Air pollution causes some 8.8 million ... and natural gas — are trapping more heat on the planet, leading to global warming. Earth's temperatures are rising: 2018 was the fourth-warmest year ...

Climate change is already causing all sorts of problems on Earth, but soon it will be making a mess in orbit around the ...

There is almost no ecosystem on Earth left untouched ... widespread change from pollution, wildlife extinctions and disruption to plant life is pushing the planet into uncharted territory.

The Freshwater Ecosystems Explorer offers what experts call an unprecedented look at the world’s lakes, rivers and wetlands, ...

Earth Week in April is an annual movement that aims to protect the planet from things like pollution and deforestation. In ...

Earth’s climate is heating up faster than expected, and a major culprit is the changing behavior of clouds over oceans. As ...

Earth is absorbing more sunlight and trapping more heat than it releases into space, causing our planet to warm up at ... Or is declining air pollution that artificially brightened the mirror ...

The history of planet Earth is long: about 4.5 billion years ... Agriculture, urbanisation, deforestation and pollution have caused extraordinary changes on Earth. Geologists disagree over whether ...

Not one square mile of surface ocean anywhere on earth is free of plastic pollution. The problem is growing into a crisis. The fossil fuel industry plans to increase plastic production by 40 percent ...

Earth is our home planet, and it's the only place in the universe where we know for certain that life exists. Earth formed over 4.5 billion years ago from a swirling cloud of gas and dust squished ...

This year, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is collaborating with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to raise awareness and inspire action. Our focus is ...