The herbicide glyphosate is ending up in our food, thanks to the growing practice of using it to dry crops in preparation for harvest.

January 21, 2015 — Conservation biology and restoration ecology have been roiled by a bandwagon termed “novel ecosystems,” heralded as the “new ecological world order” in a manifesto published in 2006 ...

Though scientists are optimistic that the gene editing tool known as CRISPR could help with biodiversity loss, they also emphasize caution and community engagement in order to get it right.

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As human actions cause more and more damage to ecosystems and human health, people, environmental organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), nonprofits and others are turning to the courts ...

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But a number of researchers today think that it is actually humanity’s destruction of biodiversity that creates the conditions for new viruses and diseases like COVID-19, the viral disease that ...

A 2008 compact protects the Great Lakes from many water withdrawals. But will it hold up in the face of today's growing demand for freshwater?

Production of palm oil — a ubiquitous ingredient — is devastating for the environment. Solutions are complex, but they are out there.

“Hempcrete,” made from the woody core of hemp, is showing promise as an environmentally friendly building material. Researchers have found that the material meets the current standards of most ...

The Congo rainforest is the second largest in the world, but how much do we know about how it will be impacted by climate change?