Environment News & Videos
Eat More American-Caught Seafood, Environmental Groups Urge
Environmental groups and experts are asking more Americans to eat American-caught seafood amid quarantining ...
US Climate Activists to Livestream Earth Day Due to Virus
CHICAGO (AP) — As the coronavirus causes shut-downs across the U.S., a coalition of youth-led organizations ...
Experts List Ideas to Reduce Waste and Impact on the Environment
Experts have put together a list of ways that people can change their consumption patterns in ...
Scientists Expect Spring Floods to be Milder Than Last Year
WASHINGTON (AP) — Too often disasters come in threes. But the year of global pandemic and ...
‘Wonderchicken’ Fossil Reveals Ancestor of Today’s Birds
New York (AP) — A tiny fossil skull nicknamed "Wonderchicken" is giving scientists a rare glimpse ...
Ending Food Waste Helps to Slow Environmental Spiral
Food waste varies from country to country, but studies have shown time and again that food ...
Millions Holed Up at Home as Virus Profoundly Shifts US Life
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Millions of Americans began the work week holed up at home against the ...
Changes in the Climate Lead to Diluted Nutrients in Grasses
Changes in the climate are diluting nutrients in grasses that maintain and feed ecosystems, according to ...
Scientists Believe Amazon and Other Large Ecosystem are Near their Tipping Point
Within the next half decade, some of the world’s largest ecosystems could go spiral and disappear ...
Turtles Are Eating Plastic Because it Smells Like Food
New research found that ocean turtles are eating plastics that smell like food and dying from ...
Tornado Relief Agencies Ask Volunteers to Take a Day Off
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The rare Tiehm's buckwheat stands less than a foot tall (30 centimeters) ...
Who’s Greener? Mine Fight Pits Electric Cars Against Flower
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The rare Tiehm's buckwheat stands less than a foot tall (30 centimeters) ...
Tracking System Developed to Develop Sustainable Fish Farms
The Tidal project is working to track and analyze the movement of fish underwater in order ...
Half of World’s Sandy Beaches at Risk From Climate Change
BERLIN (AP) — Scientists say that half of the world's sandy beaches could disappear by the ...
US Identifies Habitat Critical for Survival of Rare Songbird
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. wildlife managers proposed Thursday to set aside a vast area across ...
World’s First in Vitro Cheetah Cubs Born at Ohio Zoo
POWELL, Ohio (AP) — Two cheetah cubs have been born through in vitro fertilization and embryo ...
Earthquake Risk Prompts Order to Drain California Dam
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Worried that an earthquake could collapse a big dam south of ...
Grand Teton: 36 Mountain Goats Killed in Helicopter Shooting
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Sharpshooters killed 36 mountain goats from a helicopter in a contested effort ...
Scientists Gather to Study Risk From Microplastic Pollution
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Tiny bits of broken-down plastic smaller than a fraction of a grain ...
Study: Reefs Could Be Gone by 2100 in Worsening Climate Conditions
Research from the University of Hawaii Manoa suggests that coral reefs will be gone by 2100 ...
US Donates $8M for African Locusts Outbreak
The United States government is donating $8 million to Africa amid the locusts outbreak, which is ...
All Parts of the U.S. Are Affected By Warming Temperature Patterns
Winters are becoming warmer all across the US and around the world, but scientists at the ...
Toxic Superfund Cleanups Decline to More Than 30-year Low
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration completed the fewest cleanups of toxic Superfund sites last year ...
Amazon CEO Pledges $10B to Support Orgs and Leaders Fighting Against Climate Change
Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, created the Bezos Earth Fund and committed $10 billion to fight ...
Some Worry if New York’s Coming Plastic Bag Ban is Enough
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York retailers have begun giving up single-use plastic bags as the ...
Report: Deforested Parts of Amazon Emitting More CO2 than Absorbing
A new report from researchers at the Brazil's National Institute for Space Research reported that though ...
Rising Sea Levels Take Hold of California’s Coastal Communities
Flood maps are warning that California’s coasts, especially in the Bay Area, are no longer safe ...
Asian Carp Roundup in Kentucky Opens New Front in Battle
Asian carp were imported to the U.S. in the 1960s and 1970s as an eco-friendly alternative ...
Timber Companies, Environmentalists Sign ‘Historic’ Pact
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Environmental groups and timber companies in Oregon, which have clashed for decades, ...
Solar Orbiter Blasts Off to Capture 1st Look at Sun’s Poles
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Europe and NASA's Solar Orbiter rocketed into space Sunday night on ...
UN Warns of ‘Major Shock’ as Africa Locust Outbreak Spreads
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Uganda scrambled to respond to the arrival of the biggest locust outbreak that ...
Bumblebee Populations Decline Due to Climate Change, Pesticides
In just a few decades, the likelihood of finding a bumblebee has decreased by more than ...
Photos of ‘King Tides’ Globally Show Risks of Climate Change
DEPOE BAY, Ore. (AP) — Tourists, nature lovers and amateur scientists are whipping out their cameras ...
Lawmakers Seek to End Florida’s Key Role in Shark Fin Trade
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — While Florida gains notoriety as the epicenter of the shark trade in ...
Groups Give Notice They Will Sue to Protect Beluga Whales
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Two environmental groups gave formal notice Friday that they will sue to ...
Study: Acidity in Ocean is Dissolving Crab Shells
The ocean’s growing acidity is dissolving crab shells, according to a recent finding by scientists ...
Idaho Agency Wants to Spend $408,000 a Year to Count Wolves
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho's top wildlife official on Tuesday requested authorization from state lawmakers to ...
New Study Estimates Where People Will Move to in the US when Coastal Areas Flood
A new study published in PLOS ONE estimates where people will migrate to when coastal cities ...
AP Explains: How climate change feeds Africa Locust Invasion
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Locusts by the millions are nibbling their way across a large part of ...
Lawsuit Filed to Protect Turtles in Mississippi, Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Two environmental groups have sued the Trump administration, saying it has failed ...
