Environment

Environmental activists hope the governor-elect will get tough on the oil and gas industry.

No one wants to kill an animal that near extinction. So how come the popular Endangered Species Act isn't working?

In an age of global warming, which countries are working the hardest to preserve the environment?

Billions of contact lenses are washed into the U.S. water system each year, report finds.

"We don’t test the hull of a ship by ramming progressively larger icebergs until we find one that will break it."

City of Santa Barbara passes arguably strictest regulation for ban aiming to reduce waste.

Coral reefs around the world are coming under increasing environmental pressures.

"It has become clear that microplastics are dispersing all over the world—in the water column, sediment, and marine animal diets—even reaching as far south as the pristine environments of Antarctica."

Coral reefs need all the protection they can get, but will coral reefs ever be safe in the face of rapid climate change?

Scientists think this significant finding could help them study these gentle giants of the sea.

Has one of the "greatest environmental crime mysteries" in history been solved?

Cocaine can mess with an eel's ability to migrate and reproduce.

Scientists are finding that Baobab trees are dying in mysterious circumstances and they are stumped as to why.

About 70 percent of the world is covered by oceans.

Around the world, one million plastic drinking bottles are purchased every minute. Up to five trillion disposable plastic bags are used every year.

Even slight changes in a person's diet can make a huge different to our planet, researchers found.

Seeing someone cut off a live shark's fins can make you rethink your dedication to eating swordfish.

If the Arctic permafrost melts, greenhouse gasses equivalent to burning all of the world's forests two-and-a-half times over could be released.

The breakthrough represents a major step toward providing an alternative to regular plastics.

“I believe in building a better future for our children, which requires offering them a planet that is still habitable in 25 years,” Macron told Congress.

Scientists found the ice contained up to 12,000 microplastic particles per liter.

Earth Day 2018 is focused on a multi-year campaign to end plastic pollution.

The quantity of wasted food amounts to around 30% of the average daily calories that each U.S. citizen consumes, the paper shows.

The enzyme could be a powerful new weapon in the fight against plastic pollution.

Mapping the ocean floor would cost the same as a single Mars mission.

Over 2 million tourists visit the island each year, bringing in around $1 billion in revenue.

Scientists do not know the true impact of consuming microplastics. However, there are concerns in some quarters that ingesting these particles may pose a risk to human health.

Dead dolphins are often a sign of worse things to come.

2017 was the costliest year ever for extreme weather and climate events, with total natural disaster-related losses estimated to be around $320 billion.

Since the 1990s, manufacturers have added silver nanoparticles to numerous consumer products to enhance their antibacterial and anti-odor properties.