But they're not alone: a new report finds that most Americans are considered lonely.

Entirely funded by donations, this project is hoping to provide veterans struggling with PTSD or homelessness free housing, counseling and an experience of the healing power of nature.

This bump out adds extra space for a cozy sitting area.

Using recycled materials and audio recordings from refugees, this exhibition hopes to deepen understanding and connection with those who have had to flee their home countries.

It's time that the lazy gardeners among us rise up and take an explicit stand.

When Go Play! announced a competition to design an innovative playground for 1,000 refugee children along the border of Thailand and Burma, Dutch designer AnneMarie van Splunter thought of old car tires. To

Peter Root and Mary Thompson, both only 34 years old, were on an epic bike trip around the world. They were killed in a road accident last Wednesday in Chachoengsao Province, Thailand, near Bangkok.

Some people want pet turtles, and they don't care where they're from or whether they are endangered species.

Idaho is working hard to create an official dark sky reserve, which would make it the first in the US and the 12th in the world.

Circadian rhythm lighting products won't fix body clock problems.

Seventy-two days after setting out from Istanbul, champion distance runner Kevin Lin Yi Jie and a small team of other athletes have covered 4,434 kilometers of their 10,00-kilometer goal: Running the

Woven from bamboo, this inviting structure transforms an empty lot in busy Taipei into a haven where neighborhood residents can relax and gather over a fire.

Draped in moss, orchids, lilies, and ferns, this city bus transports riders to a whole new world.

A small child's bedroom becomes a magical little place to sleep and play.

Multifunctional zones and a sleeping loft enlarge this small apartment in Taipei.

By some oversight we’ve missed the opportunity to alert readers to the International Bicycle Film Festival of 2007 until now. After it has already blitzed 13 cities worldwide, it finds itself skidding to a halt for a few weeks in Australia.

Australians may be world leaders in terms of greenhouse gas emissions, but with their new government signing Kyoto as one of its first acts in power, it seems change may well be in the air. So, is Australia about to go green in a big way? UK-based

With everything happening in one space, studio apartments can often feel too cluttered. This Sydney apartments gets a space makeover with the addition of a clever multifunctional unit that partitions the space and stores things out of sight.

People seem to do awfully stupid things when they get high.

Ozone, is a substance that like CO2, seems not only to require international treaties, but it likes cleaning stuff. Apparently NASA discovered it works a treat as a disinfectant, killing bacteria and making stains soluble at low temperatures. The

You can't blame them for trying: With the White House set to change hands in less than a year's time - likely bringing on board a more eco-friendly administration - industry groups have been pressing the EPA to squelch stricter air-quality standards

We rely on the sun for everything from powering up our electronics to basic heat and warmth for survival, but this massive star does more than just send light our way: It's a huge nuclear reactor with explosions, eruptions, storms,

Left: Ozone in Earth's stratosphere at an altitude of approximately 12 miles (20 kilometers) in mid-March 2011, near the peak of the 2011 Arctic ozone loss. Right: chlorine monoxide - the primary agent of chemical ozone destruction in the cold polar

Among the more high risk methods of geoengineering, methods that reflect sunlight away from the Earth to counteract temperature rise are right up there in terms of potential unintended consequences. Well, a new piece of

Late last week at the Convention on Biodiversity a resolution was adopted which places a moratorium on geoengineering unless it can be proven that the method in question can be shown to not have an adverse effect on

We can and should go back and forth about the merits, demerits, risks and potential rewards of the spectrum of geoengineering techniques, from the simple but slow and effective (like afforestation) to the well, more fraught with potential catastrophic

Reducing CO2 emissions at the source, or better yet, not emitting them in the first place, is the better option.

Plus, spewing sulfate into sky to stop warming won't fully work (redux); what Singapore's doing to make sure sea level rise doesn't swamp their city. Here's what caught our eye this morning.

Wealthy individuals funding geoengineering feasibility studies because no one else will.

The quest to find a last-ditch techno-fix for climate change is more intense and globe-spanning than you possibly could have imagined. See for yourself.

Yet another bizarre, fact-free, and infuriating ruling has been handed down by British Columbia's Ministry of Children and Family Development.

The United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was expected to delivery its fifth Assessment Report (AR5) next month, but over the past weekend, a draft of that report was leaked to Reuters, which reported the early findings.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released its fifth assessment report (AR5), which surely must be one of the most important science documents of all time.

A new report examines the environmental and health impacts of consuming animals products.

Delegates from United Nations member states meet to discuss a global environmental agenda.

A massive public-private partnership pledges over $1 billion to cut deforestation and mitigate climate change.

Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon called upon heads of state to make “bold” announcements at today’s Climate Summit.

The World Happiness Report 2015 takes a look at well-being for the good of social progress and public policy.

Ahead of the U.N. climate negotiations in Paris, hundreds of marches were held around the world to call for strong climate action.

Today, the United Nations climate talks reached an agreement, and committed to fighting devastating levels of climate change.

Who wins this year's crown of contentment? The results are in for the UN's World Happiness Report 2016.

The Clean Seas campaign was launched last week, aimed at eliminating major sources of marine plastic and changing shopping habits.

The United Nations says it's time to overturn the myth that pesticides can feed the world and come up with better, safer ways of producing our food.

But the United States has opted out.

For most people, there's something particularly sad and gory about seeing wildlife killed on the side of the road--but for one British clothing designer, such critter-carnage is fodder for fashion. In an upcoming fashion show,

It is now 2011 which means Fashion Week in New York is just around the corner. Making news abroad, Norway has banned fur from the biannual Oslo Fashion Week, Ecouterre reports (via Huffington Post) making them the first country to

The Searaser takes a novel approach to wave energy generation. New owners Ecotricity - pioneers of wind power in Britain - are aiming for mass deployment in the next five years.

The new wave energy harvester will be utility scale and tough enough to need little maintenance, even in rough seas.

After a storm hit Tennessee last Sunday and Nashville saw record-shattering rainfall, the Cumberland River swelled to overflowing and the city experienced an epic flood. As soon as it was safe, residents were out

PNC, Citi, and UBS are the top three financial enablers of mountaintop removal coal mining, according to a new report by Rainforest Action Network and the Sierra Club that ranks ten of the world's largest banks.These