Emma Guiney has sworn off holiday destinations with mosquito-borne diseases. As the climate changes, they will likely be on her doorstep. Such diseases are one of the many health challenges Sydney faces as its population booms in the next decade.
Climate change has got to the point that communities around the world are having to contemplate moving. It's never an easy process, but good planning improves the prospects of successful relocation.
A new report puts 2019 on pace to be one of the most disastrous years in almost two decades even before the effects of Hurricane Dorian on the Bahamas are tallied. But there was also good news.Â
Down but not out, living organisms span the globe in immense diversity, and meaningful action could make a difference in their conservation. That's the message of the Half-Earth Project Map.
The United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals imply that there is no longer any need to reduce global population growth, even though it is a serious problem that undermines most of the SDG targets. By adding a further SDG aimed at slowing the increase in population, the world could yet save the UN’s 2030 Agenda.
Even as the green movement works toward building an inclusive outdoor community, anti-immigration groups are using environmental rhetoric to keep people out.
From Colombia to Argentina, major cities in Latin America are starting to adopt electric bus fleets. In a region with the highest use of buses per person globally, officials believe the transition will help meet climate targets, cut fuel costs, and improve air quality.
Groceries and companies in Europe are cooperating with consumers to reduce $680 billion in food waste each year. Food near expiration turns into bargains.
Beef and leather and soy markets are the root cause of the destruction of the Amazon. Can companies make changes to their supply chains that will save what’s left?
The world faces an "imminent crisis" in the supply of phosphate, a critical fertiliser that underpins the world's food supply, scientists have warned. Use of essential rock phosphate has soared, but scientists fear it could run out within a few decades.
Poverty and violence are often cited as the reasons people emigrate from Central America, but factors such as drought, exacerbated by climate change, are driving people to leave too.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) was asked to weigh in on an issue Wednesday that hasn't really penetrated the 2020 presidential race to date: global population control. But his answer rekindles a decades-old debate.
In richer countries around the world, people are grappling with the ethics of bringing children into a crowded and overheated planet. But is a reduction in birth rates the best way to beat climate change? The argument rages on.
An overheating planet and unchecked development along the coasts have let the sea expand into new territory, leaving many people who live along the shores unsettled (in both senses of the word).
Africa's conservation challenges are daunting. The continent faces rapid human population growth, expanding agriculture and infrastructure, and globalized demand for its natural resources, including its forests, oceans, and wildlife.
Setting aside just 2% of Earth's sea surface for seaweed cultivation would ensure enough food for the whole world, according to scientists at Wageningen University & Research.
A new art project asks people to work together to delay the potential new era marked by humanity’s reshaping of the Earth, instead of just accepting that we don’t have much time left.
The number of people on the planet growing. According to projections, it could reach 11 billion by 2100. With awareness-raising campaigns and family planning, we could help put the brakes on population growth.
