The world united to combat the ozone hole, can we do the same for climate change? David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The mighty blue whale is back after being nearly hunted to extinction. David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The first step in solving the world's forest problem is recognizing the world's forest problem. David Biello reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

A physicist may have dreamed up a new way to clean up oil spills. David Biello reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Legal ivory markets that are supposed to only deal in stockpiles and antiques inevitably launder poached ivory. Close them all, says WCS vice president for species conservation. David Biello... --...

Cyanobacteria fed by nutrients carried over the Atlantic in African dust may have initiated the process by which, over millions of years, calcium carbonate collected to build the Bahamas. David... ...

Of four common corals and algae tested, three still produced shells in conditions that mimic oceans if atmospheric CO2 concentrations reached 1,000 ppm. David Biello reports -- Read more on...

At test sites, the exposure of rock by ants accelerated the absorption of atmospheric CO2 by the rock by as much as 335 times compared with ant-free areas. David Biello reports -- Read more on...

How existing cities expand and new cities emerge will determine how humanity fares in the 21st century. David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Environmental destruction—-from smuggling elephant tusks to illegal dumping of toxic waste—-generates as much as $213 billion annually for criminals and terrorists. David Biello... -- Read more on...

Computer models show that increased levels of greenhouse gases, along with their trapped heat, will make the atmosphere more stagnant, leading to many more days of unhealthy air. David Biello... ...

The Global Alliance on Health and Pollution calls for a war against pollution to save the lives of more than eight million people annually. David Biello reports. -- Read more on...

Thanks to us humans, there's a new type of rock in the geologic record. And it's part plastic. David Biello reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

When gas mileage cost was explicitly revealed on new car window stickers, potential consumers were more likely to choose the most efficient vehicle. David Biello reports. -- Read more on...

In a May 21st speech, Pope Francis warned that despoiling the environment would come back to haunt humanity. David Biello reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

A building-sized poem shows how billboards could help cut pollution from car. David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Since the 1970s, the locations where tropical cyclones (hurricanes and typhoons) reach their maximum intensities have shifted toward both poles at a rate of about 35 miles per decade. David...

Corn plants bred to thrive in good weather even though very close together appear to be particularly vulnerable to the droughts predicted in the coming decades. Cynthia Graber reports. -- Read...

A meta-analysis of ecosystems finds that species losses in any given place do not yet translate to large changes in the number of different species in that place. David Biello reports -- Read...

Some fish living in waters with currently naturally high levels of CO2 lose their sense of smell, and with it their ability to perceive predators—a possible portent to a global situation in the... ...