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Judging by the numbers, the scope of China’s environmental degradation is beyond shocking.  Consider: The World Bank estimated, in a 2007 report, that pollution caused 5.8% of China’s GDP in premature deaths,...

Ever wonder how Walmart makes so much money? They pay their workers so little that they are forced to get on food stamps (which your tax dollars pay for), so next time you think you are getting a deal by shopping at Walmart...

Scientists present recent findings on the subsurface biosphere Scientists have found that rocks beneath the seafloor are teeming with microbial life...

Click to enlarge NOAA has released its State Of The Climate report for October. Here are some highlights: Global Highlights The average combined global land and ocean surface temperature for October 2012 tied with 2008 as...

Growing prosperity and urbanization could double the volume of municipal solid waste annually by 2025, challenging environmental and public health management in the world’s cities, according to new research conducted...

Global installed wind power capacity continued to grow in 2011, albeit at a slightly lower rate than in 2009 and 2010, according to new research conducted by the Worldwatch Institute for its Vital Signs Online service...

Marine researchers have definitively linked the collapse of oyster seed production at a commercial oyster hatchery in Oregon to an increase in ocean acidification...

Global warming may initially make the grass greener, but not for long, according to new research results. The findings, published this week in the journal Nature Climate Change, show that plants may thrive in the early stages...

Analysis of data from the National Science Foundation- (NSF) funded 10-meter South Pole Telescope (SPT) in Antarctica provides new support for the most widely accepted explanation of dark energy, the source of the mysterious...

Scientists are reporting new evidence that the Deepwater Horizon oil spill has affected marine life in the Gulf of Mexico, this time species that live in dark ocean depths–deepwater corals...

A new study from the Carbon Trust reveals a divide between Generation Y’s1attitude to carbon reduction in the East and West.  The study, which questioned over 2,500 young people aged 18-25, across five continents in...

The oceans may be acidifying faster today than they did in the last 300 million years, according to scientists publishing a paper this week in the journal Science...

Dow pays “strategic intelligence” firm to spy on Yes Men and grassroots activists. Takeaway: movement is on the right track! WikiLeaks begins to publish today over five million e-mails obtained by Anonymous from...

New clues about how Earth’s remote ecosystems have been influenced by the industrial revolution have been uncovered. Until now they were locked away, frozen in the ice of glaciers. So say scientist Aron Stubbins of...