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Humans are "eating away at our own life support systems" at a rate unseen in the past 10,000 years, two new research papers say.
Steel, aluminum, titanium, or carbon fiber -- that is the question. Umbra tests the metals.
Climate modeling often shows that it's possible to decarbonize at low cost. But "possible" is a long way from practical, or likely.
Perennial Plate's take on the PBS classic Victory Garden will take you on a tour of America's food scene.
Less rain means fewer clouds, fewer clouds means more sun, more sun means more solar power.
The Unist’ot’en Camp in Canada isn't just out to block tar-sands pipelines. Campers are also developing a resilient community.
Ebola and West Nile are just the beginning -- climate change will bring brand new diseases to every species.
Thanks to a disclosure law in California, we now know that frackers are polluting water with petroleum chemicals, heavy metals, radioactive elements, and carcinogens.
The oil industry and its political lackeys are cooking up a new scheme to get Alberta's oil to coastal ports.