The seas have long sustained human life, but a new UC Santa Barbara study shows that rising climate and human pressures are pushing the oceans toward a dangerous threshold. Subscribe to our newsletter ...

There hasn’t been any real doubt that humans cause environmental issues in the world for a long time. There also hasn’t been much doubt that we cause issues with biodiversity. There has, however, been ...

Climate change and environmental destruction are becoming increasingly central to the human rights movement. Droughts, toxic pollution, water shortages, desertification, severe storms and related ...

A recent study led by the Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences sheds new light on how human activities have altered the composition of the atmosphere over time, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. From climate change to species loss and ...

A new study reveals that the impact humans are having on the Amazon rainforest is so profound it is even changing the evolutionary history and functionality of the forests. As the world gathers at ...

Encroachment on plant and animal life by man is fueling diseases. As the war against COVID-19 brings entire countries to a screeching halt, the planet is beginning to see a glimpse into a world ...

From climate change to species loss and pollution, humans have etched their impact on Earth with such strength and permanence since the middle of the 20th century that a special team of scientists ...