environment
Microbes screened with a new microfluidic process might be used in power generation or environmental cleanup.
The Green New Deal is an ambitious attempt to fight climate change, but is it destined to hit the political skids?
White-nose syndrome is nearly as lethal to bats as the Black Plague was for humans.
Regenerative capitalism challenges the belief that business success and environmental concerns are inherently at odds.
Talking about climate change doesn't have to be an argument over Thanksgiving dinner. Some people, though maybe not all, can be persuaded.
The suburbs are the spiritual home of overconsumption. But they also hold the key to a better future
Economic "degrowth" may be difficult to achieve, but a "prosperous descent" is possible.
We knew the Chicxulub crater was massive. We just didn't know how widespread the damage actually was.
Most people think human extinction would be bad. These people aren't philosophers.
"This is a great example of a forest restoration plan which is both good for the people and good for nature," one researcher said.
The findings of the controversial study flew in the face of past research on ice gains in Antarctica.
Zoologist Lucy Cooke explains why humans are totally wrong about panda sex, and why captive breeding backfires.
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Whether or not there are tropical islands in 50 years might depend on whether or not we can eat fewer hamburgers.
Luxembourg will offer the world's first fare-free public transit system, but is there really such a thing as a free ride?
Australia's two largest supermarkets led the ban, which has so far prevented some 1.5 billion plastic bags from entering the environment.
There might be hope for our oceans, thanks to one clumsy moment in a coral tank.
A trio of scientists from Harvard hopes to do this in 2019.
Thanks to museum curators, there's no shortage of the stuff.
As the world gets hotter, men may have fewer and fewer viable sperm
Is the future with radiative cooling?
Firefighters in California are still struggling to contain several wildfires nearly one week after they broke out.
The climate change we're witnessing is more dramatic than we might think.
The government hopes to see 1.5 million electric cars on roads by 2030.
The next gold rush might take place in our sewers.
Firefighters in Northern and Southern California are struggling to contain three wildfires that have forced more than 100,000 residents to evacuate.
On Tuesday, eight science-credentialed candidates were elected to the House of Representatives.
What does it mean for the future of the cryptocurrency movement and its impact on the environment?
Using terrifying language when talking about climate change may be scaring people into inaction.
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A new paper in Nature adds urgency to the fight against climate change.
A French study of nearly 70,000 people yielded startling results for two forms of cancer.