Garrison Architects creates a series of green modular structures to grace NYC's Sandy-ravaged beaches by Memorial Day.

The oldest city in the Netherlands attracts first-time homeowners with flat-pack prefab abodes free of hidden costs or complications.

Design studio Minarc partners with Habitat for Humanity to (very quickly) bring affordable, net-zero energy prefab homes to low-income areas of South L.A.

Catering to young Londoners struggling to enter the city's real estate market, the YMCA's Y:Cube Housing offers a green prefab-based step toward independence.

Sleek, slender and topped with solar panels, Heijmans ONE is a rental unit that addresses the dearth of affordable housing options for young professionals.

In a marriage of modular building and adaptive reuse, one Spanish developer has taken to the rooftops.

If policing your child’s plate at a holiday dinner dampens the celebration, this one tip may be incredibly freeing for you and your children.

Here's a big hint: If you must do this, move away from the house.

Thanksgiving feasts and Christmas treats will be here soon, but being proactive can help you win the battle of the bulge.

Focusing on what we're thankful for can help us turn outward and express appreciation, especially during the holidays.

The find is roughly 2 billion years older than any other known fungus fossil.

It's called dendrochronology, the study of data culled from the growth patterns of trees. And it can tell us a lot.

Covered in a code no one can understand, the Shigir Idol is the oldest wooden structure in the world.

Based on our mostly destructive history of interacting with isolated cultures, we should stay away.

Fossil finders have ample opportunity to connect with experts through fossil ID days at museums, parks and universities.

Miners in Australia uncover the opal-filled fossil of a dog-size herbivore named Weewarrasaurus pobeni.

8 strange and surprising facts about the T. rex, king of the dinosaurs.

Cyclists have "increased heart rate and respiration," resulting in more CO2 emissions, said state Rep. Ed Orcutt.

Aging pipelines leak dangerous amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

A new study claims it isn't as bad as estimated, at least during one part of the process. But how much methane does leak during fracking?

U.S. federal budget woes are shrinking the monitoring network that tracks greenhouse gases such as methane.

Absorbing more carbon dioxide than they release, these vast forests can be credited with helping to lower levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

Earth has broken temperature records for 14 months in a row, and 2016 will almost certainly be the hottest year on record. Yet there is still time to intervene

It may be time to retire the groundhog and start tracking Arctic sea ice for a better prediction of late-winter weather.

Scientists have released the first 'point of view' video filmed by a wild polar bear, offering a glimpse into the animals' daily lives.

As you click through these incredible photos, you'll remember just why it's worth fighting to save our oceans.

Organize your home and office with help from Gail Blanke's book about clearing the clutter.

Anas Cheema, a 22-year-old economics student at the University of Victoria, decided to dedicate his summer.

Several German cities are planning to fight air pollution by eliminating fares on public transport.

Flow, a handheld tracking device by Plume Labs, wants to help us better understand — and avoid — urban air pollution.

Over 60,000 members of the People’s Liberation Army will help increase the total acreage of forested land in China from 21 to 23 percent.

To help erase unsightly yellowing brought on by air pollution, India's crown jewel is looking for new beauty miracles.

While the Camp Fire rages over 100 miles away in the Sierra Nevada foothills, San Francisco experiences an air pollution emergency.

Documentary on coal mining’s effect on Appalachian communities premieres in West Virginia this Saturday.

New EPA ruling on infilling valleys may limit future mountaintop mining permits, but it's only the first step in a long process to stop the 'Appalachian Apocaly

In new video, kids ask President Obama to end mountaintop removal mining.

A young parkgoer returned a rock she took from Smoky Mountains National Park along with a drawing and a nice letter.

An heirloom tomato has been named after Michael Pollan. The "Michael Pollan" tomato is an oddly shaped green and yellow tomato.

When processed food marketers try to outsmart Michael Pollan, he turns the tables on them.

A report issued earlier this week caused quite a stir in the organic food world. See what some respected organic food advocates are saying about it.

Too hot to entertain inside? Head out to the back deck and don't forget these 12 eco-friendly outdoor eating' and drinkin' wares.

Fire lookout towers found in numerous national forests have been converted into campsites-in-the-sky.

The technologically advanced Stoosbahn ascends and descends over 2,000 feet in about four minutes.

The natural surroundings at these picturesque concert venues sometimes steal the show.

Forget the clunky outdoor furniture. A sling of fabric and some straps are all you need to enjoy the outdoors in a hammock.

Markku Lahdesmaki's photo series 'Avanto' illuminates the Finnish hobby of ice swimming.

Fracking for shale gas may be dangerous, but the international agency offers a list of rules it says can make the process 'environmentally acceptable.'

Prize-winning design proposal revives defunct post offices by transforming them into food-sharing centers.

The 'Icelandic Model' may be the country's best export.

Working eight hours a day for two years, Jalandhar Nayak cut nearly five miles of road through the mountainous terrain of eastern India.