Ahead of his first solo exhibition in 20 years, legendary photographer Edward Burtynsky opens up his search for wonder and ...

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 ...

By removing the pull of gravity, space has accelerated breakthroughs once thought impossible, reshaping medicine, ...

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.

Human-caused climate change boosted Iceland and Greenland ’s temperatures by several degrees during a record-setting May heat ...

The impact of human activities—such as greenhouse gas emissions and deforestation—on Earth's surface have been well-studied. Now, hydrology researchers from the University of Arizona have ...

Hydrologists predict human-induced underground fluid fluxes to rise with climate change mitigation strategies like carbon sequestration. The impact of human activities -- such as greenhouse gas ...

Should a new epoch, the Anthropocene, or the “age of humans,” be initiated to reflect the impact we are having on the Earth? At the core of the debate is assigning a start date for the ...

This presents a valuable opportunity to learn more about how human impacts could influence the delicate ecosystem. “Invertebrates comprise most of the biodiversity on Earth,” says Robin ...