
IUCN finds ocean oxygen levels dropping at record rates
Marine life is in serious trouble if ocean oxygen levels continue to plummet. A new report by the International...

Snøhetta-designed center may provide a rare look inside the world’s largest seed vault
Snøhetta has unveiled preliminary designs for The Arc, a proposed visitor center for Arctic preservation storage...

This Dark Beacon warns of the dangers of sea level rise
On the Greek island of Spetses, Irish designer Kieran Donnellan and a group of participants from the 2019 international...

Amazon rainforest might reach irreversible tipping point as early as 2021
Relentless Amazon deforestation and gross mishandling of the region by Brazilian authorities and agricultural advocates...

EEA reports poor air quality caused premature deaths of 400,000 Europeans in 2016
Coal-fired power plants, vehicle-clogged highways and fossil-fuel spewing factories have contributed to the growing...

IPCC landmark report warns about the state of the oceans, polar ice content and the climate crisis
The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) — which is, in fact, the UN body responsible...

Mountain in Sweden loses highest peak title as global warming shrinks it
Kebnekaise, the highest mountain peak in Sweden, has fallen victim to global heating. Scientists reported that...

Greenland’s ice sheet lost 197 billion tons of ice in July
What melts faster than an ice cream cone on a sweltering summer day? Greenland’s ice sheet. In July, the world's...

New report warns of extreme heat of 127 degrees or more in the US
Just when you thought the environmental news couldn’t get any worse, a shocking new report warns Americans that...

Scientific consensus reaches beyond 99% on human-caused climate change
Researchers have released three additional studies confirming the consensus among scientists that climate change...

Iceland will unveil monument for the first glacier lost to climate change
Scientists and local Icelanders will unveil a monument next month that memorializes the first glacier out of the...

Climate anxiety: Is hopelessness preventing us from confronting our biggest challenge?
Every day, news reporters circulate the latest climate studies that seem to prove the world is ending. The reports...

Heatwave roasts mussels alive in California
An unusual heatwave sent droves of Californians to the beach, where they were met with hundreds of unfamiliar beach-goers...

Airplanes’ contrail clouds are more harmful than their carbon emissions
The streaky clouds behind airplanes are the center of a new study that looks at these clouds' contribution to climate...

A new study estimates how many people will die from global heating in your city
A new study reveals the severity of global heating by calculating how many heat-related deaths would occur in major...

Study estimates sea level rise two times worse than worst-case scenario
Sea level rise is a serious threat, but a new report argues that it may be far worse than even the current worst-case...

New study reveals the Great Barrier Reef is struggling to produce new coral
The Great Barrier Reef is struggling to create new coral. Scientists at James Cook University just published a...

Mount Everest’s melting glaciers expose the bodies of long-lost climbers
Close to 300 climbers and explorers have died trying to summit Mount Everest, and the bodies of those that remain...

Proposed $1 billion underwater pipeline will send fracked gas to NYC
There is a war brewing over the development of a new underwater pipeline in New York City. The proposed project...

Climate change is wreaking havoc on Italy’s olive harvests
Italy is facing a major climate change crisis as the country’s olive harvests continue to decline. Italy’s...

International Women’s Day Spotlight: Meet the 8 women leading the charge for a better world
International Women’s Day is just one of the 365 days per year that it is important to recognize and celebrate...

7 ways to be a sustainable and eco-friendly pet owner
Whether we realize it or not, every choice we make for our furry friends has the potential to impact the environment....

Man-made climate change now at the level scientists call ‘five-sigma’
Scientists are warning that the proof for man-made climate change is now at a gold standard level. The announcement...

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...

Scientists believe lab-grown meat may be more harmful to the environment than farms
Scientists and environmentalists are always looking for ways to make meat consumption more environmentally friendly,...

Climate twins: which city will your city feel like in 2080?
The phrase "global warming" gets tossed around a lot, but do we really understand what it means and how it will...

Rwanda hopes to increase energy efficiency with new cooling initiative
Rwanda has big plans for a more sustainable future and is launching a new cooling initiative that will increase...

Global warming makes 2018 the 4th hottest year ever
U.S. officials have confirmed that 2018 was the fourth hottest year on record. Scientists with the National Oceanic...

Polar bears invade small island in northern Russia, causing an emergency warning
Islands in northern Russia faced a crisis last weekend after a group of polar bears invaded the region. Officials...

Rising temperatures are putting the Global Seed Vault at risk
Global warming is putting Earth’s doomsday vault at risk. New research from Norway suggests that rising temperatures...