The U.S. wind industry now employs more than 100,000 people.
The Maple Ridge Wind Farm in Upstate New York. (Ron Antonelli/Bloomberg News)The fastest-growing occupation in the United States — by a long shot, according...
Walmart wants to cut 1 billion tons of emissions out of its supply chain.
Still, Walmart’s impact can also be positive. The retailer has invested heavily in solar energy, for example, helping to normalize renewables among major corporations....
Scientists have discovered vast systems of flowing water in Antarctica. And that worries them.
A video shows a 400 ft wide Antarctic waterfall. (Wong Sang Lee/Korea Polar Research Institute)
The surface of the remote Antarctic ice sheet may be...
Antarctic surface melt more widespread than thought.
Since the days of the great early 20th century polar explorers, scientists have noticed the unbelievably bright blue ponds and streams of meltwater that...
A closer look at how rich countries “outsource” their CO2 emissions to poorer ones.
For years now, carbon dioxide emissions in the United States and Europe have been steadily falling — an encouraging sign of progress in the...
Why Trump may stick with the Paris climate deal — and what it would...
In the coming weeks, President Trump’s advisers are planning to meet to decide whether or not the United States should stay in the Paris...
We're about to try to hack the earth's climate. What could go wrong?
Upper layers of the Earth's atmosphere are visible in this photo from the International Space Station.Image: nasa earth observatoryBy Andrew Freedman2017-04-19 21:33:39 UTC
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Coral reefs struggle to keep up with rising seas, leave coastal communities at risk
In the first ecosystem-wide study of changing sea depths at five large coral reef tracts in Florida, the Caribbean and Hawai'i, researchers found the...
Recovering species must be celebrated or we risk reversing progress
A failure to celebrate conservation successes means we miss vital opportunities to convince the public of 'real and practical solutions' they can engage with....
Seven years later: BP oil spill settlement funding new way to manage fish populations
Understanding the severity of the BP oil spill has led researchers to a barcoding fish eggs. This will help them to determine where fish...
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