Environment

Statue in front yard, Chalmette neighborhood

Plastic is Forever: The Art of Mass Consumption

For International Bag Free Day, an intimate look at American mass consumption through the eyes of photographer Chris Jordan

Police detain activists who are trying to protect forests from the construction of a Moscow-St. Petersburg highway in April 2011.

Murder of Environmental Activists Reaches All-Time High

At least 185 environmental activists were murdered in 2015, according to a new report

Hal Rumel, Red Canyon, near Entrance to Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, ca. 1940

How Photography Shaped America's National Parks

Jamie M. Allen explores how conservation and consumerism have impacted America's natural heritage

Finally...an excuse to buy more cookie butter.

Trader Joe's Agrees to Fix Its Fridges for the Environment

The retailer just agreed to a pricey settlement with the Environmental Protection Agency

A pair of nilgai, Asia's largest species of antelope.

India Gives Go-Ahead for Farmers to Cull "Vermin"

The cull will include a range of animals deemed troublesome to people—including rhesus monkeys and wild boar in some places

The Amazon Basin just got a little bit safer.

New Agreement Will Help Protect the Amazon Basin

Earth's largest tropical rainforest just got a slew of new allies

Observations for the study were taken from the Mauna Loa Observatory atop one of Hawaii Island's five volcanoes.

Earth’s Carbon Dioxide Levels Surpass Long-Feared Milestone

Say goodbye to 400 ppm—and hello to Earth's new atmospheric reality

Alewives returning to spawn in Wynants Kill

Herring Spawn in Hudson River Tributary for the First Time in 85 Years

River herring are spawning in Wynants Kill tributary after one of the many dams along the Hudson was removed

Fleet Farming turns yards into "farmlettes."

A Band of Biking Farmers in Florida Reinvents Sharecropping

Fleet Farming transforms lawns into farms to create a new local food system

Brewery Introduces Edible, Biodegradable Six-Pack Rings

Saltwater Brewery's new packaging is made of beer byproducts and can be eaten by sea life

Boulder brain coral is usually common in Florida's coral reefs.

Between Bleaching and Boats, Florida’s Coral Reefs Are Struggling to Survive

The reefs are crumbling in acidifying waters and buried from dredging, according to new reports

Tokyo is the world's largest city...for now.

Five Things to Know About Megacities

Urbanization is happening fast—here's what to know about the world's largest cities

Eating Toxic Algae Might Make Some Plankton Act Drunk

Though it may seem funny, it could have serious environmental consequences

Flint River, Flint, Michigan.

Three People Hit With Criminal Charges Over Flint Water Crisis

Two state officials and a city employee are the first to be charged in connection with the Flint water crisis

Mass Bleaching Destroys Swaths of the Great Barrier Reef

Surveys show that 55 percent of reefs surveyed were severely affected by high water temperatures, with half of those expected to die

Los Angeles: City of Angels...and smog.

More Than Half of All Americans Breathe Polluted Air

166 million people a year are exposed to air that’s too dangerous to breathe

How Do Butterflies Fly and More Questions From Our Readers

You asked, we answered

Some of the coral bleaching near Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef

Massive Bleaching Event Hits the Great Barrier Reef

Warm ocean temperatures have impacted large swaths of the Great Barrier Reef in the last month, part of a worldwide coral die-off

A worker sorts plastic in a recycling plant in Bangladesh. A new bacteria could make her job obsolete

Could Plastic-Gobbling Bacteria Save the Environment?

Japanese scientists discovered a microbe that digests one of the most common plastics

440-Million-Year-Old Fossilized Fungi May Be The Oldest Land Dwellers Yet Discovered

Though not the oldest living creatures, these fungi may have paved the way for living creatures to take hold of the land

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