The Philippines is testing a new type of carbon credit aimed at encouraging companies to cut their climate warming emissions.

A Newsweek map shows the world’s 100 largest cities by population, according to updated United Nations data —including the only two U.S. metropolises to make the cut: New York and Los Angeles.

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Toxic waste hotspots in the United States are expected to be submerged during this century, posing a chemical risk to ...

The Earth Rover Program applies seismology in a new way to detect the “vital signs” of soil with unprecedented clarity.

Researchers from the School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences (APES) have contributed significantly to a major ...

From a digital vantage point in orbit, scientists have mapped every building on Earth—2.75 billion structures, all in 3D.

The media widely reported on a study finding that the world would be $38 trillion poorer in the future unless action was ...

One approach my group is exploring is giving robots a degree of “local intelligence” in their sensorised bodies. Humans ...

A quiet revolution has just taken place in the way the world understands cities. The UN’s World Urbanization Prospects 2025 ...