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...
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...
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...
