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World Depleting Underground Water Reserves for Agriculture
The world is depleting underground water reserves faster than they can be replenished due to over-exploitation, according to scientists...
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It Takes a Cooperative to Raise a Child
The supply of children in U.S. foster care far exceeds the demand for their adoption. Indeed, only one in...
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Greenhouse Gas Continues To Be Absorbed By Carbon Sinks
In the last 50 years, man has quadrupled his CO2 output, primarily through the burning of fossil fuels. That...
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What We Know About Climate Change and Drought
As farmers in the United States slog through the country’s largest drought in 50 years, a lot of people...
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Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math
Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe - and that make clear who the real enemy is
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The Future of Residential Spaces
The word “house” generally conjures images of rectangular dwellings with front porches and chimneys. Front lawns and garages too....
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Whales Are Coping With Humans’ Noise
For years, scientists have known that man-made underwater noise from an array of sources can deafen or harm whales...
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Lemurs Sliding Towards Extinction
A new survey shows lemurs are far more threatened than previously thought. A group of specialists is in Madagascar...
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Rising Acidity Brings an Ocean of Trouble
The burning of fossil fuels emits some 35 billion metric tons of CO2 into the atmosphere every year. That...
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NOAA Links Extreme Weather to Climate Change
For the first time, government scientists are saying recent extreme weather events are likely connected to man-made climate change....