MICHAEL SNYDER wears four watches, two on each wrist. A geneticist at Stanford University, California, he isn’t obsessed with time – only with buying us all a little more of it. The watches track his ...

Fossil fuels still dominate global electricity, but wind and solar are surging. In 2025, renewables outpaced coal worldwide for the first time, supplying 34% of electricity. More Americans say data ...

The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework states that plastic pollution must be eliminated by 2030. So why haven't we enacted measures that make a real difference? Plastic pollution is more ...

Our environment has a silent but profound influence on our daily behaviors. While many assume that habits are built (and broken) on sheer willpower and motivation, the reality is that our surroundings ...

Most people are “very” or “extremely” concerned about the state of the natural world, a new global public opinion survey shows. Just under 40 percent of respondents said technological advances can ...

In her book, Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist, University of Oxford economist Kate Raworth describes a visual framework that illustrates what sustainable ...

Today, the world faces record levels of conflict and violence with a significant impact on people. In 2023 alone, over 170 armed conflicts were recorded. By the end of the year, nearly 120 million ...

Or maybe there’s another piece of the puzzle. You see, we like to think we have control over what we do. That if we set our minds to accomplishing a task, we can get where we want to go. But the truth ...

Many Americans view the Earth in religious terms in at least some way. For example, seven-in-ten say the Earth is sacred, including 43% who say this is the case because God created it. Even among ...

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