Severe coastal floods could affect 287 million people by 2100
A recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports has revealed that more than 4% of the world's population...
Rainn Wilson launches climate change web series featuring Greta Thunberg
A new web series, "An Idiot’s Guide to Climate Change", will help shift viewers’ understanding of climate change...
Global warming expected to exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius
New projections show global warming is accelerating well past the recommended 1.5 degree Celsius target. A new...
Nature lovers rejoice as Great American Outdoors Act wins House vote
On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Great American Outdoors Act, which secures funding...
Antarctica's seafloor is leaking methane, scientists confirm
For the first time, scientists have confirmed that methane leaking is from Antarctica's sea bed. They say the methane is...
IKEA debuts plant-based meatballs
While a plate of Swedish meatballs has long been a standard part of an IKEA visit for omnivores, vegetarians endured...
Tracking climate data in real time
Climate TRACE, an alliance of climate research groups, is developing a new tracker using artificial intelligence...
Victory at Standing Rock as Dakota Access pipeline shut down
The Standing Rock Sioux tribe won a reprieve after the Monday decision by a U.S. District Court judge to suspend...
Beavers could be contributing to warming in the Arctic
A recent study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters suggests that beavers' actions could be...
The South Pole is warming 3 times faster than anywhere else
The South Pole is getting warmer — in fact, this remote location is experiencing warming up to three times faster...
Siberia hits record 100 degrees
Siberia is now setting record high temperatures. On June 20, the town of Verkhoyansk reported a temperature of...
Amazon deforestation increased by 34% in 2019
Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest has continued to be a thorn in the side of efforts to curb global warming....
Join the virtual Oceans Week conference for free
EarthX, the forum responsible for the world’s largest environmental expo, conference and film festival is teaming...
Earth School offers kids interesting science lessons online
Kids stuck at home due to coronavirus have another opportunity for quality online learning. Earth School, a collaboration...
New map exposes secrets of Antarctica's green snow
Antarctica’s peculiar green snow is spreading, according to researchers who have created the first large-scale...
Greenhouse gas emissions expected to hit record decline
While your home energy bill may have increased while you shelter in place, the planet’s overall energy use has...
Florida Aquarium captures baby coral breakthrough on video
The Florida Aquarium announced a breakthrough that may help save America's Great Barrier Reef. Scientists at the...
Megadrought grips Western states, new study says
As if we weren’t in enough of a pickle, a new study claims that the western U.S. is in the midst of a megadrought...
COVID-19 and its effects on the environment
As SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus pathogen that causes the illness COVID-19, sweeps across the globe,...
Floating ICEBERG creatively confronts global warming
In summer 2019, a surprising sight popped up on a New Hampshire lake — ICEBERG, a floating, iceberg-shaped pavilion...
UN releases World Water Development Report 2020
Climate change further challenges the world’s overstretched water resources, ultimately threatening all aspects...
Humans can't count on rainforests to offset their carbon
Instead of absorbing carbon dioxide from the air, tropical rainforests could become a source of carbon in the atmosphere...
What to know about Hulu's Greta Thunberg documentary
Hopeful, passionate and completely fearless, Greta Thunberg is quickly becoming the face of climate change awareness....
Atmospheric carbon dioxide at highest level in 3 million years
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are now at the highest level they’ve been since the Pilocene Era, 3 million...
BAS breaks ground on energy-efficient Discovery Building to study climate change in Antarctica
To establish Britain as a world leader in the fight against climate change, the British Antarctic Survey (BAS)...
Why should the Scottish woodlands be protected?
Although Scotland is more heavily forested than England or Wales, much of its woodlands have been lost...
Why the mystifying axolotl must be saved from extinction
Today’s axolotls are experiencing extirpation, but scientists and pet enthusiasts are saving them from true extinction....
Critics question Amazon's sustainability amidst Bezos Earth Fund launch
Earlier this week, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos vowed to mitigate the impact of climate change by establishing the Bezos...
January 2020 was the hottest January on record
Citing 141 years of records, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has called last month...
Antarctica reaches record high temperature
The frozen continent recently logged its warmest temperature to date, a whopping 65 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s...