As wildfires burn with unprecedented intensity, heat waves strain power grids, and droughts disrupt food systems, one thing has become painfully clear: Humanity may be running out of time. Despite ...

The Sun-Ways solar panels are clamped between the rails on a section of Line 221 of the Swiss national rail network. ©Sun-Ways In a quiet village in western Switzerland, an unassuming stretch of ...

According to the World Health Organization’s 2022 report, an estimated 970 million people were affected by mental health conditions in 2019, of which 28.9% were depressive disorders. Treatment ...

The World Health Organization estimated around 74% of the world population cooks with modern methods, such as electric or gas burner stoves in 2022. However, according to the International Energy ...

Recent video of Justdiggit’s regreening efforts. The land is everything to the Maasai people. These seminomadic pastoralists have called Kenya home for centuries, drawing their food, shelter, culture, ...

Some pioneering farmers and ranchers, however, have decided to ditch synthetic chemicals and adopt regenerative practices to protect the agricultural ecosystem and promote biodiversity. This includes ...

Wetlands, such as swamps, marshes, and bogs, are essential habitats for fish and wildlife, supply nutrient-rich materials to support the food web, and store carbon from the atmosphere. However, ...

Flash floods are one of the world’s most treacherous weather events, as they occur with little warning and can cause severe damage and loss of life. For many Americans, the 2025 July 4th holiday ...

A 2025 Nature study by researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology explores the scope of plastics. It finds over 4,200 “chemicals of concern” that could be toxic to the aquatic ...

Natural disasters—including the recent flooding in Texas in early July—are of pressing concern, given the possibility of increased frequency and damage from climate change. Climate Central, a ...

Reprocessing spent nuclear fuel can wring carbon-free electricity from uranium and its fissile byproducts —and drastically shrink the volume and toxicity of radioactive waste, and sharply reduce the ...

The Caribbean islands, Florida, and the Mexican Riviera are well known as popular vacation hotspots, but since 2011, these beautiful locations can sometimes become blanketed with Sargassum seaweed ...