The Ocean Cleanup is about to send a giant plastic collector to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is growing at an alarming rate — and it's already three times the size of France....
North American climate boundary pushed 140 miles eastward by climate change
A historic climate boundary which marks the division between the humid eastern region of North America and the...
173 countries agree to slash shipping industry emissions in historic deal
Shipping was the sole industry excluded from the 2015 Paris Agreement, even though the sector's annual carbon emissions...
The 6 most pressing environmental issues—and what you can do to help solve them
More than four decades after the first Earth Day, there are still many environmental concerns for communities around...
Teen replants hundreds of mangroves that were destroyed by Hurricane Irma
18-year-old Theo Quenee saw Hurricane Irma's impact in Florida firsthand and realized that the region's devastated mangroves...
Major supermarket chain is the first in the UK to remove palm oil from all its food
Over half of products in supermarkets contain palm oil, according to United Kingdom (UK) grocery store chain Iceland,...
The Keystone Pipeline leak was nearly twice as big as we thought
New reports show that nearly twice as much crude oil leaked from the Keystone Pipeline in South Dakota last November...
Turtle hatchlings spotted on Mumbai beach for the first time in nearly 20 years
Plastic and trash used to pile five feet high in some spots on Versova Beach in Mumbai, India, but in 2015, local...
The world’s biggest Arctic lake isn’t as resistant to climate change as scientists thought
Scientists used to think Lake Hazen, located around 560 miles away from the North Pole in Canada, was beyond the...
The most active volcano in Europe is ‘sliding into the sea’
Mount Etna is the most active volcano in Europe - and it appears to be sliding into the sea. It's the first time...
Land degradation could displace 50 to 700 million people by 2050
Land decay is undermining the well-being of two-fifths of all the people on Earth, or around 3.2 billion people,...
The ground under a West Texas oil patch is moving ‘at alarming rates’
Local residents, infrastructure, and oil and gas pipelines could be at risk from the ground heaving and sinking...
Scientists have a plan to cool the Earth with a sprinkle of salt
Could salt help soothe our climate woes? Senior scientist Robert Nelson of the Planetary Science Institute seems...
Bill McKibben on how to protect the earth from a Trumpocalypse
If you're feeling overwhelmed in the face of President Donald Trump's overtures to ignore climate science, resuscitate...
The amount of plastic in the ocean could triple in 10 years
Plastic in the ocean could triple between 2015 and 2025, according to a new report for the United Kingdom government....
The world’s first subsidy-free offshore wind farm is being built in the Netherlands
The world's first unsubsidized offshore wind farms are currently under construction in the Netherlands. The underlying...
Ryan Zinke claims wind energy contributes to global warming
Wind turbines kill up to 750,000 birds every year, according to Donald Trump's Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke....
Australia’s rampant deforestation is killing koalas
Deforestation is killing koalas in Queensland, Australia. Three million hectares of forest in the eastern part...
Pre-industrial carbon found in Canadian Arctic waters
Old (or possibly ancient) carbon is escaping from Arctic soils, according to new evidence cited by The Washington...
New penguin ‘mega-colonies’ discovered in Antarctica
Adélie penguin populations have been declining in Antarctica — at least, that's what scientists thought. An...
The Seychelles creates debt-for-conservation deal with Leonardo DiCaprio
The Seychelles, an island nation in East Africa, recently announced the creation of two new Marine Protected Areas...
How farming with rocks could improve global food security
Scientists at the University of Sheffield have learned that farming with crushed silicate rocks mixed into the...
Three border collies tear through a charred Chilean forest with backpacks full of seeds
Over 1.4 million acres burned in Chile last year, marking the country's worst wildfire season in history. According...
The Ocean Cleanup launches San Francisco base in Pacific trash-busting bid
The Ocean Cleanup Project seeks to dismantle the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, guided by an ambitious design concept...
Queen of England bans plastic bottles and straws at royal estates
Plastic doesn't have the royal stamp of approval anymore. Queen Elizabeth II recently banned plastic straws and...
Plogging: Sweden’s new fitness trend combines jogging and trash pickup
Plogging is a fitness trend that will help get you - and the environment - in shape. Scandinavians dreamed up this...
Chile creates five new national parks from 10 million acres of land in historic act
In a landmark act of conservation, Chile has created five new national parks out of over 10 million acres of land...
EPA ends clean air policy opposed by fossil fuel companies
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is withdrawing a key Clean Air Act provision. They're reversing the...
Peru passes legislation to let roads slice through remote Amazon area
Part of Peru's Amazon rainforest could be under threat due to a recently passed law. The move would allow roads...
Most active volcano in the Philippines sends locals and tourists fleeing
Mount Mayon, the most active volcano in the Philippines, sent lava billowing down its slopes on Tuesday and prompted...