Half-tonne birds may have roamed Europe at same time as humans

Huge thigh bone in Crimean cave belonged to largest bird found in northern hemisphere

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One Casualty of the Palm Oil Industry: An Orangutan Mother, Shot 74 Times

Indonesia has promised to stop clearing jungle for plantations. So why are endangered apes still on the front lines of the conservation battle?

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Humans have made 8.3bn tons of plastic since 1950. This is the illustrated story of where it's gone

Until recently we didn’t know how much plastic was piling up around us. When we found out, the picture wasn’t pretty

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Heatwave cooks mussels in their shells on California shore

Temperatures lead to what appears to be largest local die-off in 15 years, raising fears for broader ecosystem

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Paris to plant mini urban forests to combat climate change

Paris is about to get even more beautiful.

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Solar Powered Floating Islands Could Extract CO2 From Seawater To Produce Fuel

If these floating islands were built and spread across the world they would offset the total global emissions from fossil fuels and help protect our climate

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Manipulating gut microbes in livestock could cut their methane emissions

Livestock like sheep and cows are responsible for huge amounts of methane emissions. Now, an international team of researchers has analyzed the gut microbes of different sheep and found clues that may help us curb the problem.

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Air pollution 'may affect number of eggs ovaries can produce'

Results suggest environmental factors could play a role in female reproductive health

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New York City declares a climate emergency, the first US city with more than a million residents to do so

New York City officials declared a climate emergency in an effort to mobilize local and national responses to stall global warming.

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Why Flowers May Be Partially to Blame for the Deaths of Wild Bumblebees

"We wanted to test this widely stated but largely untested hypothesis."

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US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 countries – shrinking this war machine is a must

The US military’s carbon bootprint is enormous. Like corporate supply chains, it relies upon an extensive global network of container ships, trucks and cargo planes to supply its operations with everything from bombs to humanitarian aid and hydrocarbon fuels. Our new study calculated the contribution of this vast infrastructure to climate change.

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Vermont adopts the most comprehensive plastics ban in U.S.

Single-use plastics—from straws to retail bags—will be illegal in Vermont by summer 2020.

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Aibo may be a good boi, but Sony's robot dog is toying with our emotions

I met two Aibo owners whose enthusiasm for Sony's robot dog seemed extreme at first glance. Now I'm not so sure.

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California’s mighty predator — the mountain lion — faces ‘extinction vortex’

As the mountain lions of Southern California approach what some experts call an “extinction vortex,” environmentalists are demanding protective status.

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Are you an angry hippo?

The hot days of summer are about to transform you. To find out how, let's take a stroll down to the Luangwa River and commune with our friend, the hippopotamus.Ahh… the hot and lazy days of summ

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Cuyahoga River is reborn 50 years after fire (vintage photos)

Cuyahoga River rises from the ashes and the jokes 50 years after the fire.

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Fireflies inspire new energy-saving LED light bulbs

New, more efficient LED bulbs could cut your power bill thanks to a little inspiration from glowing insects.

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Lightyear One debuts as the first long-range solar-powered electric car – TechCrunch

Electric cars are better for the environment than fossil fuel-burning vehicles, but they still rely on the grid, which can be variously dirty or clean depending on what sources it uses for its energy. The new Lightyear One is a prototype vehicle that would improve that by collecting the power it ne…

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Only 60 Years of Farming Left If Soil Degradation Continues

Generating three centimeters of top soil takes 1,000 years, and if current rates of degradation continue all of the world's top soil could be gone within 60 years, a senior UN official said.

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California’s mighty predator — the mountain lion — faces ‘extinction vortex’

As the mountain lions of Southern California approach what some experts call an “extinction vortex,” environmentalists are demanding protective status.

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Five years jail for worst animal cruelty

People found guilty of the worst cases of animal cruelty will face up to five years in prison under a new law proposed for England and Wales. A Parliamentary bill from Environment Secretary Michael Gove raises the maximum term from six months. The harshest sentences would be for dog fighting, abuse of puppies and kittens, or gross neglect of farm animals.

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Why Flowers May Be Partially to Blame for the Deaths of Wild Bumblebees

"We wanted to test this widely stated but largely untested hypothesis."

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Vermont adopts the most comprehensive plastics ban in U.S.

Single-use plastics—from straws to retail bags—will be illegal in Vermont by summer 2020.

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Air pollution 'may affect number of eggs ovaries can produce'

Results suggest environmental factors could play a role in female reproductive health

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Floating wind farms just became a serious business

Danish energy-trading firm Danske Commodities said it will buy all of Hywind Scotland's power over 20 years.

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Evidence of capuchin monkeys using tools 3000 years ago

A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in Brazil and the U.K., has found evidence of capuchin monkeys using stone tools as far back as 3,000 years ago. In their paper published in Nature Ecology and Evolution, the group describes the archaeological dig they carried out and the stone tool artifacts they found.

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Blurred lines: Trump's UN choice and her coal magnate spouse

The email went out from senior Environmental Protection Agency officials to Kelly Craft, the U.S. ambassador to Canada, responding to questions she had about a funding matter. But the acknowledgment email the EPA got back a few hours later wasn’t from the ambassador. By Ellen Knickmeyer.

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Why Do Mosquitoes Bite Some People More Than Others?

Blood type, metabolism, exercise, shirt color and even drinking beer can make individuals especially delicious to mosquitoes

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Democrats Want To Make 2020 The Climate Change Election

Climate change is consistently polling as a top issue for Democrats, and candidates are going deep early.

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US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 countries

The US military's carbon bootprint is enormous. Like corporate supply chains, it relies upon an extensive global network of container ships, trucks and cargo planes to supply its operations with everything from bombs to humanitarian aid and hydrocarbon fuels. Our new study calculated the contribution of this vast infrastructure to climate change.

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Scientists Map Huge Undersea Fresh-Water Aquifer Off U.S. Northeast

In a new survey of the sub-seafloor off the U.S. Northeast coast, scientists have made a surprising discovery: a gigantic aquifer of relatively fresh water trapped in porous sediments lying below the salty ocean.

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Bats’ brains sync when they socialize

Summary: Robust correlations in brain activity were recorded in bats during social interaction. The findings reveal synchronized brain activity are not just specific to humans.Source: UC Berkeley

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Almost 600 plants have gone extinct in last 250 years: report

Almost 600 plant species have been wiped from the planet in the past 250 years, more than twice the number of bird, mammal and amphibian species that have met the same fate, according to a new study.

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These dogs are getting a cancer vaccine. If it works, humans could be next

A cancer vaccine is being tested in 800 pet dogs. If it works, researchers say it could one day be tested in humans.

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No, Your Kids' Evil Cellphone Won't Give Them Horns

But if your neck hurts after hours of looking down at it, you might want to lie down on a pillow for a bit. By Kristina Killgrove.

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9 top reddits for tech sustainability enthusiasts

Want to stay up to date on green IT, environmental technology, and the circular economy? Tune in to Reddit. @Enterprisenxt

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Scientists have discovered a sea of fresh water under the ocean

Thousands of years ago, glaciers covered much of the planet. Oceans receded as water froze in massive sheets of ice blanketing the North American continent. As the ice age ended, glaciers melted. Massive river deltas flowed out across the continental shelf. The oceans rose, and fresh water was trapped in sediments below the waves. Discovered while drilling for oil offshore in the 1970s, scientists thought these “isolated” pockets of fresh water were a curiosity. They may instead prove to be a parched world’s newest source of fresh water.

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Curious Kids: why do spiders need so many eyes but we only need two?

Human eyes are very complex and are good at doing many jobs at once, while spiders have different sorts of eyes that do different jobs.

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Oregon Statehouse Shut Down After Lawmakers Team Up With Right-Wing Militias

While leaving the statehouse before the walkout, one Republican senator implied that police who pursued them should be ready to die: “Send bachelors and come heavily armed.” By Kelly Weill.

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Arrests at protest over New York Times' 'unacceptable' climate coverage

A climate change protest orchestrated by the Extinction Rebellion activist group briefly blocked Eighth Avenue in New York on Saturday afternoon, between the Port Authority transit hub and the home of the New York Times.

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Climate report could be dropped from UN talks after 'gentleman's agreement' made under Saudi pressure

A major study on how to limit global warming could be dropped from formal UN climate talks in Bonn this week after a “gentlemen’s agreement” was made under pressure from Saudi Arabia. Last December four large oil producers, Saudi Arabia, the US, Kuwait and Russia, refused to endorse the influential Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report which shows what the world could look like under 1.5C of warming.

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Scientists are borrowing from dystopian sci-fi in a last-ditch effort to save coral reefs

Floating sunscreen, cloud brighteners and killer robots are just a few of the measures scientists are hoping will save the world's coral.

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Americans' plastic recycling is dumped in landfills, investigation shows

A sign on an upside-down dumpster spelled the end of Pearl Pai’s long romance with plastics recycling. For years, Pai and her family generated almost no trash. She carefully washed, sorted and bagged hard-to-recycle items and drove them two towns over from her home in Berkeley, California, to the area’s best recycling center.

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A 100% renewable grid isn’t just feasible, it’s in the works in Europe

The myth that a very high level of renewables can’t be integrated into the electric grid is being demolished by the clean tech and battery storage revolution. “By 2040, renewables make up 90% of the electricity mix in Europe, with wind and solar accounting for 80%,” predict the experts at Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) in their annual energy outlook released this week.

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Elizabeth Warren thinks corruption is why the US hasn’t acted on climate change

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren has released not one, but three climate change plans as part of her campaign for president. So far. Since April, she has outlined an agenda to counter growing greenhouse gas emissions and rising average temperatures through policies for public lands, the military, and US manufacturing. And more are in the works, according to her campaign.

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Europe braces for 40 degree temperatures as forecasters warn of 'unprecedented' heatwave

Hot air from north Africa will push temperatures up from this weekend.

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The Himalayas Are in Even Worse Shape Than We Thought

New research shows just how much global warming is eating away at the glaciers on the world’s highest peaks

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Canada becomes first G7 country to ban shark fin imports

It was on a family visit to Hong Kong that Kristyn Wong-Tam noticed her uncle – a well-regarded chef – was the only person at the table not touching a bowl of shark fin soup. When he explained how fins are hacked from struggling sharks, before their bodies are tossed back into the water, the rest of the family soon lost their appetite.

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India is running out of water, fast

Delayed monsoon rains highlight fragility of the water supply in the deeply agrarian South Asian country.

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What happens to environment journalists is chilling: they get killed for their work

There is often no audit on the world’s extractive industries. When reporters provide that check they are put in danger, says investigative journalist Mark Schapiro

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