8 positive environmental stories from 2021
All too often, headlines are built strictly from terrible and shocking stories. It’s easy to lose track of the...
Earth Overshoot Day 2021 has arrived. What does it mean for the planet?
While the pandemic had humanity burning up the world’s resources more slowly than usual, the trend...
Climate change is causing the Earth's axis to shift
New research, published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, has revealed that massive glacial melting...
Human-produced mass now outweighs the Earth's biomass
Research published in Nature revealed that human-made matter now outweighs the earth's biomass. The research further...
Mud and recycled materials make up this sustainable Kerala home
When Ramanujan Basha decided to build a modern, eco-friendly home in Kerala, he turned to Wallmakers, a local design...
This Ecuadorian home uses the natural elements of rammed earth as a foundation
Rammed earth is a building technique that uses packed raw materials from the earth like gravel, sand, silt or clay...
New study predicts mass extinction in 140 years
A new study suggests that the old saying about history repeating itself is absolutely true. In this case, history...
This elegant vacation retreat rises from the pink earth in Mexico
Mexican design studio Taller Héctor Barroso crafted a cluster of pinkish holiday homes that appear to emerge straight...
Bill Gates-backed startup will give you real-time video of nearly anywhere on Earth
Start-up EarthNow is aiming to bring us real-time video taken from space of any point on our planet. Backed by...
New theory suggests the Moon may have formed "from a giant donut of vaporized rock"
Get ready to have your ideas about the Moon shattered. Scientists from Harvard University and the University of...
Viruses and bacteria are falling from Earth's atmosphere
It's something you might expect Chicken Little to say: bacteria and viruses are falling from the atmosphere. But...
Tesla Roadster in space could collide with Venus or Earth
Elon Musk isn't the only person amused by a Tesla in space — scientists at the University of Toronto and Charles...
New quantum tunneling application captures electricity from Earth's heat
Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia have learned how to...
Dumping ground reborn as a bamboo and rammed-earth community space in Vietnam
H&P Architects dramatically transformed an informal dumping ground in Mao Khe, Vietnam into a beautiful pavilion...
Climate change is squishing the Earth and making oceans heavier
The ocean floor may be sinking under the weight of heavier oceans as a result of climate-change-induced glacier...
