The central estimate of the remaining carbon budget for 1.5°C is 130 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide and will be exhausted ...

The Paris target is based on very strong scientific evidence that the impacts of climate change would be far greater at 2C of ...

The central estimate of the remaining carbon budget for 1.5°C is 130 billion tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) (from the beginning ...

A team of 60 international scientists report that by early 2028 society will have emitted enough greenhouse gases that the ...

The Healthy Opportunities Pilot, which provides eligible North Carolina Medicaid members with non-medical support services ...

A newly identified species is already in danger of extinction. A proposed massive data center in Alabama would “nuke” its ...

Ahead of his new exhibition, legendary photographer Edward Burtynsky opens up about his search for wonder and the "alien" ...

Human activities have significantly impacted Earth, leading to environmental disasters like the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone and ...

How has the human footprint on Earth changed over time? B.K, via e-mail. The term “human footprint” has become ubiquitous in ...

Pollution Time Machine: It’s not just living animals that carry remnants of humanity’s toxic footprint. Samples of bird feathers, fish tissues and other materials hold traces of pollutants that can ...

Explore the human footprint over time and how it has evolved with agriculture and innovation in environmental history.

This story is the first article of a two-part Mongabay mini-series exploring possible climate futures. Read Part One.