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Environmental Governance
The ozone hole was going to destroy life as we know it, but an unprecedented global effort fixed the problem.
A growing movement shows that protecting the world’s forests — and the people who have safeguarded them for centuries — is one of the most powerful, and overlooked, tools in the fight against climate change.
Skoll Foundation
“Climate analog mapping” finds the place that is currently as warm as your city might be in 60 years.
Around the world, biofuels, so-called green energy sources, are waving major red flags.
On November 25, U.N. members will meet in South Korea to cap off a series of meetings aiming to reduce global plastic pollution.
A scientist’s first-hand account shows the world can tackle a global environmental crisis.
It would get rid of our hazardous, radioactive, and pollutive waste for good, but physics tells us it's a losing strategy for elimination.
Researchers are working nest by nest to limit the threat while developing better eradication methods.
New tests to detect species being traded, as well as population studies, aim to help save them.
Driven by a childhood marked by war and environmental devastation, Dyhia Belhabib developed an innovative technology to combat illegal fishing.
As the world warms, trees in forests such as those in Minnesota will no longer be adapted to their local climates. That’s where assisted migration comes in.
Tech designed to fuse atoms might be able to clean up space, too.
A new generation of leaders is forging a path for 21st-century capitalism that’s both profitable and socially responsible.
With LEDs bringing brighter nighttime lighting than ever before, and thousands of new satellites polluting the skies, astronomy needs help.
According to the CDC, 50 countries worldwide have drinkable tap water. But look closer, and the picture is more nuanced.
Meet the masterful con-men who impressed the great and the good despite the astonishing fiction of their very existence.
Fossil Cycad National Monument held America’s richest deposit of petrified cycadeoid plants, until it didn’t.
If we're going to discuss oceanography and climate change, we should at least identify the currents correctly.
If we manage to avoid a large catastrophe, we are living at the early beginnings of human history.
The jail environment teaches the animals that approaching humans results in a boring and annoying experience.
Civil engineer Martin Lebek has a brilliant plan to redress the world’s phosphorus imbalance.
Frugality can also benefit the environment.
Million Stories
"Ghost gear" leads to hundreds of thousands of animal deaths.
When Cameroon's Lakes Monoun and Nyos exploded, they released clouds of carbon dioxide that suffocated everything in its wake.
Really simple interventions can greatly reduce indoor temperatures during the summer, particularly in places like the Pacific Northwest.
Can a non-native species be a friend instead of a foe?
Germany finds itself once again allowing a murderous dictator to run rampant in Europe, though this time it is due to incompetence and technophobia rather than malice.
Every power source involves trade-offs. Given the challenges of increasing demand and climate change, what is the future of energy?
Despite warnings and protestations from astronomers and skywatchers, Starlink is moving fast and breaking things. In May of this year, Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched the first group of its new satellite […]
The top of Mauna Kea is the ideal physical site for this new, ready-to-be-built telescope. But that’s far from the only concern. For many years, astronomers have looked forward to a […]