Renters are at greater risk from climate change than homeowners because they don't have the agency to make fixes or adapt and ...

In what is called “waste colonialism” the U.S. exports large amounts of trash and recycling overseas, particularly plastic ...

The Varroa mite might be the main cause of honeybee dieoffs recently but other human-caused environmental factors are also at ...

Climate change isn’t just a future threat—it’s already reshaping the U.S. real estate market in ways many didn’t expect.

This narrative will consist mostly of charts. To begin, let’s review how carbon dioxide emissions have evolved since 1880 when the industrial revolution in the U.S. began in earnest. Cumulative ...

Climate change isn’t just a future threat—it’s already reshaping the U.S. real estate market in ways many didn’t expect.

Climate change isn’t just a future threat—it’s already reshaping the U.S. real estate market in ways many didn’t expect. Growing some foods in the lab is one way to reduce our agricultural impact in ...

In 2014, the concept of solar-powered photovoltaic road panels that could collect sunlight and convert it into usable energy went viral when the Idaho-based company Solar Roadways heralded it as a ...

U.S, national parks, like the Grand Tetons pictured here, are facing severe budget cuts thanks to Trump administration mania over cost cutting. Credit: Roddy Scheer. Dear EarthTalk: How have Trump’s ...

For the vast majority of human history, up until around 12,000 years ago, every human was a hunter-gatherer. As hunter-gatherers, humans lived with a subsistence lifestyle that relied on hunting, ...

They may look lush and green, but some forests are already on borrowed time. These so-called “zombie forests” are made up of trees that are still alive but no longer capable of reproducing in the ...

From architecture to fashion and food service, businesses are rethinking the way products are made, used, and valued. Yet there’s one principle that ties all of these efforts together: ethical design.