Some useful tools for working on a 1.5 degree lifestyle.

Wannabe vegetarians can fulfill their cravings using scent, rather than the real thing.

Researchers gathered data over two years by following 70 different dogs, from 37 different breeds, as they... defecated and urinated.

It could also help us eradicate heritable diseases in dogs.

Researchers are experimenting with software and a smart harness for carrying out basic dog training.

Dogs have been trained to sniff out a devastating avocado tree disease before it becomes fatal – and they are really, really good at it.

A heat wave vulnerability map goes viral, boosting interactive technology that helps make important environmental data accessible.

The wind has never been this beautiful...

Travel back in time and explore the geography of history from the comfort of your home with the new gallery of Google Maps.

80% of diseases in developing countries trace back to contaminated water. Could a simple ingredient from the kitchen shelf solve the problem?

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.

In some areas of the world, transporting water to where it is needed is a major burden, in terms of both time and health, but a new solution may help to ease that process.

A new cheap, lightweight sponge-like gel can quickly and efficiently disinfect drinking water for disaster victims.

The newfound aquifer contains enough water to quench Kenya for decades to come.

This little solar powered device can take the guesswork out of SODIS water treatment, showing when the resulting water is safe to drink.

One solution for purifying water in remote off-grid areas comes in the form of a wagon, complete with solar panel and water purification system.

California has been going through a drought for about 3 years now, with 2013 being the driest year on record.

It's time we made water bottles part of our every day carry (EDC) kit. This handy little bottle squishes down small enough to go everywhere you do.

The bigger question: why is the industry playing into the hands of the anti-fracking activists?

Radioactive uranium occurs naturally in soils but farming techniques may be causing it to dissolve into groundwater

You may love the energy kick from coffee, but too much can be a bad thing. Try some of these greener, cleaner-burning 'fuels' that will wake you up, nourish your body, and keep you going longer.

This ambitious goal is all the more remarkable because NIPSCO is currently 65% coal dependent.

Times they are a changin'

And it couldn't come a moment too soon.

A Toronto city councillor is going to try.

We are going backward, not forward.

A 1.5-degrees-Celsius warmer world would bring bigger gusts of wind more regularly.

How can we be moving away from fossil fuels and spending billions on building pipes for them at the same time?

The most important pollinators on the planet are disappearing in areas where temperatures are getting hotter.

Only in America are they hard to find. How does that happen?

New research calculates how individual CO2 emissions affect the Arctic's shrinking summer sea ice.

The largest greenhouse gas emitter wants wiggle room when it comes to cutting emissions.

Common sense tells us that, following corn harvest, fragments of corn cobs, leaves, stalks, silk, and pollen may be blown by the wind or carried across the land

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

How big of a locavore are you? Could you eat only foods that were available to Native Americans before 1600?

It's been forty years since Nixon and Trudeau signed the original; it's time for an update.

Exfoliating body wash may make you clean, but it's making the lake water dirty.

This long, cold winter has created the most ice cover on the Great Lakes in 20 years—and with ice cover usually at its peak in mid-March, there's still time for records to be broken.

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

Restaurants win; Great Lakes lose.

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.

Humans have never lived with the high CO2 atmospheric conditions of the last 60 years, according to a new study.

Scientists will be able to easier monitor the population of penguins, thanks to a high-tech solar-powered remote camera setup.

The robots have gathered new information that will help scientists determine how fast the ice is melting.

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

Another signs that the poles are warming fast.

Even a species that has benefited from temperature increases in the past may be hurt by excessive warming.

Proving once again that mankind can reverse the effects of our mistakes if we just take firm and fast action

The 9-mile long archipelago has more Adélie penguins than the entire rest of the Antarctic peninsula combined.

Or, how to get glowing skin with just a few simple ingredients.