The continue reduction in Amazon forest clearance is based on preliminary data however. Last year the final tally resulted in significantly higher levels of deforestation.

Despite a steady decline in deforestation in recent years, the latest figure suggests indicate a change of direction.

The jungle wasn't untouched rainforest after all.

A federal study of sea otters in Prince William Sound, Alaska, where the Exxon Valdez supertanker spilled around 30,000,000 gallons of oil about 25 years ago has concluded that the otters have returned to pre-spill numbers.

Study indicates the effects of low levels of oil contamination are worse than anticipated

Finance blogger Cait Flanders describes the ups and downs of a year-long shopping ban and the unexpected lessons she learned along the way.

The tropical country received almost all of its energy from a mix of renewable energy sources.

The map-makers are calling this the biggest change that they had to make since the breakup of the U.S.S.R.!

A team of scientists have developed a novel way to determine the age of these long-lived marine animals.

A new NOAA report reveals we've lost 95% of the Arctic's oldest, thickest sea ice. Here's what that looks like.

Lake Michigan alone receives the equivalent of 100 Olympic-sized pools full of plastic bottles each year.

Meanwhile, cars and trucks keep getting bigger and higher. It's time to do something.

'This situation of captivity is degrading for the animals,' says the Argentine capital's mayor.

This is a truly seismic change, and may mean some big changes in the oil sands and pipeline debates.

The diet appears to act on gut bacteria in a way that helps hinder physical frailty and reduce cognitive decline in older age, researchers find.

Families should be able to have Thanksgiving Dinner instead of having to go to work. This stinks.

Too much information?

It helps to have such a stunning lakeside site.

Unless the desperately needed rain arrive, São Paulo residents are being warned to "prepare for a collapse like they've never seen before."

The top how-to food stories can be summed up in one word: COMFORT.

Food has a way of making an occasion truly special and memorable.

It's a mix of speculative fiction and informed prediction. Which do you think is most plausible?

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

Twice a year we look at yummy waffle slabs, a really efficient way to do more with less.

In Canada, we’ve collected over 150 million units of waste and engaged two million people to recycle.

Whether they are growing to be thousands of years old, making life-long friendships or confounding us with their resilience, trees provide to us invaluable material resources.

How will you promote actions that divert more waste from disposal and conserve natural resources?

No more shopping blindly. It's time to question your whole approach to holiday gifts.

Forget trying to broaden your horizons. Focus on deepening them instead.

Sure, it'll only have nine seats. But the low cost carrier expects larger electric planes in service by 2027.

25 years after the start of Mission Zero, they advance to Climate Take Back.

The largest oil spill in the U.S. happened 25 years ago today.

The idea that the US electricity grid could be knocked out for 1.5 years is a bit shocking. But that's what the agency in charge of protecting it has revealed.

The biggest volcanic eruption in recorded history killed tens of thousands immediately, but the effects on climate continued for years.

One hundred years later, we are still playing chicken with peoples' lives.

A new study found pollution is dangerous for the brain ... especially if you're male.

Denmark’s last wolf was killed in 1813, but after a female travels 340 miles from Germany and meets some males, cubs are expected soon.

Billions of gallons of water may be wasted because of this.

Meet the cable that has earned praise as the 'best new technology' and 'invention of the year'

The computing facility will help researchers with NASA missions while reducing its environmental impact.

Good news from Gabon: Conservation efforts in Batéké Plateau National Park are rewarded with a sighting of an animal thought to have disappeared from the region.

The British wind energy industry is making huge strides - with more to come.

Fiercely opposed to big government, and a huge advocate for distributed clean energy, Roscoe Bartlett now practices what he preaches.

The goal is to highlight the abundance that already exists around us.

Last year at ICCF the material du jour was felt; while its presence is still being, well, felt, this year the stuff that dreams are made of is cork. And not just thin sheets of cork but big honking blocks of the stuff. It is post-industrial recycled

Finally, the inside of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona is done. The church, set out to build 125 years ago and expected to be finished in 2026, attracts millions of visitors every year. This is no surprise due to the

In the north, a lot of people burn wood all year round, but even a single fire is worse than smoking cigarettes.

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Collins dictionary lexicographers observed a 100-fold increase in its usage in 2019.

“The dangerous conditions behind the Kingston disaster were not isolated."