The technician who gave you that shiny manicure may be inhaling dangerous levels of toxic chemicals on the job.
Americans recycle only about one-third of the solid waste we generate. A behavioral scientist argues that with the right…
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The Trump administration has moved to allow electric bikes on all federally owned trails where normal bikes are allowed.…
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Scientists have tracked endangered species for years. Now they're figuring out how to highlight animals and plants that…
Brazilian evangelicals are politically conservative, but they still believe in climate change. Turning them into climate…
Protected from development, natural landscapes worldwide are emerging from the violence of war.
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The Earth may be entering an era in which natural and human-generated fire together are reshaping the planet.
Farmers worldwide say Monsanto's policy of charging for every use of its genetically modified seeds violates their planting…
Long before Apple vs. Microsoft or Facebook vs. Google, there was Edison vs. Westinghouse.
Instead of suppressing wildfire, the Karuk Tribe in the Pacific Northwest is using it as an integral part of its climate…
Scientists who were appointed to advise the EPA on air pollution kept meeting independently after the agency dissolved their…
What can we do as individuals to help save the planet? Acting locally is satisfying because we can see the results, but…
Electric cars gets lots of attention, but in the developing world, electric two-wheelers have the potential to spread quickly…
To save what’s left of nature on this increasingly human planet, conservation needs to become a top priority around the…
Take a look at the first high-resolution map of the US food supply chain.
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