NASA Spacecraft Opens New Year With Most Distant Flyby Ever
Jan 1, 2019 In high-risk maneuver, New Horizons cruises by mysterious, bowling pin-shaped Ultima Thule, 4 billion miles from Earth.
The Horrors Humans Have Inflicted on the Planet’s Wilderness
Nov 11, 2018 The spread of the human horde means under a quarter of the world’s habitable land now counts as wilderness.
Is Climate Change an Inevitable Result of Any Advanced Civilization?
Jun 13, 2018 Some scientists speculate that civilizations destroy the conditions for their own survival. If they are right, an enduring silence may be the real message from other parts of the universe.
Humans Weigh Heavily on the Earth, and Here Are the Numbers
May 31, 2018 The mass of all the people on the planet is more or less 10 times the mass of all living wild mammals.
Long-Lasting Civilization May Be a Pipe Dream
Apr 19, 2018 Astrobiology—the search for alien life—suggests a lesson for us here on earth: Civilization may not be sustainable over geological eras but, rather, self-destroying.
Erosion May Be a Carbon Source, Study Suggests
Apr 18, 2018 A look at erosion in Taiwan reveals a new set of greenhouse gas sources, raising the possibility that the links between rock, rainfall and climate control may need revision.
Shell Knew Science of Global Warming in 1980s, Kept Silent, Report Says
Apr 9, 2018 The multinational company, like some other oil corporations, has spent millions to mislead the public while profiting off the destruction of our planet.
No Indigenous Women, No Women’s Movement
Jan 23, 2018 Since the first wave of feminism, the struggle for gender equality has been a white woman's crusade. That has to change.‘This Is Human-Caused Climate Change in Action’
Jan 18, 2018 Scientists say 2017 was the hottest year on record without an El Nino boosting temperatures naturally.
How Ordinary People Can Help Ailing Oceans
Dec 20, 2017 The more acidic our oceans become, the harder it is for sea life to survive. As sea life dies off, entire ecosystems will begin to collapse, resulting in other ecosystems collapsing.
