Building on light cloaking work, physicists took a small step toward the goal of shielding cities from earthquakes by deflecting incoming energy. David Biello reports. -- Read more on...

Smartphones, cheap satellite imaging and crowd-funded enterprises have made citizen oversight possible that was undreamt of by past transparency advocates and environmentalists. David Biello... --...

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory has a working prototype for a space-based solar energy collector and distributor that would beat the cloudy-day problem. David Biello reports. -- Read more on...

A consideration of the role of sootlike particulates and ozone implies that the climate should will not be insensitive to increasing levels of greenhouse gases. David Biello reports -- Read more...

Bats ate less fruit in lit areas than in dark ones, which may lessen their seed-dispersal activities needed to bring back slashed rainforests. Cynthia Graber reports. -- Read more on...

The U.S. government has given industry permission to use of lethally loud seismic devices up and down the east coast. David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The U.S. government has given industry permission to use of lethally loud seismic devices up and down the East Coast. David Biello reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

A new study attempts to quantify CO2 emissions if economic growth continues. David Biello reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

As more people move to cities, careful planning could mean a happy home for both humans and a substantial amount of wildlife. David Biello reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

More rain related to a warming climate soaks Magellanic penguin chicks to the skin before their waterproof feathers grow in, killing them from hypothermia. Allie Wilkinson reports. -- Read more on...

Lunar New Year means tens of millions of travelers in China, mostly by bus but increasingly by car, which is bad news for air quality. David Biello reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

A host of factors determine the role of electric and hybrid cars in reducing greenhouse gas pollution, such as whether coal is their ultimate fuel source. David Biello reports. -- Read more on...

A new analysis calculates each of the Earth's countries total amount of CO2 pollution and responsibility for the ensuing global warming -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The temperature outside governs most people's response to climate change. David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

David Biello looks back at the big environmental stories of the year covered on 60-Second Earth. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

E-waste is a large--and growing--problem that can be addressed by thoughtful disposal, David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The annual Christmas Bird Count is revealing big changes in the avian world, thanks to us ground-dwellers. David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

New research suggests a link between the precipitous meltdown of Arctic summer sea ice and broiling heat waves. David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Toxicity testing on shampoo that fights flakes reveals that it's bad for plants and animals once it's in wastewater. David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

A new study examines the links between environmental degradation and human illness. David Biello reports -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com