The country is a global leader in the transition toward green energy, following a radical transformation of its energy mix.

New Jersey alone is home to more than 3,000 warehouses and distribution centers, many of which rely on polluting diesel trucks.

Two new books explore how artists have captured the human impacts on the environment – including the iconic Vincent van Gogh.

At NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, engineers are developing robots that can spend months gathering data beneath the massive ice shelves of the Antarctic.

New findings suggest that emissions of the potent global warming gas from landfills could be much higher than officially reported.

Fridges, freezers, and cooling cases at most supermarkets rely on HFCs, which are potent global warming gases. But there’s an alternative.

Scientists are working to breed drought- and heat-tolerance traits into common beans from tepary beans, which are native to the Sonoran Desert in Mexico and the U.S.

For example, Amman, Jordan is hiring Syrian refugees and vulnerable Jordanians to plant trees and improve green spaces. And Madrid, Spain, has partnered on a program to provide job training in ...

The nonprofit, which provides free legal and educational support to researchers facing harassment and intimidation for their work, is preparing for a protracted struggle to defend climate scientists ...

There’s a growing need for workers trained in energy efficiency and weatherization, which can reduce the climate-warming pollution produced by buildings. And an AmeriCorps program based in North ...

To protect themselves, some cities and towns are working to create or restore what are called living shorelines, natural coastal features like reefs, dunes, and marshes filled with vegetation. These ...

Land areas had their second-warmest November on record in 2024, according to NOAA, and global ocean temperatures were also the second-warmest on record. The recent record heat in the oceans in 2024 ...