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Taiwan Commits to Banning Plastic Items by 2030

Microplastics Endanger All Marine Life, From Fish to Top Predators

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

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

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.

By Kristin Houser

Chemicals Like Perfume Produce as Much Air Pollution as Cars

By Chelsea Gohd

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

Climate Change is Causing Bats to Migrate Earlier in the Year

Climate Change Could Be Making Our Food Less Nutritious

Coral is Dying Globally. But We Can Save Some Reefs From Total Destruction.

By Lou Del Bello

Blue Planet II Has Inspired the BBC to Ban All Plastic Containers and Utensils by 2020

To Reduce Air Pollution, Germany Will Test Free Public Transportation in Some Cities

Another Victim of Climate Change: Ubiquitous Canola Oil

By Chelsea Gohd

The World’s Coasts May Be Drowning Under Rising Seas Faster Than We Thought

By Lou Del Bello

Are Delivery Drones Actually Better for the Environment?

Robert De Niro Says the U.S. Replaced Science With Ignorance. And He’s Right.

By Jolene Creighton

California Takes a Stand Against Trump’s Offshore Oil Plan

By Lou Del Bello

The Ozone Layer is Not Recovering and We Don’t Know Why

Have Companies Really Done Enough to Bring An End To Deforestation?

By Claudia Geib

More Americans Are Working From Home — And It’s Better for the Environment

In Extreme Heat, Trees Stop Sucking Carbon From the Air

By Chelsea Gohd

Mega Cities Poised to Become the Hottest and Most Dangerous Places Under Climate Change

President Trump Aims to ‘Eliminate’ the Clean Water Rule Through an Executive Order

By Kelsey R. Marquart

Is Pollution Artificially Shielding Us From Climate Change?

An Ocean of Plastic Is Choking the World’s Most Precious Coral Reefs

Even If We Stick to Our Climate Goals, the Paris Agreement Will Deliver a Drier World

By Lou Del Bello

Reversing Climate Change With Geoengineering Could Leave the Planet Worse Off

Scientists Announce That The Great Barrier Reef is Officially “Terminal”

By June Javelosa

Researchers Find Pollution Is the Biggest Global Threat to Human Health

By Chelsea Gohd

AI Could Find Homes for Millions of Refugees Displaced by Climate Change

Catching Up With the New E.U. Emissions Targets Will Cost Germany a Trillion Euros

How Much Warming Can We Really Expect Once We Stabilize Climate Change?

Swapping Coal for Wood Is Bad for the Climate, and the EU Is Falling for It

An Unlikely New Ally Has Emerged in the Fight Against Pollution in Water

By Patrick Caughill

Global Temperatures Reached New Highs in 2017

Our Climate Is Changing Rapidly. It’s Time to Talk About Geoengineering.

By Claudia Geib

The End of Plastic Has Officially Arrived

By Chelsea Gohd

Cape Town Is Set to Run Out of Water in Less Than One Hundred Days

By Claudia Geib

Life At Sea? Six Futuristic Homes That Will Protect You From Climate Change

By Victor Tangermann

Combatting Climate Change Is “A Matter Of Survival” Says Fijian Minister

By Alexandra Ossola

The World’s Biggest Smog Tower Offers Hope to Polluted Megacities in China

The Czech Republic May Be Getting Serious About Climate Change

Rising Clouds Could Spell Disaster for the World’s Tropical Forests

By Kristin Houser

Leaked Draft of Landmark Climate Change Report Pours Cold Water on 1.5°C Goal

By Lou Del Bello

Climate Change Is Acidifying Our Lakes and Rivers the Same Way It Does With Oceans

By Chelsea Gohd

The UK Prime Minister Is Working to End Plastic Litter by 2042

By Chelsea Gohd

By 2040, Hundreds of Millions May Be Affected By River Floods Across the World

Sea Turtles Under Threat as Climate Change Turns Most Babies Female

By Patrick Caughill

Marine Food Webs Are on the Brink of Collapse Because of Climate Change

By Chelsea Gohd

For Coastal Communities, the 1.5C Climate Goal Is a Matter of Life or Death

2017 Saw the Costliest Disasters in U.S. History

By Chelsea Gohd

A Lack of Oxygen Is Creating More Ocean “Dead Zones”

By Claudia Geib

A Wave of Climate Refugees Could Soon Emerge in the US

By Chelsea Gohd

2017 Broke Another Heat Record — but There’s Hope for Future Years

By Lou Del Bello

Climate Change Places a Major Economic Burden on Future Generations

By Chelsea Gohd

Not All Geoengineering Is as Terrifying as You May Think

By Lou Del Bello

It Doesn’t Matter How Cold it is Today. Global Warming is Killing People.

By Lou Del Bello

New Airplane Design Uses Less Fuel, Reducing Noise and Air Pollution

By Kristin Houser

US to Reverse Offshore Drilling Regulations, Leaving the Environment Vulnerable

Here’s What the Experts Make of Trump Removing Climate Change from the National Security Strategy

By Patrick Caughill

Climate Change Is Going to Drive Thousands of Refugees to Cooler Countries

By Lou Del Bello

United Nations’ Treaty Protecting High Seas May Be a Reality in 2020

By Lou Del Bello