Environment

Winners at last year's Google Science Fair

Google Thinks These 20 Teenagers Could Change Our World for the Better

These kids from around the globe have created innovative new technologies, from malaria-testing apps to water-saving agriculture systems

Cute Sand Cat Spotted for the First Time in a Decade in the United Arab Emirates

Researchers set out to photograph the elusive cat to help create a conservation plan for the endangered feline

It may not have been love at first sight, but America is finally developing a crush on bottled water.

Sorry, Soda: The U.S. Is Just Not That Into You

Americans will buy more bottled water than soda for the first time ever in 2016

An eastern wolf in Ontario's Algonquin Provincial Park.

Rare Wolf or Common Coyote? It Shouldn't Matter, But It Does

The concept of species is flawed, but it still has a huge bearing on conservation policy

A forest in India

India Plants a Record 50 Million Trees in 24 Hours

More than 800,000 volunteers planted saplings in public spaces in the state of Uttar Pradesh hoping to reduce greenhouse gases and reforest the countryside

What chemicals are hiding in your couch?

Why Chemicals in the U.S. Are Still “Innocent Until Proven Guilty”

A new chemical bill makes major strides, but doesn’t fix the root problem

The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History holds this patent model for a Gorrie ice machine, the first mechanical refrigeration or ice-making machine the U.S. Patent Office patented.

Six of History's Smartest, Weirdest and Most Interesting Inventions for Beating the Heat

From a bicycle mister to ice energy, here are a few innovative ways for cooling down

Trash on Cheung Sha Beach, Lantau

Hong Kong Beaches Are Swamped With Trash, and No One Knows Why

The piles of rubbish could be transported by ocean currents or recent floods

Signing of the Highway Beautification Bill

Lady Bird Johnson Wielded Power With a Delicate Touch

The First Lady was a trailblazer who flew under the radar as a quiet champion of Civil Rights and protecting the environment

One Step Closer to Turning Plastics Into Fuel

Researchers in California and China have discovered a new method for breaking polyethylene into liquid fuel and solid wax

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

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