Architects also praise rammed earth’s high thermal mass—insulative properties that regulate a building’s indoor temperature.

The planet has been flipping between two main modes of carbon recovery depending on the state of coral reefs, new research ...

Climate change is making plastic pollution more mobile, toxic, and widespread, accelerating risks for wildlife, ecosystems, and people.

His goal: to expand a body of knowledge of Earth’s ever-evolving climate patterns for current and future generations. “As an ...

As the world moves to slow climate change and create a more sustainable future, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) today ...

According to a new study, ocean acidification planetary boundary, endangering marine life and coastal economies.

The Earth is perilously close to several climate "tipping points," a new report released this week said. These points of no return are specific moments when the planet has warmed so much that certain ...

For decades, climate science has focused on what happens on Earth and in our atmosphere, but new research suggests our planet’s long term rhythms are also being nudged by a neighbor. Scientists now ...

The United Nations Environment Programme on Dec. 10 announced its five “2025 Champions of the Earth,” the U.N.’s highest ...

The Amazon rainforest is slowly transitioning to a new, hotter climate with more frequent and intense droughts—conditions ...

The Environmental Protection Agency has altered and removed information from its web site that connected climate change to the burning of fossil fuels.

EPA has scrubbed references to people’s contribution to rising temperatures from some of its climate change webpages. The ...