Yale Environment 360

Dust from Car Brakes More Harmful than Exhaust, Study F...

In cars, pollution doesn't come from exhaust alone. It also comes from wear and ...

How Climate Change Puts the Safety of Drinking Water at...

Wildfires, floods, intense heat, droughts, and other extreme events fueled by cl...

Can Toxic Mining Waste Help Remove CO2 from the Atmosph...

On the coast of Newfoundland, waste from a shuttered asbestos mine has been a tr...

African Solar Installations Headed for Banner Year

African solar installations are projected to grow by 42 percent this year, accor...

Peruvian Farmer Sues German Energy Giant Over Its Role ...

Hearings began Monday in a landmark climate case in Hamm, Germany, where a Peruv...

Carbon Dioxide Levels Highest in 800,000 Years

Temperatures and carbon dioxide levels hit new highs last year, according to a U...

Grass-Fed Beef No Better for Climate Than Industrial Be...

New research finds that, pound for pound, grazing cattle generate at least as mu...

Imperiled in the Wild, Many Plants May Survive Only in ...

As the impacts of climate change and other threats mount, conservationists are r...

Retreating Arctic Glaciers Have Exposed 1,500 Miles of ...

Since 2000, the melting of Arctic glaciers has exposed some 1,500 miles of coast...

Peatland Algae to Soak Up More Carbon as Planet Warms

New research finds that microalgae in northern peat bogs will absorb more carbon...

Renewables Made Up More Than 90 Percent of New Power In...

Renewables accounted for 92 percent of new power capacity worldwide last year, a...

With NOAA Cuts, a Proud Legacy and Vital Science Are at...

For more than 50 years, NOAA has pioneered climate research and been instrumenta...

In War-Torn Sudan, a Gold Mining Boom Takes a Human Toll

As civil war rages in Sudan, a surge in gold production is helping finance and a...

In a Warming World, Why Is the Southern Ocean Getting C...

Climate models predict that as the planet warms, so will the Southern Ocean. But...

Despite Ukraine War, Europe Imported Even More Russian ...

The EU is getting further from its goal of weaning off Russian fossil fuels by 2...

Global Economy More Vulnerable to Warming Than Previous...

A new study finds warming could inflict far more damage to the global economy th...

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