Latest Articles
-
Explained in 90 seconds: How climate change fuels wildfires
Higher temperatures, prolonged drought, and fire suppression policy combine to make fires worse.
-
Your dishwasher can clean dishes and make dinner at the same time
Anything you would slowly poach -- we’re thinking fish and fruit, mostly -- will work here.
-
Is the NSA surveillance program really about spying on environmentalists?
Environmentalists -- harmless hippie treehuggers who can easily be ignored or dangerous eco-terrorists who need to be watched?
-
Trombone-shaped gutters turn rainfall into music
Portlandia ain't got nothin' on this.
-
Next year, you’ll be able to play the Brooklyn Bridge like a harp
Thanks to British artist Di Mainstone, harps ain't just for angels and Joanna Newsom anymore.
-
These aerial shots of factory farming look like bloody zombie wounds
In case you needed another reason to stop eating factory-farmed meat (and/or to be bummed about the state of America).
-
![]()
![]()
Ask Umbra: What can Fukushima teach us?
With revelations about nuke-plant leaks in the news, Umbra looks into the hot mess that is energy production.
-
![hospital]()
![hospital]()
How hospitals can help fight climate change
Jeff Thompson runs a hospital that's planning to be energy independent by 2014. Here, he shares how his organization is leading the charge in healthcare sustainability.
-
![puffins]()
![puffins]()
Fears for seabirds as global warming affects coastline
A new study warns of a threat to U.K. wildlife as rising sea levels and changing weather patterns transform coastlines.
-
Shooting the well: The petroleum torpedoes of the early oil fields
Almost immediately after we started drilling wells, we started fracturing the rocks underground to increase the flow of fossil fuels.
