All Environment
- First LookWant to cut down on food waste? There's an app for that.
Across Europe, apps can help the environmentally aware cut down food waste and carbon emissions that come with it. Stores and restaurants post excess food sold for a discount at the end of the day that would otherwise be tossed out.
- Glacier National Park’s name will outlive its glaciers
As climate change melts the glaciers in Glacier National Park, how will these places most affected by climate change retain their identity?
- First LookEndangered shorebirds threatened by rising Great Lakes
A rainy spring and overflowing Great Lakes are adding to the environmental strain on tiny piping plovers. If waters get too high, teams of professionals and volunteers work as nest security guards and emergency rescuers.
- Habitat meets profit as ranchers restore native prairies
Restoring prairie pasture can improve water retention, provide wildlife habitat, and sequester carbon in the soil. It also can boost ranchers’ profit.
- Why this company wants your old underwear
Will recycling textiles save the planet? Buying less and wearing your clothes longer might accomplish more.
- Road-melting heat becomes another part of the job for India’s day laborers
Record-breaking heat has driven many of India’s well-heeled into the comfort of air conditioning. But not everyone enjoys that luxury.
- Cover StoryHow Baltimore is saving urban forests – and its city
Concerns about climate change and urbanization spur cities to plant and preserve trees. How Baltimore became a green model.
- How T. rex can make you think about the future
With a surprising dose of optimism, the Smithsonian's new fossil hall helps visitors put the concept of climate change into a deep time perspective.
- FocusAlaska’s climate frontier: Anchorage to cut carbon emissions by 80%
When it comes to taking action on climate change, Anchorage isn’t waiting around for federal – or even state – support.
- A new indigenous environmental strategy: Buying the pipeline
A Canada pipeline expansion has drawn protests from the First Nations. But an indigenous project is proposing buying the pipeline for the community.
- First LookTornadoes surge in Midwest, set record for frequency
With storms moving eastward, the Midwest is experiencing an unexpected increase in tornado activity. Tuesday marked the 12th straight day that at least eight tornadoes were reported in the U.S., breaking the record of 11 days set in 1980.
- Call of the wild: Should Colorado bring back the wolf?
Wolf advocates have crafted a ballot initiative proposal that, if approved, would direct the state wildlife agency to manage a reintroduction program.
- Cash for trees: Homegrown carbon offset program bears fruit
Carbon offsets are a key part of industrialized nations’ climate action plans. But what do they look like on the ground?
- As southern Spain dries up, its farmers get inventive
Climate change threatens to turn southern Spain’s farmland into desert. Farmers are employing regenerative agriculture to fight back.
- Reef restored: How Belize saved its beloved coral
Coral reefs worldwide are under tremendous threat. In Belize, efforts to change environmental laws and replant coral helped save its reefs.
- So 1 million species are at risk of extinction. Now what?
Last week’s report of 1 million species at risk is the latest in a stream of bleak environmental reports. What can the public do with these reports?
- First LookSmelly algae invasion threatens Mexico's prized beaches
Mexico's Riviera Maya coast brings in half of the country's tourism revenues, but the algae explosion could cripple the local economy. The vast mats of algae, called sargassum, is one of the more visible climate-change events quietly altering the tourist trade.
- First LookNew kind of battery make solar, wind worth its salt
A German energy company is testing the use of salt to store heat. If successful, the system could help solve a problem posed by unreliable renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar.
- First LookHumans may cause extinction of 1 million species, UN report says
Scientists say it's not too late to fix the problem. Many of the worst effects can be prevented by changing the way we grow food, produce energy, deal with climate change, and dispose of waste.