The Latest Casualty of Light Pollution
Night lights from Australia's largest naval base muddles critical signals that the country's tammar wallabies need to re-produce.
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Lawmakers: You Don’t Have to Choose Between Cleaning the Air and Stabilizing the Climate
A new study tells us how we can have both.
Shell’s Big Back-Down
The oil giant announced that there simply isn't enough oil and natural gas to warrant any more drilling.
Should Humans Really Go to Mars?
We must consider the possibility that going to Mars is just as much an act of grief in denial as an act of triumph in achievement.
Chicago’s Catholic Churches See the Light—and Cut Their Carbon Emissions
The Archdiocese of Chicago is acting on the pope’s environmental message.
King Crabs May Invade the Antarctic Continental Shelf
Thanks to climate change, conditions are ripe for predatory crabs to invade the delicate marine communities off the coast of Antarctica, which haven't seen the likes of the skeleton-crushing crabs for millions of years.
The Non-Rise of the Massive Data Breach
Massive data breaches aren't getting any bigger, researchers say—but that might just mean the IT department is doing its job.
Taking Names, Saving Trees
Brazil's program of increased enforcement in communities with high deforestation rates appears to have worked.
Coastal Communities Could Be in for Some Trouble
A strong El Niño and La Niña could cause flooding and erosion along the Pacific, according to new research.
A Social Scientist, a Climate Change Physicist, and Pope Francis Walk Into a Bar…
Combatting climate change means bringing together experts from a lot of different fields.