For ten long years, Australia earned an unenviable reputation as one of the world's climate change "laggards." From 2013 to ...

Following President Trump's claim this week at the United Nations that climate change is "the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world," one of the world's most influential scientists has told ...

The dire condition of the Earth's coral reefs means the planet has now reached its first tipping point from human-caused ...

Elon Musk believes the collapsing birth rate is humanity's biggest danger. But antinatalists argue having kids is little more than a procreational Ponzi scheme, and the risks are real.

Three environmental defenders – people who take action against the exploitation of natural resources – are murdered or ...

Climate change is driving this dramatic decline in the world’s largest landlocked sea. Found at the boundary between Europe ...

Glaciers in California’s mountains are disappearing fast and will likely be gone by the end of the century. Geologists found ...

Resilience is on the minds of many executives. But often companies are "flying blind" when it comes to the true cost of ...

A collection of short dispatches from the field of climate microbiology conveys the contributions that single-celled life forms make to our climate system, and how we can work with them to address ...

Climate change may be giving us a sweet tooth. New research shows there has been an increase in sugar consumption as temperatures rise. This poses a risk to public health, as people are drawn to ...

Red tape may be shrinking on paper, but a web of loans, subsidies, partnerships and sub-regulatory mandates keeps business ...

Around 179 years ago, a tiny brown rat lived happily on a tiny, sand-filled island of Australia. European sailors often reported shooting these rodents with bows and arrows. These little ones resided ...