Human Activity Has Been Chemically Changing the Earth Since Well Before the Industrial Revolution. ... some of the earliest evidence of humans having lasting a environmental impact on planet Earth.

The Industrial Revolution went into high gear in the late 18th century. To feed the fires of industry, humans began to extract ever more resources from planet Earth and tear down ever more forests ...

As I wrote in The Washington Post previously, the most profound chapter in human history is the industrial revolution happening in LEO, just 250 miles above our heads.

Growing commercial activity in space is a sign that a major industrial revolution is underway, said Sierra Space CEO Tom Vice, and the Louisville-based company is poised to be a leader in building ...

Pope Francis is now an honorary Harlem Globetrotter 00:44 "This clarion call should guide the world toward a strong and durable universal climate agreement in Paris at the end of this year," said ...

As climate change threatens tropical forests, a new study shows how the loss of those forests can be devastating to life on ...

Does the earth’s finite carrying capacity mean economic growth has to stop? That momentous question is the subject of Charles Mann’s brilliant book “The Wizard and the Prophet.” The author ...

In a sweeping environmental manifesto aimed at spurring concrete action, Pope Francis called Thursday for a bold cultural revolution to correct what he described as a "structurally perverse" econom ...

In a sweeping environmental manifesto aimed at spurring concrete action, Pope Francis called Thursday for a bold cultural revolution to correct what he described as a "structurally perverse ...