Environment

The climate crisis is causing each day to lengthen as polar ice melt redistributes Earth's mass, scientists report. This phenomenon,...

A study published in Nature Communications reports that the Juneau Icefield is losing 50,000 gallons (190,000 liters) of water per...

Extreme heat continued to impact vast areas of the U.S., with the West and parts of the East Coast experiencing...

Google's greenhouse gas emissions in 2023 were 48% higher than in 2019, driven by the increasing energy needs of its...

States, municipalities and private companies are pushing to make composting as common as recycling, recognizing its environmental benefits. Composting keeps...

A significant milestone in clean electricity has been reached, as Southern California Edison is now backing the largest new geothermal...

U.S. officials are seizing larger amounts of coral—not a plant, but a colony of tiny invertebrates that make up the...

Scientists have sounded the alarm for decades about the Cascadia Subduction Zone, a megathrust fault spanning down the western coastline...

A diet incorporating plant-based protein not only helps the environment, but is may also lower your risk of dying from...

António Guterres, the U.N. Secretary-General, said Wednesday there's a need for a "windfall" tax on fossil fuel companies—which he called...