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

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

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

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.
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 Change

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

By Victor Tangermann

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

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.
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.
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.
Pollution

By Kristin Houser

US Presidential Candidate Plans to End Fossil Fuel Industry
Climate Change

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.
Climate Change

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.
Climate Change

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.
Climate Change

By Dan Robitzski

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

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.
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.
Environment

By Victor Tangermann

Training Advanced AIs is Surprisingly Terrible for the Environment
Environment

By Victor Tangermann

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

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.
Climate Change

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

By Dan Robitzski

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

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.
Pollution

By Kristin Houser

A research center at Cambridge University will explore how to fight climate change with geoengineering solutions like re-freezing the North and South Pole.
Climate Change

By Dan Robitzski

More than 180 nations, not including the United States, have agreed to new rules controlling the movement of plastic waste globally.
Pollution

By Kristin Houser

A team from Berkeley has found a way to make recycled plastic far more useful by breaking the bonds between chemicals in the material.
Pollution

By Kristin Houser

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says melting sea ice in the Arctic is "opening new naval passageways and new opportunities for trade."
Climate Change

By Kristin Houser

A team of researchers from Germany and Canada are proposing to turn old air conditioning units into devices that can turn harmful CO2 into fuel.
Climate Change

By Victor Tangermann

Startup Prometheus is developing a machine that pulls carbon out of the atmosphere and transforms it into usable gasoline.
Pollution

By Kristin Houser

British startup Arborea will test the ability of its "BioSolar Leaf" technology to pull pollution from the air through a newly announced pilot project.
Pollution

By Kristin Houser

In his new book, Oxford professor Young-hae Chi theorizes that invisible aliens are creating alien-human hybrids, perhaps as a response to climate change.
Climate Change

By Kristin Houser

The governor of Puerto Rico just signed a bill that will quickly move the island away from non-renewable energy sources within the next few decades.
Climate Change

By Dan Robitzski

Almost every active nuclear reactor in the U.S. is unprepared for flooding and storm surge caused by climate change; industry groups chose not to act.
Climate Change

By Dan Robitzski

Listen Up, Entrepreneurs: It’s Time to Launch Your Clean Water Solution
Climate Change

By Rachelle Dragani

Climate change is affecting when the spring season starts, and as a result, more people are suffering from seasonal allergies, says study.
Climate Change

By Kristin Houser

The EU voted on Wednesday to support plans for the elimination of most uses of single-use plastic, including cutlery, straws, and plastic plates.
Environment

By Victor Tangermann

Members of the growing BirthStrike movement are publicly announcing their decision to forgo parenthood in the face of climate catastrophe.
Climate Change

By Kristin Houser

First noticed in 2016, the Australian government recently confirmed the first mammalian extinction that was caused by human-induced climate change.
Climate Change

By Dan Robitzski

A Call to Action on the First Day of Spring to Help Our Planet
Climate Change

By Dan Lambe, president of the Arbor Day Foundation

In the past, purifying water before splitting it into hydrogen was too costly. Now, there's a way to save money and use saltwater instead.
Climate Change

By Dan Robitzski

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced a plan to "climate-proof" Lower Manhattan by building the area out into the East River.
Climate Change

By Kristin Houser

Researchers predict winter won't exist in Australia by 2050. Instead, Australians will experience three seasons: autumn, spring, and "new summer."
Climate Change

By Kristin Houser

New research suggests that dimming sunlight through geoengineering, if done moderately, could lessen the effects of climate change with few side effects.
Climate Change

By Dan Robitzski

Fire Resistant Homes could help prevent extreme weather damage from climate change
Climate Change

By Jacob Banas

To address the world's plastic problem, startup Loliware has created seaweed straws that can be composted or allowed to biodegrade in the ocean.
Pollution

By Kristin Houser

According to a new poll, more than a third of young people agree that couples should consider climate change before deciding to have children.
Climate Change

By Kristin Houser

By pumping unfiltered coal dust into the atmosphere, a processing plant in the Russian town of Kiselyovsk has caused black snow to fall on the region.
Pollution

By Kristin Houser

Lawmaker Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez noted in an Instagram Live video that young people might wonder if it's OK to have children in the face of climate change.
Climate Change

By Kristin Houser

A new analysis shows that there's only a one-in-a-million chance that climate change could have been caused by anything other than humanity.
Climate Change

By Dan Robitzski

New research explains the role of cloud cover in climate change. If we keep burning fossil fuels, the clouds will go away and climate change will worsen.
Climate Change

By Dan Robitzski

Famed investor Warren Buffett warned in his annual letter of a "megacatastrophe," which he said will cause unprecedented havoc.
Climate Change

By Jon Christian

The senators and representatives who oppose the Green New Deal have accepted several times more fossil fuel money than its supporters.
Environment

By Dan Robitzski

The University of Cambridge has launched a new center focused on finding ways to use AI to address problems with the environment.
Environment

By Kristin Houser

The benefits of lab-grown meat will depend on scientists' ability to produce it sustainably, and right now, we don't know if that's even possible.
Environment

By Kristin Houser

The Australian government is gearing up to plant a billion new trees, as part of a vast campaign aimed to meet the climate targets.
Climate Change

By Jon Christian

An ambitious new analysis found that there's space to plant 1.2 trillion new trees — a number that would absorb more carbon than human emissions.
Climate Change

By Jon Christian

This self-sustaining livable yacht has everything you'd need to live off the grid if climate change rendered the land uninhabitable.
Climate Change

By Kristin Houser

An interactive maps show how climate change will make 540 North American cities feel like completely different locations by 2080.
Climate Change

By Kristin Houser

Los Angeles Axes Plan For Billions of Dollars In Fossil Fuel Investments
Climate Change

By Dan Robitzski

Climate change has melted the ice traditionally inhabited by polar bears, forcing the animals to invade a small Russian settlement in search of food.
Climate Change

By Kristin Houser

The first-of-its-kind fabric which cools or insulates based on its environment.
Environment

By Jacob Banas

A steak on a grill, many animals may meet a similar fate leading to their extinction
Environment

By Jacob Banas

This “Molecular Coffee” is Brewed Entirely Without Beans
Climate Change

By Victor Tangermann

The resolution for the Green New Deal was posted online. It includes ambitious plans to clean up the U.S. economy by 2030, but lacks specific proposals.
Climate Change

By Dan Robitzski