Living in a landscape of fear means more of the greenhouse gas driving climate change gets stored in plants. David Biello reports
The world is not on track to reduce, or even restrain global warming. David Biello reports
A new survey reveals that trash from our activities on land litters the bottom of the ocean, from shallow to deep. David Biello reports
Moss can wait out being entombed in glacial ice for centuries. David Biello reports
Humans are using and abusing freshwater resources at an accelerating rate. David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
U.S. taxpayers have so far borne the brunt of climate change costs. David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
U.S. taxpayers have so far borne the brunt of climate change costs. David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
A new method to make steel using electricity rather than flame could produce virtually no carbon emissions. David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
A new method to make steel using electricity rather than flame could produce virtually no carbon emissions. David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
A new study shows that sediments fouled with oil from the blowout in the Gulf of Mexico caused problems for fish embryos. David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Proposals to open the U.S. east coast for oil and gas exploration mean an increasingly noisy neighborhood for marine life. David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
More than 40 years after Earth Day, human civilization is still far from the ideal of sustainability. David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Reducing certain kinds of air pollution could limit the rise of ocean waters and buy time to address CO2 emissions. David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Although climate change will cause massive disruption, it could benefit some species, such as the Adelie penguin. David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The tools of synthetic biology offer hope for the resurrection of extinct species. David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
New Pope Francis I called for protecting the environment, but it remains to be seen how that might happen. David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
An analysis of the deepest spot in the oceans finds signs of microbial life. David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Hugo Chavez's death may have an impact on the global oil market--and thus on the global climate as well. David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Water demands continue to inch up year after year even as climate change queers supply. Can civilization cope? David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Machine-to-machine communication offers an opportunity to make the modern world more energy efficient. David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com