The drought was so bad it made our region a little lighter.

The remote atoll which is home to endangered species and historic landmarks can now be explored from your computer.

A great gesture that allows you to zoom into a map with one hand on your smart phone.

The software lets you virtually float down the Yampa River, which has been largely unchanged by man.

Now we'll be able to see air pollution information along with city maps.

The software gets a facelift, letting users virtually travel the world in even greater detail.

Clean drinking water is one of our basic human needs, but in many parts of the world, it's also hard to come by. Here's another look at some of the latest concepts for providing clean drinking water.

Providing clean water in areas with minimal local resources may be as simple as implementing this ingenious DIY water treatment system.

Burning fossil fuels puts out a lot more than just CO2.

This man wants to prove a point about rising global carbon dioxide levels by locking himself inside this DIY greenhouse for the next three days.

Ever wonder what it would look like to be in the maw of a snow leopard? Wonder no more.

A lesson in what happens when the humans disappear.

What's in a cricket's song? And how do they do it?

Carbon dioxide continues as the main concern, but we ignore methane at our own risk

The director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre says it's a huge problem that meat is so "culturally embedded in Western societies."

In the latest installment of 'A Death by 1000 Cuts,' a New York TImes analysis lists the Earth-loving rules that Washington is seeking to reverse.

Explaining climate science to kids is challenging, which is why clever animated videos can help.

Asian carp, meet your worst nightmare. Not poison. Not an electric barrier, or a predator from your native land. No, this is good ol' American ingenuity. With a touch of Ted Nugent, or maybe Chuck Norris. People dressed in spiked body armor with

Great Lakes residents would be paying this off for 47 years ... but reaping the benefits for just as long.

The availability and quality of fresh water to sustain a radically urbanizing world is unquestionably a core issue of our time and requires holistic environmental thinking at an unprecedented scale

Delivered to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, the group of 16 alleges that climate crisis inaction constitutes a violation of child rights.

This looks a bit like the Hoth rebel station in Return of the Jedi...

After ten years of work, the Antarctic Heritage Trust has done an amazing job of restoring and preserving.

Australian Antarctic Division captures a vision of curious penguins ready for their close-up.

In support of Greenpeace's Antarctic campaign, this may be the prettiest video I've ever watched – and the cause couldn't be more important.

This young man's mortgage-free home includes an interesting self-built version of the rare species known as the heated ceiling.

I don't buy many plastic bottles, but the ones that I do will take some creative workarounds to avoid.

What is vinyl? Let's explore how this ubiquitous and versatile plastic is made, what its uses are, and all of its safety concerns.

Perhaps yes, if our food system stays the way it is, but maybe that's what we should be challenging.

It's time we stopped greenwashing plastic alternatives and realized they do more harm than good.

Eating seaweed is healthy, but how is it harvested? For one Maine seaweed harvester, the job is a meditation on life.

One craftsman is on a mission. Not only is he reclaiming and repairing quality hand tools. He is taking on corporate hegemony in the process.

American organic farmer Eliot Coleman explains how his innovative winter gardening methods work, allowing growers to harvest veggies year-round.

It's as if Chris Knight left for a weekend camping trip, but didn't come home for a quarter-century.

Don't let a passing crisis, serious though it is, distract you from the real fight.

This rebellious, edgy-looking turtle is now unfortunately facing extinction, and conservationists are fighting to save it.

For the first time ever, a nursery for endangered ray pups and adolescents has been discovered – giving researchers hope to learn more about these rare gentle giants.

The howl of magnificent Zephyr at NY's Wolf Conservation Center gets Mother Nature's attention.

The 'puffin patrol' is saving baby puffins by the handful.

One of the '25 most wanted' lost species, the silver-backed chevrotain is a snaggle-toothed, deer-like species that is the size of a rabbit and walk on its tippy toes.

Humanity's innate love for nature is integrated into this design for a biologically attuned and meditative workspace in London.

Schools are also fundraising to supply face masks for children.

New trucks will all have much greater visibility for the drivers, saving lives of people who walk and cycle.

Perfect for tiny spaces, this multifunctional unit can be used as a kitchen, storage and workspace.

This modular design can adapt to any situation, meaning more usable space can be freed up.

With the right set-up, phosphorescent algae can create a lightshow in your room at night.

This one of a kind structure combines architecture, technology, algae farming and real-time data, and will dynamically respond to environmental factors like weather and movements of people.

The company that makes "shoes for people who don't want to wear them" is introducing a new model of adventure shoe constructed with EVA foam made from algae biomass.

Instead of heavy metals, petroleum products, and toxic solvents, this printing ink is made with algae grown by Living Ink.

Designed with 'artificial leaves' of glass filled with algae, this lighting fixture is made to produce extra oxygen.