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The U.S. Military Now Has the Money It Needs to Prepare for Climate Change

The U.S. Military Now Has the Money It Needs to Prepare for Climate Change

By Kristin Houser

Using a combination of AI and 360-degree imaging, researchers identify a type of coral reef seemingly impervious to global warming.

AI Analysis Uncovers Coral Reefs Resistant to Climate Change

By Kristin Houser

Even if we meet the emissions limits set by the Paris Agreement, natural feedback processes could create "Hothouse Earth" climate conditions.

No Existing Policies Will Be Enough To Prevent A Future “Hothouse Earth”

By Kristin Houser

Geoengineering Would Hurt Earth’s Crops More Than It Would Help Them, Says Study

Geoengineering Would Hurt Earth’s Crops More Than It Would Help Them, Says Study

By Kristin Houser

Federal Agencies Propose Major Changes to Endangered Species Act

Federal Agencies Propose Major Changes to Endangered Species Act

By Kristin Houser

Google agreed to work with UN Environment to create a platform that gives the world access to valuable environmental data.

Google and The UN Team Up To Study The Effects of Climate Change

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: Starbucks Is Replacing Plastic Straws With “Sippy Cups” for Adults

The Digest: Starbucks Is Replacing Plastic Straws With “Sippy Cups” for Adults

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: Seattle Becomes the First Major U.S. City to Ban Plastic Straws

The Digest: Seattle Becomes the First Major U.S. City to Ban Plastic Straws

By Kristin Houser

Cheap Carbon Capture Technology Might Make Our Climate Goals Possible

Cheap Carbon Capture Technology Might Make Our Climate Goals Possible

By Dan Robitzski

Maybe We Haven’t Found Aliens Because They All Died From Climate Change

Maybe We Haven’t Found Aliens Because They All Died From Climate Change

As It Turns Out, Environmentally ‘Protected’ Lands Really Aren’t

As It Turns Out, Environmentally ‘Protected’ Lands Really Aren’t

By Dan Robitzski

Scott Pruitt’s EPA Prevented A Major Water Pollution Study From Being Published

Scott Pruitt’s EPA Prevented A Major Water Pollution Study From Being Published

By Dan Robitzski

Study: Oil Companies Are Avoiding Taking Responsibility for Climate Change

Study: Oil Companies Are Avoiding Taking Responsibility for Climate Change

Environmental Problems Go Hand In Hand With Social Injustice. North Carolina Wants to End That.

Environmental Problems Go Hand In Hand With Social Injustice. North Carolina Wants to End That.

By Claudia Geib

Hawaii’s Sunscreen Ban Will Attempt to Protect Struggling Coral Reefs

Hawaii’s Sunscreen Ban Will Attempt to Protect Struggling Coral Reefs

By Claudia Geib

States Sue to Stop Trump’s EPA From Stripping Vehicle Emissions Rules

States Sue to Stop Trump’s EPA From Stripping Vehicle Emissions Rules

By Claudia Geib

Antarctic Research Project Will Determine If a Huge Glacier Will Soon Break Off

Antarctic Research Project Will Determine If a Huge Glacier Will Soon Break Off

By Claudia Geib

Cheap Hydrogen Fuel Was A Failed Promise. But Its Time May Have Arrived.

Cheap Hydrogen Fuel Was A Failed Promise. But Its Time May Have Arrived.

By Dan Robitzski

Australia Has Big Plans to Save the Great Barrier Reef. But It Can’t Do It Alone.

Australia Has Big Plans to Save the Great Barrier Reef. But It Can’t Do It Alone.

By Claudia Geib

California’s Future Is Dry, Wet, and Scary

California’s Future Is Dry, Wet, and Scary

By Kristin Houser

Soldiers Are Training in Virtual Environments Generated From Real Cities

Soldiers Are Training in Virtual Environments Generated From Real Cities

By Dan Robitzski

Basically Everyone Wants Scott Pruitt Out of Office

Basically Everyone Wants Scott Pruitt Out of Office

By Alexandra Ossola

New Satellite Could Help Rat Out Methane Polluters

New Satellite Could Help Rat Out Methane Polluters

By Claudia Geib

Atlantic Circulation Weakening: No, We’re Not All Gonna Die (I Mean, Not Because Of This)

Atlantic Circulation Weakening: No, We’re Not All Gonna Die (I Mean, Not Because Of This)

By Claudia Geib

Sexy Species Died Off Quicker. That Has Conservationists Worried.

Sexy Species Died Off Quicker. That Has Conservationists Worried.

By Dan Robitzski

Antarctica Saw More Snowfall Over Past 200 Years. Sounds Like Good News… But It’s Not

Antarctica Saw More Snowfall Over Past 200 Years. Sounds Like Good News… But It’s Not

By Claudia Geib

Apple to the EPA: Leave Obama’s Clean Power Plan Alone

Apple to the EPA: Leave Obama’s Clean Power Plan Alone

By Kristin Houser

Shocker: Efforts to Make Oceans Cleaner Are Working (When You Aren’t Sabotaging Them)

Shocker: Efforts to Make Oceans Cleaner Are Working (When You Aren’t Sabotaging Them)

By Claudia Geib

Another Thing That Climate Change Takes From Us: Our Beaches

Another Thing That Climate Change Takes From Us: Our Beaches

By Claudia Geib

Cape Town Is Running Out of Water. Can We Prevent A Global Crisis?

Cape Town Is Running Out of Water. Can We Prevent A Global Crisis?

By Claudia Geib

Stop Whining That Your Plastic Straws Are Disappearing. Be Glad They’re Not Ending Up In Oceans.

Stop Whining That Your Plastic Straws Are Disappearing. Be Glad They’re Not Ending Up In Oceans.

By Claudia Geib

Extreme Weather Events Are More Frequent Than Ever

Extreme Weather Events Are More Frequent Than Ever

By Kristin Houser

To Save Polar Glaciers, Scientists Recommend Ludicrous Schemes

To Save Polar Glaciers, Scientists Recommend Ludicrous Schemes

By Lou Del Bello

Governments Are Insuring Coral Reefs. That May Be Enough to Save Them.

Governments Are Insuring Coral Reefs. That May Be Enough to Save Them.

By Claudia Geib

You’re Probably Drinking Microplastics With Your Bottled Water

You’re Probably Drinking Microplastics With Your Bottled Water

By Alexandra Ossola

New Climate Report Forthcoming, Despite Trump’s Climate Change Views

New Climate Report Forthcoming, Despite Trump’s Climate Change Views

Arnold Schwarzenegger Is Suing Big Oil for Climate Change

Arnold Schwarzenegger Is Suing Big Oil for Climate Change

US Absent From Global Meeting on Ocean Health. That’s Bad News for the Planet

US Absent From Global Meeting on Ocean Health. That’s Bad News for the Planet

By Claudia Geib

If the Ocean Continues to Warm, Fish May No Longer Be on the Menu

If the Ocean Continues to Warm, Fish May No Longer Be on the Menu

By Claudia Geib

To Slow Melting, Residents Resort to Wrapping a Glacier in Blankets

To Slow Melting, Residents Resort to Wrapping a Glacier in Blankets

Goodyear’s Moss-Filled Tires Are Here to Save the Environment

Goodyear’s Moss-Filled Tires Are Here to Save the Environment

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A Bacteria Is Making Sunscreen Safe for You and the Environment

Cape Town Has More Time to Solve Its Water Crisis. How Will It Use It?

Cape Town Has More Time to Solve Its Water Crisis. How Will It Use It?

Fashion 2.0: Levi’s “Distressed Look” Robot Is Better for the Environment

Fashion 2.0: Levi’s “Distressed Look” Robot Is Better for the Environment

By Kristin Houser

Why Are British Beaches Littered With Dying Marine Life? 3 Things You Need to Know.

Why Are British Beaches Littered With Dying Marine Life? 3 Things You Need to Know.

By Chelsea Gohd

SUV Sales Rise Worldwide, Despite Their Effect on Climate

SUV Sales Rise Worldwide, Despite Their Effect on Climate

By Lou Del Bello

Arctic temperatures

Three Reasons Scientists Are Freaked out by Crazy-High Arctic Temperatures

Cities Can Now Ban Diesel Vehicles, German Court Says

Cities Can Now Ban Diesel Vehicles, German Court Says

NOAA’s Satellite Could Track Extreme Weather Resulting From Climate Change

NOAA’s Satellite Could Track Extreme Weather Resulting From Climate Change

By Claudia Geib

A Startup Could Reveal How Climate Change Will Affect Your Business in 50 Years

A Startup Could Reveal How Climate Change Will Affect Your Business in 50 Years

By Patrick Caughill

Seaweed Sneakers Look Fly, Could Help Save the Environment

Seaweed Sneakers Look Fly, Could Help Save the Environment

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Activists Are Suing Governments Over the State of the Environment — and Winning

Oddly Enough, More Snow in Antarctica Could Slow Rising Sea Levels

Oddly Enough, More Snow in Antarctica Could Slow Rising Sea Levels

By Lou Del Bello

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The Seabin Will Start Cleaning Australian Waterways in March

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Bad News: The Amazon Might Be Past the Point of Saving

By Chelsea Gohd

plastic ban plastic waster pollution taiwan

Taiwan Commits to Banning Plastic Items by 2030

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Microplastics Endanger All Marine Life, From Fish to Top Predators

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Today’s Delays in Addressing CO2 Emissions Could Influence Sea Levels for Centuries

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Trump’s “Skinny Budget” Slashes Funding for Health, Energy, and Environmental Agencies

Extreme Weather Is the Biggest Risk for Humanity in 2018, Say World Leaders

Extreme Weather Is the Biggest Risk for Humanity in 2018, Say World Leaders

Some of the Ozone Layer Is Still Thinning, Thanks to a Surprise Chemical

Some of the Ozone Layer Is Still Thinning, Thanks to a Surprise Chemical

It’s Great That Supermarkets Are Cutting Plastic Waste. But That’s Not Going to Solve the Problem.

It’s Great That Supermarkets Are Cutting Plastic Waste. But That’s Not Going to Solve the Problem.

By Kristin Houser

petroleum air pollution transportation sector emissions

Chemicals Like Perfume Produce as Much Air Pollution as Cars

By Chelsea Gohd

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China Will Plant 32,400 Square Miles of Trees to Combat Air Pollution