Anthropocene
Twenty Percent of the World's Plants Could Go Extinct — And It's Not Just From Climate Change
Climate change, invasive species, and agricultural production are among the factors putting one-fifth of the world's plants at risk of extinction, according to new research by the UK's Royal Botanic Gardens.
How to Get People to Give a Shit About Climate Change
“Excuse me, do you have a moment for saving the Earth?”
Two Strategies for Surviving the Coming Mass Extinction
We’re all gonna die, but here’s how to die less soon.
Global Warming Could Delay the Next Ice Age by 100,000 Years
A new study shows the extraordinary extent to which anthropogenic global warming is altering the naturally occurring changes of the Earth's climate.
All of the Reasons Scientists Are Certain We Are Now Living in the Anthropocene
24 scientists from top universities around the world say they have hard evidence that humans have irrevocably altered Earth’s geology.
When It Comes to Surviving Mass Extinctions, Smaller Is Better
Extinction events literally have bigger fish to fry.
New Evidence Suggests Early Humans Hunted America's Large Mammals to Extinction
“Compared to other animals we have a disproportionately heavy hand, and a huge impact.”
Humans Are More Toxic to Wildlife than Chernobyl
How the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster became a surprisingly abundant wildlife refuge.
The Near-Term Extinction Movement Is Embracing the End Times
Meet the movement that's preaching peace and compassion in the face of inevitable apocalypse.
Gold Fame Citrus
After the water finally runs out, a massive dune sea sweeps the American West, burying everything from Los Angeles to Reno.
An Avalanche of Toxic Coal Waste Slammed Vietnam, and More Are on the Way
Coal power + climate change = more sludge tsunamis.
Here's What Caused Megafauna Like the Mammoths to Go Extinct
Overhunting by humans has long been blamed for killing off the megafauna, but new research shows it might have been climate change, providing a sober history lesson about the impacts of a warming world.