Having failed to act on climate change, the global powers are quietly preparing for an environmental “technofix” not to mitigate or adapt, but to re-engineer the planet itself — an approach that would ...

Critics say the change would make it easier to disregard climate change. The Trump administration is moving to change a landmark environmental law that could limit how much climate change is ...

Picture a classroom where children struggle to concentrate as temperatures soar past 80 degrees, their aging school building's broken air conditioning no match for another record-breaking heat wave.

Most environmental issues in the news today, while manifested in biophysical realities, are ultimately linked to historically-rooted, economic, political and cultural drivers that shape power ...

While the dangerous effects of climate change continue to worsen, legal efforts to address a range of environmental issues are also on the rise. Headlines across the globe tout many of these legal ...

A change of place can do wonders for your mood. When we are in an environment that makes us feel safe and good about our lives, it is much easier to find the peace of mind that we have within ...

Use your hand to open the door to the light. A change of place can do wonders for your mood. When we are in an environment that makes us feel safe and good about our lives, it is much easier to find ...

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Research on the human dimensions of global change concerns human activities that alter the Earth's environment, the driving forces of those activities, the consequences of environmental change for ...