Anthropocene

For decades, we've catalogued what we're losing to climate change. A sweeping new study offers something harder to find-evidence that one of the planet's most vital coastal ecosystems is actually winning.

An analysis of dozens of previously published studies reveals people systematically underestimate their own vulnerability to climate threats.

John Green reviews Auld Lang Syne.

New research shows our Stone Age biology can't keep up with the modern world, leading to chronic stress and health issues. Learn why this happens.

Someone's going to be left in the rear-view mirror.

As a scientific concept the Anthropocene is dead. But it's such a helpful idea to think with, should we use it anyway?

Access to water is crucial for all aspects of life. Anthropogenic global warming is projected to disrupt the hydrological cycle, leading to water scarcity. However, the timing and hotspot regions of unprecedented water scarcity are unknown. Here, we estim

In fact, it would require about 31 hectares of corn ethanol to produce the same amount of energy generated by one hectare of land covered in solar panels.

Data centers' thirst for energy looms as the next big climate provocation