Ahead of his new exhibition, legendary photographer Edward Burtynsky opens up about his search for wonder and the "alien" ...

Nature loss has far-reaching consequences. Damaged ecosystems exacerbate climate change, undermine food security and put people and communities at risk. We only have until the end of the decade to ...

Human activities have significantly impacted Earth, leading to environmental disasters like the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone and ...

How has the human footprint on Earth changed over time? B.K, via e-mail. The term “human footprint” has become ubiquitous in ...

Forest fires are a fundamental force in Earth's dynamics with a direct impact on human health, food security, and ...

Explore the human footprint over time and how it has evolved with agriculture and innovation in environmental history.

This story is the first article of a two-part Mongabay mini-series exploring possible climate futures. Read Part One.

Even if we can't see them, microorganisms are everywhere, inextricably linked to life on Earth at every level. They range from pathogenic bacteria and viruses that can make us sick to the microbes ...

Human-caused climate change boosted Iceland and Greenland ’s temperatures by several degrees during a record-setting May heat ...

Several ongoing and future missions led or co-led by NASA exploring the cosmos could face serious changes if Congress ...

In a speech at Monaco's Blue Economy and Finance Forum, the future king spoke in English and French as he declared that ocean ...

Arguably, the light bulb is the most transformative invention humans have introduced ... measuring the actual impact of LEDs from orbit has been tricky, because most Earth-observing satellites ...