Biodiversity loss has an enormous impact on humans, according to a UN report
A sharp decline in biodiversity is affecting every region of the world, threatening the ability of citizens in many nations to find adequate food and clean water, according to a United Nations...
View ArticleScott Pruitt's plan would double auto emissions by 2025
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt recently announced that the agency will start the process of scrapping Obama-era auto emissions standards negotiated with the automakers, a move that, if completed, would...
View ArticleTyler Environmental Prize winner James J. McCarthy has hope for the future
The prestigious Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement has been awarded to Paul Falkowski and James J. McCarthy, distinguished oceanographers who focus on climate change.McCarthy is a Harvard...
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Take a tour of the City of London’s tiny, protected green spaces
Every day, nearly half a million workers stream into the white stone banks and office buildings in the City of London, a single square mile at the historic core of greater London.It’s the financial...
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Around the world, the environment is finally getting its day in court
When the improper disposal of wastewater from the construction site of a joint shopping center and apartment complex threatened to contaminate hundreds of residents’ water in Sonsonate, El Salvador,...
View ArticleIn India, 'Day Zero' is every day as water taps run dry
Parched Cape Town, in South Africa, has managed to push back its "Day Zero"— an estimate of when taps in the city could run dry — to 2019 after successful water-saving efforts.But in India, "Day Zero"...
View ArticleIn fossilized footprints, evidence of humans, a giant sloth, and ‘the killer...
Scientists have uncovered evidence of ancient humans engaged in a deadly face-off with a giant sloth, showing for the first time how our ancestors might have tackled such a formidable prey.Standing...
View ArticleUS may restrict partnerships with China as battle over artificial...
The US government may start scrutinizing informal partnerships between American and Chinese companies in the field of artificial intelligence, threatening practices that have long been considered...
View ArticleThe mysterious aurora known as 'Steve,' explained
Thanks to collaboration between citizen scientists and astronomers, a strange phenomenon in the night sky, dubbed “Steve,” has finally been explained.In 2017, a glowing purple-and-green ribbon across...
View ArticleDocumentary uncovers contaminated truths behind water crisis in West...
There are several chemicals that have no taste or smell that could reach our drinking water without us realizing the inconspicuous harm they are causing. Then, there are some that have a particular...
View ArticleCongress boosted spending on science and the environment, even as Trump...
Government agencies from the Environmental Protection Agency to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to the United States Geological Survey are breathing sighs of relief, as they will...
View ArticleA determined UMass undergrad is gathering important data on the Nantucket...
The Island of Nantucket, off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, is home to a rich ocean ecosystem and host to scientists dedicated to understanding it — including UMass student Matt Souza, who...
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This British company is turning food waste into beer
It’s a Wednesday night in central London and the trendy Temple Brew House pub is packed with people out for after-work beers and burgers.A crowd in one corner is sipping intently from half-pint tasting...
View ArticleGroups sue EPA over regulatory rollback, saying clean air is 'at risk'
In January, the EPA announced it was withdrawing the 23-year-old pollution control policy known as “once in, always in.” In response, seven environmental groups and the State of California have sued...
View ArticleA message for dog owners enjoying the great outdoors: Leave no poop behind
The majority of dog owners dutifully pick up after their pets in cities or neighborhoods, but sometimes they forget or don’t think about it when out in nature. Though this may not seem like a big deal,...
View ArticleLawsuits took down Big Tobacco. Can they make oil companies accountable for...
A growing list of US cities and counties are suing fossil fuel companies for damages linked to climate change.Among the defendants are Shell, Chevron and ExxonMobil. Emerging evidence suggests that...
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Almost 2,000 people evacuated as Hawaii's Kilauea continues to erupt
Nearly 2,000 people on Hawaii's Big Island have been evacuated from homes after lava eruptions destroyed five houses and sulfur dioxide gas threatened to harm anyone who stayed in the residential area,...
View ArticleBurn it or bury it? Europe ponders future as plastic waste piles up.
Europe has sent just over half the plastic waste it used to ship to China to other parts of Asia since Beijing's environmental crackdown closed the world's biggest recycling market in January. The...
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Seven stories of sows: Inside China's high-rise hog farms
On Yaji Mountain in southern China, they are checking in the sows a thousand head per floor in high-rise "hog hotels."Privately owned agricultural company Guangxi Yangxiang Co Ltd is running two...
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How North Korean hackers became the world's greatest bank robbers
It was among the greatest heists against a United States bank in history — and the thieves never even set foot on American soil.Nor did they target some ordinary bank. They struck an account managed by...
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