"When it supports their claims, Western scientists value what Traditional Knowledge has to offer. If not, they dismiss it."

Want to know how related you are to a wombat? Or an amoeba? Now you can, thanks to the newly released Open Tree of Life. This project knits together more than 500 family trees of various groups of organisms to create a supertree with 2.3 million species.

This study was conducted to get a better sense of what the World Bank needs to know in order to engage Indigenous Peoples more effectively in biodiversity conservation projects and programs.

10,000 years ago, this iconic desert was unrecognizable. A new hypothesis suggests that humans may have tipped the balance.

Thanks largely to our burning of fossil fuels, the average carbon dioxide concentration of the Earth’s atmosphere surged past 400 parts per million in March. It has been a long time since the planet experienced such CO2 levels. How long? It depends on who you ask.

"Seas will continue to rise as warmer oceans expand and glaciers melt. It's likely that neighborhoods and even some cities will be uninhabitable far sooner than many think."

"Coastal communities, and the nation as a whole, need to start planning today to cope with sea level rise and unprecedented tidal flooding, and to take swift and decisive action to limit longer-term damage to our coasts."

High school students today are experiencing unprecedented levels of school-related stress. At the same time, a growing body of research has linked views of nature with restoration from mental fatigue and stress reduction. How important are such views for students while they are at school?

"Disputes over how to share responsibility for curbing greenhouse-gas emissions and aiding climate-vulnerable countries are among the thorniest and longest-running issues in the 25-year-old UN climate process."

A review of literature in the fields of anthropology, archaeology, ethnobotany, palynology and ecology to try to determine the impacts of Native Americans as active and passive promoters of mast (nuts and acorns) and fruit trees prior to European settlement.

"Producing large volumes of seaweeds for human food,
animal feed and biofuels could represent a transformational change in the global food security equation and in the way we view and use the oceans."

A description of a current indigenous soil management system in West Africa, in which targeted waste deposition transforms highly weathered, nutrient- and carbon-poor tropical soils into enduringly fertile, carbon-rich black soils, also known as “African Dark Earths.”

As temperatures heat up, farmworkers face mounting health risks. Some advocates are creating and expanding laws to protect them.

Activists like Naomi Hollard have adopted a human focus in their activism, pushing the larger climate change movement to recognize how a warming world has already adversely impacted people of color, Indigenous folks, and low-income communities

This study provides a new update on the burden of death and disease from
coal-based electricity production across the United States.

This Sierra Club guest post is an open letter to Detroit-based utility company DTE Energy, authored by Alisha Winters, a mother and community leader in River Rouge, Michigan, home to one of the DTE coal plants that contribute 85 percent of the sulfur dioxide pollution in Wayne County.

"Climate change disproportionately affects members of disadvantaged communities and groups who face socioeconomic inequalities, including many people of color. As the United States becomes more racially and ethnically diverse, promoting public engagement with climate change across diverse audiences is becoming increasingly important."

"Each year, state lawmakers across the U.S. introduce thousands of bills dreamed up and written by corporations, industry groups and think tanks. Disguised as the work of lawmakers, these so-called “model” bills get copied in one state Capitol after another, quietly advancing the agenda of the people who write them."

A relatively small number of fossil fuel producers and their investors could hold the key to tackling climate change.

This study examines the potential influence of sub-regional variations in climate, and specifically heavy rain events, in determining relative vulnerabilities of locations in twelve Caribbean countries.

The role of the global apparel and footwear industries has shifted far beyond meeting a basic human need. The relationship with fashion in our modern lives has had a collateral and significant impact on our planet’s resources. This report encourages actors in the industry to set ambitious, evidence-based environmental impact reduction goals to drive meaningful change to secure a more sustainable future for fashion.

The garment industry is one of the most polluting in the world, but some clothing makers and consumers are calling for a more sustainable industry.

Stylish, affordable clothing has been a hit with shoppers. Now companies are trying to reduce its social and environmental costs.

This study address the specific changes in climate that were associated with recent population extinctions, using data from 538 plant and animal species distributed globally. It also evaluates whether species may survive climate change by dispersing, shifting their niches to tolerate warmer conditions, or both.

Louisiana loses a football field's worth of land every hour and a half. Now engineers are in a race to prevent it from sinking into oblivion.

This study aims to assess excess mortality attributable to ambient air pollution on a global scale and compare to other risk factors. Ambient air pollution is one of the main global health risks, causing significant loss of life expectancy, especially through cardiovascular diseases.

This paper uses comprehensive text and network data to show how corporate funding influences the production and actual content of climate change polarization efforts. It highlights the important influence of private funding in public knowledge and politics.

In the midst of the COVID-19 epidemic, American public opinion about climate change has remained steady and, in some cases, reached all-time highs.

"Women are often in the frontline in respect to the impacts of a changing climate. Globally the world is seeing increasingly frequent droughts and floods which are having economic but also profound social consequences. The women and people of Asia are currently at greatest risk with over 100 million people affected in this region annually."

The impacts of drought on a corn field.

"We're products of an industrial project, a project linked to fossil fuels. But humans have changed before and can change again."

In a nation-wide study, the extent to which long-distance commuting increases the odds that couples will separate is investigated through event history analysis. As expected, the results show that separation rates are higher among long-distance commuting couples compared with non-commuting couples. More complex results show that for men the odds of separating are highest if the commuting is on a temporary basis, and that women’s odds decrease when they continue commuting for a longer time-period.

This report explores how climate change can impact mental health and provides guidance to engage the public on this topic. The report is intended to further inform and empower health and medical professionals, community and elected leaders, and the public.

This report examines each of these stages of the
plastic lifecycle to identify the major sources of
greenhouse gas emissions, sources of uncounted
emissions, and uncertainties that likely lead to
underestimation of plastic’s climate impacts.

Climate change is predicted to increase migration distances for many migratory species, but the physiological and temporal implications of longer migratory journeys have not been explored. This study combines projections of altered migratory distances under climate change with models of avian flight to predict future migratory journeys.

Ocean plastic can persist in sea surface waters, eventually accumulating in remote areas of the world’s oceans. This report characterizes and quantifies a major ocean plastic accumulation zone formed in subtropical waters between California and Hawaii: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

"Earth scientists and communicators dealing with or studying climate change face many potential stressors. They need support and resources to maintain and improve their emotional well-being."