Gallery: The Disturbing Beauty of Oil Spills and Industrial Waste

While oil is known to float, new research finds that over time it can permeate even extremely deep marine habitats, with animal populations declining by as much as 80 percent.

European countries are leading the way harvesting heat that would otherwise be wasted as green death practices become more common.

Castelion—a next-generation defense tech company—is building a facility in Rio Rancho Estates that documents show could pose a major fire and chemical hazard to neighboring communities.

Seven of 16 planetary vital signs are in their most extreme state ever recorded, and El Niño is here to make matters even worse.

Though plastic is usually inert, tiny pieces of it have the potential to react with one of the most pervasive molecules in the environment and in our bodies.

The deeply uncomfortable film forces audiences to confront what types of stories we tell ourselves about who has economic and political power.

Ancient plants reveal that the vestiges of the North American ice sheet started expanding a few thousand years ago, but that climate change caused it to reverse course.

Atoco’s new machines use specialized materials that can harvest water from some of the driest air on Earth without using electricity.

As coastlines change, so do surf breaks. That may spell the end for premier waves and the tourist economies that depend on them.

Sold by its trailer as a gag reel, Tom Cruise’s strangest movie may be the most unsettling portrait of our tech and climate moment yet.

The cloud has baffled astronomers since its discovery in 2018. Now, a new study offers a possible cause for its appearance.