released, the global environment is rapidly approaching the point of no return.

Scientists Warn Of “Cascading System Collapse” in Amazon Rainforest

By Dan Robitzski

Microplastic has been found in rainwater samples in the Rocky Mountains, suggesting that plastic pollution has spread much farther than expected.

Rain Clouds Are Dropping Microplastic on the Rocky Mountains

By Dan Robitzski

#globalwarning videos on Tik Tok show people slowly melting in the heat as global climate change gets worse and worse around them.

Climate Change Is Officially a TikTok Meme

By Dan Robitzski

To address melting Arctic ice, a team of Indonesia designers proposes building and deploying submarines that could simply make more ice.

See How Ice-Making Submarines Could Help Refreeze the Arctic

By Kristin Houser

If global temperatures reach two degrees Celsius about pre-industrial levels, 30,000 additional people will die in Chinese cities every year.

A Half-Degree Temperature Rise Will Kill 30,000 in China Per Year

By Dan Robitzski

Andrew Yang says it's too late to stop some of the effects of climate change, and we should all migrate uphill to avoid floods.

Yang’s Climate Plan: “Start Moving Our People to Higher Ground”

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists found evidence that decade-long "megadroughts" devastated native societies in the Southwest. And another megadrought is on the way.

Research: Decade-Long “Megadrought” Could Roast American Southwest

By Dan Robitzski

According to new research, global warming in the 20th century happened more quickly and pervasively than at any other time in the past 2,000 years.

New Research: Global Temp Rising at Fastest Rate in 2,000 Years

By Kristin Houser

A new study suggests that C. auris evolved the ability to infect and kill humans thanks to climate change, specifically rising global temperatures.

Climate Change May Have Prepared This Superbug to Kill Humans

By Kristin Houser

A letter signed by 24 prominent scientists called on the U.N. to declare wartime destruction of the environment a war crime.

Scientists: Harming the Environment Should Be a War Crime

By Dan Robitzski

A major conservation organization just added over 7,000 more species to its endangered "Red List." The next stop on the list is extinction.

Climate Change Poised to Eradicate Over 7,000 More Species

By Dan Robitzski

As the world continues to heat up from climate change, tens of thousands of important archaeological sites throughout the Arctic will be destroyed.

Climate Change Is Destroying Greenland’s Historic Viking Towns

By Dan Robitzski

We need to create a World Carbon Bank to incentivize developing nations to go green, according to Harvard University economist Kenneth Rogoff.

Economist Calls for World Carbon Bank to Fight Climate Change

By Kristin Houser

If our climate crisis continues unchecked, the global poor will face the greatest burden while the rich pay to escape the problem altogether.

“Climate Apartheid” Is Imminent. Only the Rich Will Survive.

By Dan Robitzski

A town in southern France called Villevieille just hit the country's hottest ever recorded temperature of 45.1 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit).

Climate Change Update: France Just Hit Highest Recorded Temp

By Victor Tangermann

To prevent farm animals from contribute to methane emissions, scientists suggest feeding them foods less likely to produce the greenhouse gas.

Gut Microbe Manipulation Could End Climate-Destroying Sheep Farts

By Kristin Houser

Contrails given off by airplanes contribute more to global warming than we thought. By 2050, they'll warm the planet twice as much as the plane's emissions.

Airplane Contrails Might Actually be a Problem for the Environment

By Dan Robitzski

Sydney became the first major Australian city to declare a state of emergency to prevent the worst effects of climate change on Monday.

Sydney Is in a State of Emergency to Fight Climate Change

By Dan Robitzski

Ocean waves are slamming plastic pollution against an island's coastline, causing a potentially dangerous plastic crust to form on the rocks.

Why Is a Strange Plastic Crust Spreading on This Island’s Coast?

By Kristin Houser

US Presidential Candidate Plans to End Fossil Fuel Industry

US Presidential Candidate Plans to End Fossil Fuel Industry

By Dan Robitzski

Dozens of newly-uncovered climate studies that were buried by Trump's USDA reveal how major foods like rice are becoming less nutritious.

Trump Admin. Hid Climate Reports Warning of New Dangers

By Dan Robitzski

The first expedition for Boaty McBoatface has taught researchers something new about how climate change in Antarctic waters affects the rest of the world.

Boaty McBoatface Makes Major Discovery on Maiden Voyage

By Kristin Houser

Earlier this month, researchers from Australia's Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration published research containing a dire warning: prevent and reverse climate change or face the end of human civilization as we know it.

Doomsday Report Author: Earth’s Leaders Have Failed

By Dan Robitzski

Experts argue that geoengineering, the umbrella term for hacking the planet to mitigate climate change, could lead to global conflict.

How Geoengineering Could Lead to World War III

By Dan Robitzski

A new report finds that the U.S. military is the single largest producer of greenhouse gasses in the world, emitting more carbon than several countries.

The War on Terror is Murdering the Environment

By Dan Robitzski

The Canadian government has announced it will ban single-use plastics by 2021. It will examine scientific evidence first to come up with a list of items.

Canada Announces Ban on Single-Use Plastics

By Victor Tangermann

Training Advanced AIs is Surprisingly Terrible for the Environment

Training Advanced AIs is Surprisingly Terrible for the Environment

By Victor Tangermann

Robert Downey Jr. Wants to Clean Up Earth With Robots and AI

Robert Downey Jr. Wants to Clean Up Earth With Robots and AI

By Victor Tangermann

A distressing Australian climate change analysis has some pretty bad news: human civilization is set out to collapse by 2050 if we ignore climate change.

New Research: Human Civilization Will Likely Collapse By 2050

By Victor Tangermann

As the planet heats up, climate change has melted the snow off of Mt. Everest, revealing the remains of long-dead climbers.

Climate Change Is Thawing out the Corpses on Mt. Everest

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists from Stanford University are arguing that we should be converting methane into more carbon dioxide to help with climate change.

Scientists’ Startling Idea to Fight Climate Change: More CO2

By Victor Tangermann

When Victor Vescovo broke the record for deepest ocean dive, he noticed what he believes was a plastic bag and some candy wrappers in the deep sea.

Diver Reaches Record Ocean Depth — and Finds a Plastic Bag

By Kristin Houser