Deserts might be renowned for their arid and hostile characteristics, but they are home to some incredible plants that have developed strategies to find and use the last droplet of water.
A reef at the mouth of the Amazon is almost six times larger than initial reports, scientists say — meaning the recently discovered site is threatened by proposed oil drilling.
Before a U.S. ban on the tiny plastic exfoliants, an estimated 3 trillion microbeads found their way into American waterways and other habitats each year. Britain, Canada, and New Zealand have since passed similar bans.
Chip Cunliffe, director for sustainable development at XL Catlin, a global insurance and reinsurance group, explains why his company is hosting the first-ever Ocean Risk Summit in May and what it hopes to accomplish.
Bill is "a matter of justice for Vermonters who otherwise would be unable to afford protracted legal battles," Ken Rumelt, a professor at Vermont Law School, told lawmakers.
Half the coral in the Great Barrier Reef has died since 2016