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A new online tool could help water users in India understand the risks to their water supply, which is dwindling and increasingly…

Scientists have long understood how carbon dioxide traps heat in the atmosphere and contributes to global warming, but the phenomenon had not been directly documented at the earth's surface outside of a laboratory — until now. Writing in the journal Nature,…

Kenya’s high-elevation forests are the source for most of the water on which the drought-plagued nation depends. Now, after decades of government-abetted abuse of these regions, a new conservation strategy of working with local communities is showing signs…

Streams across roughly 40 percent of the planet's land area are at risk of pollution from pesticides, according to…

A new map by the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) shows America's quietest and noisiest places. The park service…

A team of Danish and Swedish scientists reports that they have restored oxygen to the waters…

It’s not just the potential for a catastrophic spill that makes President Obama’s proposal to open Atlantic Ocean waters to oil exploration such a bad idea. What’s worse is the cumulative impact on coastal ecosystems that an active oil industry would…

More than 10 percent of the electricity used in Texas last year came from wind turbines, according to the Electric…

The waters surrounding New York City are on track to rise 11 to 21 inches by the 2050s, according to an analysis based on…

Warmer spring temperatures in the northeastern U.S. are leading to shifts in the emergence of ticks that carry Lyme…

In a recent groundbreaking study in Science, a group of marine experts — including lead author Douglas…

The good news is the world’s oceans have not experienced the extinctions that have occurred on land. But as ecologist Douglas McCauley explains in a Yale Environment 360 interview, marine life now face numerous threats even more serious than overfishing.…

More than 30 percent of wood used by Indonesia’s industrial forest sector stems from illegal sources rather than…

An international team of scientists has developed new methods for studying the acidity of the oceans from space,…

Blessed with lots of sun and keen to cut its reliance on imported oil, Hawaii has moved to the forefront of residential solar installations in the U.S. But financial and technical hurdles are slowing the state’s drive to generate 40 percent of its…

The U.S. Southwest and Great Plains are on track to face persistent drought during the second half of this century,…

Researchers with the U.S. Geological Survey are using thermal video cameras to study how mange is affecting…

Once abundant in the rivers of eastern North America, the Atlantic sturgeon has suffered a catastrophic crash in its populations. But new protections under the U.S. Endangered Species Act are giving reason for hope for one of the world’s oldest fish species.…

Geoengineering, an experimental series of technologies aimed at counteracting the effects of climate change, could potentially diminish political polarization over global warming, according to new research. Roughly 3,000 participants in a study displayed more…

With the steady retreat of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean opening up vast areas of this long-frozen marine basin, a key resource…

Flooding in the U.S. Midwest has become more frequent over the last half-century, a new study in Nature Climate Change has…

Norway has divested its sovereign wealth fund — the largest in the world and worth roughly $850 billion — from coal companies, marking the first time a nation has divested for reasons related to climate change. Over the past three years, the country has…

With a warmer atmosphere expected to spur an increase in major storms, floods, and other wild weather events, scientists and meteorologists worldwide are harnessing advanced computing power to devise more accurate, medium-range forecasts that could save lives…

Maine’s lobster fishery, worth $1.7 billion to the state and a vital source of employment, could be…

Extremely efficient solar cells similar to those used in space may soon be ready for installation on residential rooftops, according to a report in Nature Communications. Concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) systems, which use lenses and curved mirrors to focus…

With temperatures rising and extreme weather becoming more frequent, the “climate-smart agriculture” campaign is using a host of measures — from new planting practices to improved water management — to keep farmers ahead of the disruptive impacts of…

The emerald green, leaf-shaped sea slug known as Elysia chlorotica can live for months at a time by…

Roughly 90 percent of China's large cities did not meet national air quality standards last year, according to the country's…

In 2014 — the driest year ever recorded in California — farms and orchards in the state's Central Valley took a major hit…

After years of frustration and failure, a more flexible approach to reaching an international strategy on climate action is emerging – and it could finally lead to a meaningful agreement at climate talks in Paris later this year. BY DAVID VICTOR