Computer models show that increased levels of greenhouse gases, along with their trapped heat, will make the atmosphere more stagnant, leading to many more days of unhealthy air. David Biello reports.
The Global Alliance on Health and Pollution calls for a war against pollution to save the lives of more than eight million people annually. David Biello reports
Thanks to us humans, there's a new type of rock in the geologic record. And it's part plastic. David Biello reports
When gas mileage cost was explicitly revealed on new car window stickers, potential consumers were more likely to choose the most efficient vehicle. David Biello reports.
In a May 21 speech Pope Francis warned that despoiling the environment would come back to haunt humanity. David Biello reports
A building-sized poem shows how billboards could help cut pollution from cars. David Biello reports
Since the 1970s the locations where tropical cyclones (hurricanes and typhoons) reach their maximum intensities have shifted toward both poles at a rate of about 35 miles per decade. David Biello reports
Corn plants bred to be planted very close together thrive in good weather but appear to be particularly vulnerable to the droughts predicted in the coming decades. Cynthia Graber reports
A meta-analysis of ecosystems finds that species losses in any given place do not yet translate to large changes in the number of different species in that place. David Biello reports
Building on light-cloaking work, physicists took a small step toward the goal of shielding cities from earthquakes by deflecting incoming energy. David Biello reports
Smartphones, cheap satellite imaging and crowdfunded enterprises have made citizen oversight possible that was undreamed of by past transparency advocates and environmentalists. David Biello reports
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory has a working prototype for a space-based solar energy collector and distributor that would beat the cloudy-day problem. David Biello reports
A consideration of the role of sootlike particulates and ozone implies that the climate should will not be insensitive to increasing levels of greenhouse gases. David Biello reports
Bats ate less fruit in lit areas than in dark ones, which may lessen their seed-dispersal activities needed to bring back slashed rainforests. Cynthia Graber reports.
The U.S. government has given industry permission to use of lethally loud seismic devices up and down the east coast. David Biello reports
A new study attempts to quantify CO2 emissions if economic growth continues. David Biello reports
As more people move to cities, careful planning could mean a happy home for both humans and a substantial amount of wildlife. David Biello reports
More rain related to a warming climate soaks Magellanic penguin chicks to the skin before their waterproof feathers grow in, killing them from hypothermia. Allie Wilkinson reports
Lunar New Year means tens of millions of travelers in China, mostly by bus but increasingly by car, which is bad news for air quality. David Biello reports
A host of factors determine the role of electric and hybrid cars in reducing greenhouse gas pollution, such as whether coal is their ultimate fuel source. David Biello reports
A new analysis calculates each of the world's countries total amount of CO2 pollution, along with responsibility for the ensuing global warming
The temperature outside governs most people's response to climate change. David Biello reports
David Biello looks back at the big environmental stories of the year covered on 60-Second Earth
E-waste is a large--and growing--problem that can be addressed by thoughtful disposal, David Biello reports
The annual Christmas Bird Count is revealing big changes in the avian world, thanks to us ground-dwellers. David Biello reports
New research suggests a link between the precipitous meltdown of Arctic summer sea ice and broiling heat waves. David Biello reports
Toxicity testing on shampoo that fights flakes reveals that it's bad for plants and animals once it's in wastewater. David Biello reports
A new study examines the links between environmental degradation and human illness. David Biello reports
Five years later, what lessons have been learned from the Christmas coal ash spill? David Biello investigates
The Montreal Protocol aimed to fix the ozone hole but it also delayed global warming. David Biello reports
