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The California redwood forest where Star Wars filmed the Endor location has Ewoks no more — it was cut down, as are billions of trees each year.

Bad News! The Ewok Forest From “Star Wars” Got “Obliterated” In Real Life

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Scientists told national French news outlet AFP that human urine may be a way to better fertilize agricultural produce and reduce climate change.

Scientists Say Key to Feeding World May Be Human Urine

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Swimmer Ben Lecomte swam the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in the Pacific Ocean, where fish and animals thrive. Life created an entire unexpected ecosystem.

Hooray! The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Has Become a Thriving Ecosystem, Scientists Say

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Paleontologists have found a giant ichthyosaur tooth in the Swiss Alps that re-writes what we know about their size. Glacial melt could meant more.

Scientists Find Giant Tooth

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A study published by Princeton co-authors says climate change and carbon emissions are killing ocean and marine life so fast it could cause mass extinction.

Humans Causing Worst Ocean Extinction Event Since Asteroid That Killed Dinosaurs, Scientists Say

By Lonnie Lee Hood

One of the discoverers of CRISPR gene-editing, a groundbreaking new method to engineer genes, believes we could use the technique to tackle climate change.

CRISPR Creator Says We Could Engineer Species to Fight Climate Change

By Victor Tangermann

The United Nations has issued yet another terrifying report about our near future — and readers, we're not in for a good time.

UN Warns That Humankind Is Stuck in “Spiral of Self-Destruction”

By Noor Al-Sibai

A Boulder, Colorado man who set himself on fire in front of the Supreme Court to protest climate change died on Saturday.

Man Who Set Himself on Fire to Protest Climate Change Has Died

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Humans eat a lot of microplastics every week. Here's our favorite memes about microplastic to lighten the situation a little.

The Most Darkly Hilarious Memes About Our Bodies Being Filled With Horrifying Microplastics

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Oxitech is planning to release millions more of its controversial gene-hacked mosquitoes in California to reduce disease and population.

California Prepares to Release Millions of Gene-Hacked Mosquitoes

By Lonnie Lee Hood

New reserach shows fungi and mushrooms create electrical pulses and may be communicating with each other, or talking to each other.

Scientist Says Mushrooms Have a Language They Use to Talk to Each Other

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A new study published Wednesday in the journal Nature says a giant blob in a core part of Earth, called mantle plumes, are actually moving.

Two Huge Objects Inside the Earth Are Changing Shape, Scientists Say

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Researchers at the Medical University of Vienna published a study that summarizes all the current knowledge about microplastics and human consumption.

You’re Eating a Staggering Amount of Plastic Per Week, According to a New Study

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Airbus' A380 test plane took off from France and completed a three-hour flight ran on Sustainable Aviation Fuel, also called SAF, made from cooking oil.

A Jumbojet Just Flew for Three Hours, Powered by Used Cooking Oil

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Scientists say the Great Barrier Reef is suffering its six mass bleach event because of heat waves caused by climate change.

Scientists say World’s Largest Coral Reef is Bleaching Again

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The Conger Ice Shelf, a chunk of ice the size of Rome, suffered a collapse in East Antarctica on March 15 and may be connected to a recent heave wave.

City-Sized Ice Shelf Collapses in Antarctica as Heat Surges

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Christopher Reddy, a scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, warns that a decaying oil tanker anchored off the coast of Yemen could explode.

Scientist Warns That a Huge Tanker Is Probably Going to Spill a Million Barrels of Oil Into the Ocean

By Tony Ho Tran

Both the Earth's North and South poles in the Arctic and Antarctica are experiencing unprecedented warming and soaring temperatures this week.

Something Is Up With Earth’s North and South Poles

By Lonnie Lee Hood

UN Taking Carbon Removal Tech Very, Very Seriously in New Report

UN Taking Carbon Removal Tech Very, Very Seriously in New Report

By Noor Al-Sibai

Want another reason to loathe Russia's invasion of Ukraine? Just look at how it may completely screw up the Paris climate accords — and our planet.

UN: Ukrainian War Fossil Fuel ‘Madness’ Might Destroy The Planet

By Noor Al-Sibai

A massive storm has carried Sahara desert dust all the way from Africa to the Sierra Nevada ski resort in Granada, Spain — and the videos look like they were taken on Mars.

Orange Dust Blankets Spanish Ski Resort

By Victor Tangermann

A massive section of Antarctic ice the size of Philadelphia abruptly shattered — exposing vulnerable glaciers to the sea and more rapid melting.

The Sea Ice That Protects Antarctic Glaciers Just Completely Shattered, Scientists Say

By Tony Ho Tran

Ukraine's foremost climate scientist believes that fossil fuels are not only the greatest threat to humanity, but a driving factor in Russia's invasion of her country as well.

Top Ukrainian Scientist Calls Russian Invasion a “Fossil Fuel War”

By Noor Al-Sibai

It turns out that many lab-grown meat products actually contain a shocking amount of blood due to fetal bovine serum, or blood from unborn cow fetuses.

Oops! It Turns Out Lab-Grown Meat Often Contains Real Blood

By Tony Ho Tran

Cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch may be doing more harm than if we stopped polluting the ocean with plastic in the first place.

Marine Scientists Say Pulling Plastic Out of the Ocean Isn’t Even Worth It

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A group of climate scientists are considering alternative options to sounding to alarm on global warming – including a mass walkout.

Scientists Plotting Mass Walkout to Protest Everyone Destroying the World

By Tony Ho Tran

A huge cargo ship full of Bentleys and Porches that's been burning for weeks in the Atlantic has finally succumbed to the depths of the deep blue sea.

Remember That Giant Burning Ship of Luxury Cars? It Just Sank

By Noor Al-Sibai

In the rambling speech, Trump downplayed the impact of climate change while deriding President Joe Biden for his focus on environmental issues.

Donald Trump Says Global Warming Is Good Because It Means More “Seafront Property”

By Tony Ho Tran

The UN released a massive report on Monday that paints a dire portrait of the impacts climate change will have on the world’s ecosystems and humanity.

The UN Just Dropped Another Incredibly Bleak Climate Change Report

By Tony Ho Tran

Antarctica is showing some worrying signs of pollution in the form of a black carbon layer blanketing the snow, caused by tourists burning fossil fuels.

Antarctica’s Pristine Snow Besmirched With Horrid Black Pollution, Scientists Say

By Victor Tangermann

This week, Australian environment minister Sussan Ley announced the removal of the humpback whale species from the endangered wildlife list.

Humpback Whales No Longer Endangered, Australian Officials Say

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Sea ice in Antarctica has officially reached a record low, according to the latest findings from the National Snow and Ice Data Center.

Welp, Scientists Say Antarctic Sea Ice Is at a Record Low

By Tony Ho Tran

A giant cargo ship carrying 4,000 luxury cars called the Felicity Ace is now adrift in the Pacific Ocean, burning, without its crew.

Fire Engulfs Cargo Ship Carrying Thousands of Luxury Cars

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A team of scientists have posit the idea “planetary intelligence,” which describes the collective knowledge and cognition of an entire planet.

Astrobiologists Suggest the Earth Itself May Be an Intelligent Entity

By Tony Ho Tran

Gov Report Finds That Sea Levels Could Soon Flood NYC and Miami

Gov Report Finds That Sea Levels Could Soon Flood NYC and Miami

By Tony Ho Tran

The American West's "megadrought" has made the region the driest it's been in more than a millennium.

The American West’s “Megadrought” Is The Worst It’s Been in 1,200 Years

By Noor Al-Sibai

A robot travelled to the most-damaged Fukushima reactor and photographed mounds of melted fuel that sank following the tsunami that destroyed the facility.

Photos From Deep Inside Fukushima Reactor Show Horrid Mounds of Radioactive Sludge

By Lonnie Lee Hood

The village of Fairbourne in Gwynedd, in North Wales, is going to be below sea level by 2054, but that isn't soaring housing and vacation rental prices.

House Prices Surge in Neighborhood Predicted to Be Swallowed by the Sea

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A new study by NewClimate Institute found that 25 large corporations that promised to fight climate change are doing a laughably bad job at it.

Surprise! Companies That Promised to Hit Net-Zero Emissions Are Failing Miserably

By Tony Ho Tran

Climate change and variability created a need for the first 100 percent fake manmade snow at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

All the Snow at the Beijing Winter Olympics Is Artificially Made

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Air conditioning needs will likely outpace the US's energy capacity because of climate change by the early 2030s according to a new study in Earth's Future.

Climate Change Air Conditioning Spike Will Cause Widespread Blackouts, Scientists Warn

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A bunch of animals are going extinct, but don't worry, you can buy NFTs of them!

Environmentalists Sell NFTs of Endangered Animals, Because We’re Condemned to Suffer

By Noor Al-Sibai

Climate researchers are warning extreme heat present in the Earth's oceans passed the point of return turn — eight years ago.

Environmental Catastrophe Passed “Point of No Return” Eight Years Ago, Scientists Say

By Victor Tangermann

How does one hold the Winter Olympics when "winter" as we knew it is changing for the worse?

The Winter Olympics Have a Problem: They’re Being Ruined by Climate Change

By Noor Al-Sibai

Indonesia's government is leaving and moving the country’s capital of Jakarta to the island of Borneo due to sinking, pollution and congestion.

Indonesia Is Switching Capital Cities Because the Old One Is Sinking Into the Ocean

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Joe Rogan Ridiculed for Astonishingly Stupid Climate Change Interview

Joe Rogan Ridiculed for Astonishingly Stupid Climate Change Interview

By Tony Ho Tran

Arizona State University professor Klaus Lackner created mechanical trees to soak up carbon dioxide and mitigate climate change.

Scientists Propose Creating Mechanical Trees to Suck Up Evil Carbon Dioxide

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A group of more than 60 scientists and policy experts have signed an open letter calling on governments to ban solar geoengineering.

Scientists Say It Should Be Illegal to Fight Climate Change by Blocking Out the Sun

By Tony Ho Tran

A new study found that chemical pollution driven by plastics has gotten so bad that it might upend global ecosystems that support humanity.

Chemical Pollution Has Crossed a “Planetary Boundary” That Threatens Humanity, Study Says

By Tony Ho Tran

Satellite Images Show Island Where Volcano Erupted Almost Entirely Destroyed

Satellite Images Show Island Where Volcano Erupted Almost Entirely Destroyed

By Lonnie Lee Hood

After fifty years of continuous burning, Turkmenistan officials are finally trying to close up a 230-feet wide fiery sinkhole in the Karakum Desert.

Authorities Attempting to Close Fiery “Gates of Hell”

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Twenty elephants have died during the last eight years from eating plastic trash in the Pallakkadu village, with two more found dead this weekend.

Congratulations, Earth: Hungry Elephants Are Devouring Trash and Dying

By Lonnie Lee Hood

One tour company owner in Lapland, the northernmost region in Finland, went viral after posting her reindeer-powered sled to avoid high gas prices.

Gas Prices So High in Finland One Woman Gets Around With Reindeer

By Lonnie Lee Hood

According to a recent study, the globe's oceans experienced another record year in 2021 — "the hottest ever recorded by humans."

The Oceans Are Now Hotter Than at Any Point in Recorded History, Scientists Warn

By Victor Tangermann

Geneticist Brian Hanley explained his life-extending experiments and why climate change will be his future cause of death if he lives to be 150 years old.

Guy Testing Life-Extending Gene Therapy on Himself Admits That Environmental Catastrophe May Pose Problem

By Lonnie Lee Hood

In Europe, tens of thousands of empty planes are being flown due to an air traffic rule — while needlessly polluting the skies.

In Disgusting Waste, Airlines Are Flying Thousands of Completely Empty Jetliners

By Noor Al-Sibai

The country of France passed a law in December that will require car companies to tell people not to drive in its commercials.

France Passes Law Requiring Car Ads to Tell People Not to Drive a Car

By Tony Ho Tran

A huge cargo ship will use a large kite to drag itself across the ocean in a test run next month in an effort to reduce carbon emissions the shipping industry emits each year.

Cargo Ship Will Get Dragged Through Ocean by Giant Kite

By Lonnie Lee Hood

As many as 30 feral hogs invaded a Texas neighborhood last week, damaging garden beds and yards. How should we deal with them?

Video Shows Dozens of Feral Hogs Invading Neighborhood

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Record breaking, hurricane-force storms blew across the Midwest on Wednesday destroying homes and causing more than half a million power outages.

Hurricane-Like Storms That Raged in the Midwest Caused by Climate Change, FEMA Says

By Tony Ho Tran

A new study published in the journal Microbial Ecology found a growing number of bugs that have evolved to carry a plastic-degrading enzyme.

Microbes Are Evolving to Eat Plastic Pollution, Scientists Say

By Tony Ho Tran

A new report including multiple scientists and researchers says that tornados like the one that killed dozens in Kentucky may be caused by climate change.

Tornadoes Like Kentucky’s May Be Getting Stronger Due to Climate Change, Scientists Say

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A group of scientists say that the Amazon Rainforest is on the brink of collapse — and could transform into a dry savannah in just five years.

Amazon Rainforest on the Verge of Becoming a Dry Savannah, Scientists Say

By Tony Ho Tran

Even when temperatures drop to 75 degrees Celsius below zero (-103 Fahrenheit), massive "zombie fires" continue to burn below parts of Siberia.

Underground “Zombie Fires” Continue to Burn Even at 74 Degrees Below Zero

By Victor Tangermann