Open data from sources such as the US Geological Survey are an essential scientific resource for understanding our environment in a warming world.

New research finds that microalgae in northern peat bogs will absorb more carbon dioxide as the planet warms, helping to take a bite out of emissions.

Giving a second life to construction materials after demolition, engineers at the University of São Paulo and Princeton have developed an approach for recycling cement waste into a sustainable, low-carbon alternative that is comparable in performance to the industry standard.

Temperatures and carbon dioxide levels hit new highs last year, according to a U.N. report detailing the dire state of the global climate.

The smoke from fires that blaze through the wildland-urban interface (WUI) has far greater health impacts than smoke from wildfires in remote areas, new research finds.

New research finds that, pound for pound, grazing cattle generate at least as much heat-trapping gas as those raised in feedlots.

For years, cities have been taking on efforts to reduce their carbon footprint by reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

On the coast of Newfoundland, waste from a shuttered asbestos mine has been a troubling source of contamination for decades. 

Microplastics—tiny shards of plastic debris—are all over the planet. 

Microplastics have been found almost everywhere that scientists have looked for them.