Good News for the Environment

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Plastics can take years — even lifetimes — to decompose. But scientists have a new solution in the works.

These highly productive man-made island-farms, which can be found floating on lakes across the south of Mexico's capital, date back to the time of the Aztecs or perhaps even earlier.

How well people exercise their agency will determine the severity of global warming — and its consequences.

With virtually all whale populations on the rise, researchers insist it’s time to disband and consolidate the International Whaling Commission.

The generators use a heat exchange and condensation method to capture water, after which a filtration and sanitization process makes it potable for humans.

Food’s role in climate change has emerged as one of the defining challenges of our time. At the heart of this challenge is the prodigious use of fertilizers and a growing global population’s increasing demand for meat.

Lilly Endowment Inc. just gave the National Parks Foundation $100 million in historic grant funding.

One study estimates wind farms just offshore could meet 11 times the projected global electricity demand in 2040.

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Using an unconventional method that reduces mosquito populations, the critically endangered birds may have a fighting chance.

Beavers were once abundant in North America. Bringing them back could have serious climate benefits.