When you're trying to protect an entire planet, it seems pretty silly to leave half of its human

The numbers are in for the World Happiness Report 2017; who wins this year's crown of contentment? Think of it as a love letter to Scandinavia.

A new app from BBC allows you to explore content from their great nature documentaries.

The massive diversion of grain to fuel cars has helped drive up food prices, leaving low-income consumers everywhere to suffer some of the most severe food price inflation in history.

It's so much more than books.

It's a number that's been thrown around a lot recently. There's a danger it will be misunderstood.

Though known colloquially as food that is grown to be more healthy (and is more expensive), in order for organic food to be certified as such, it must be produced under specific, legally-regulated standards and be subject to testing in order to retain

Opposition from the G77 Nations and the Vatican led to the removal of the words 'reproductive rights' from the Rio+20 text, leaving in 'acceptable modern methods of family planning'.

The most recent U.N. demographic projections show world population growing to 9.3 billion by 2050, an addition of 2.3 billion people.

This large format photo book features hundreds of stunning images highlighting the effects that our global population of 7 billion (and growing) has on the Earth.

This new map uses satellite technology to display the world's vegetation, and can be used for everything from weather predictions to deciding best land use practices.

George Monbiot wades into the meat-and-climate debate by explaining how 'ethically' raised meat is actually worse for the planet than those raised in confined spaces. It leaves omnivores in an awkward position.

Forget light bulbs and cloth bags. The actions that will mitigate climate change most effectively are the ones nobody's talking about.

Huge new study reveals that going vegan offers far greater benefits than quitting flying or driving an electric car.

The average amount of meat consumed per person globally has nearly doubled in the past 50 years, a trend with terrible consequences for environment, scientists warn.

Well, at least the most iconic animal in the United States won't catch on fire too easily...

In a new video, Greta Thunberg and George Monbiot explain that we must use nature to fix our broken climate.

It's the first conference of the North American Passive House Network and it sounds like it was a lot of fun.

We have long called for deposits on everything. California shows that even that is not enough.

In this excerpt from the latest book by the Union of Concerned Scientists, the authors explain why we're standing at a climate crossroads&dmash;and how serious the next decision really is.

A modern life without plastic may seem an impossibility, but this Canadian duo shows it's achievable.

This handbook to sustainable living will help you practice what you preach.

Jonathan Safran Foer argues convincingly that changing our diets is the most effective way to fight the climate crisis.

Put down that burger and get out your bike. Things are getting serious.

We blame ourselves for not recycling more plastics, and yet our efforts are like "hammering a nail to halt a falling skyscraper." It's time we got to the root of the problem.

Sometime within the last century, soil erosion began to exceed new soil formation. Now, nearly a third of the world’s cropland is losing topsoil faster than new soil is forming, reducing the land’s inherent fertility.

Britain's Conservative government is expected to announce wide-ranging measures to tackle ocean plastic pollution.

Here's why soil is one of our most valuable natural resources and what you can do to support it.

Huge decline surprises scientists who say that the world’s fastest land animal won’t escape extinction unless urgent conservation action is taken.

The things nature does to sand and rock are amazing. You may think this is an alien planet with bizarre stone houses for extraterrestrials, but no, this is New Mexico in all its mind-blowing glory.

Despite the fact that livestock production contributes more greenhouse gas emissions than the entire transport sector, there is an appalling unwillingness to change eating habits in order to make a difference.

Under perfect circumstances, grazing cattle do sequester carbon, but most of the time that's not the case.

Prescription drugs have weird names. But so do planets in the Star Wars universe. We asked CNBC staffers whether they could tell the difference.

New York City businesses are struggling to make money and retain workers as the coronavirus continues to inflict economic pain.

Proposed cuts could end decades of U.S. leadership in exploring that world

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Mysterious patterns in orbits of small bodies in the outer solar system could arise from the gravity of a massive disk of icy debris rather than an undiscovered giant world

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