Earth

As climate-driven deaths rise, a report finds only 23 per cent of countries use climate data to inform their public health strategies.

The first complete "scientific health check" shows most global systems are beyond the stable range in which modern civilization emerged.

If the site is approved by the scientists who oversee the geological timescale, the official declaration of the Anthropocene as a new geological epoch will come in August 2024.

There are steps we can take to be kinder to the Earth as it pertains to wine-drinking habits — seeing as grape-growing and winemaking impact the planet, and rarely for the better, it’s worth considering when picking out your next bottle of wine.

Humanity is now a "geological superpower" and declaring a new epoch is critical to tackling its impact, scientists say.

Earth’s protective ozone layer is slowly but noticeably healing at a pace that would fully mend the hole over Antarctica in about 43 years, a new United Nations report says.

The muddy damage in Oak Glen and Forest Falls served as a powerful warning to areas burning or facing high fire danger of the damage wildfires can cause months or years after flames are doused.

Artificial satellites, thousands of which now clutter low-Earth orbit, have essentially become an invasive species.

Billions of birds are disappearing because of humanity’s impact on the Earth, a global review finds.

Taking the lessons I learned in Wiikwemkoong as a child and applying them to my everyday life as an adult has changed my perspective and has allowed me to view the world in a different light, writes Ashley Stefureak.

Scientists calculate that by 2100, over 400 million people could live in low-lying, at-risk areas — and that's a conservative estimate.

Lucretia Schanfarber, who lives on the remote edges of a tiny B.C. island plagued by shaky internet service, has launched free, weekly Zoom gatherings to inform, inspire and connect gardeners worldwide.

When humans over-exploit underground water supplies, the ground collapses like a huge empty water bottle. It's called subsidence, and it could affect 1.6 billion people by 2040.

Research shows abundance at sites in Europe has plunged by up to 80% in two decades

The heat absorbed in Earth’s oceans reached a new record in 2019