Environment

There are almost three million missing neuter/spay surgeries in the US due to the COVID pandemic, researchers report. Along with veterinarian and staff shortages, the missing surgeries are contributing to…

Wildfires are burning more severely and more often, urban noise pollution is growing into a global public health menace, and phenological mismatches – disruptions in the timing of life-cycle stages…

Last year, from summer into fall, much of Europe experienced what’s known as a “wind drought.” Wind speeds in many places slowed about 15 percent below the annual average, and…

The Department of the Interior announced on Tuesday new guidance to help federal agencies strengthen collaboration with Indigenous Nations in the management of public lands, water, and wildlife. The new policy will…

Despite dramatic improvements in air quality over the past 50 years, people of color at every income level in the United States are exposed to higher-than-average levels of air pollution. While…

Major disasters over the past two years could have been avoided or their impacts reduced if societies had taken into account their shared root causes when designing solutions, according to…

As more frequent and intense heat waves expose animals to temperatures outside of their normal limits, an international team led by researchers at the University of Bristol studied over 100…

Corporate citizenship has continued its evolution from corporate social responsibility (CSR) through philanthropy and check writing to creating shared value and win-win models. Today, CSR efforts have a more holistic…

With so many crises happening in recent years—the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, former President Donald Trump’s attempted coup, global inflation—the dire consequences of global warming have receded from…

Sharks are some of the most ecologically important and most threatened animals on Earth. Recent reports show that up to one-third of all known species of sharks and their relatives,…

Something unusual happened this year in Idaho. Fire and health officials began issuing warnings about the health risks of wildfire smoke several weeks earlier than normal. With almost the entire…