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Environmental News Network -- Know Your Environment
When scientists discovered a hole over Antarctica in 1985, countries across the globe got together and wrote a treaty designed to protect the ozone layer, which shields the Earth--and us--from harmful levels of ultraviolet radiation.
When we think of getting on the road in our cars, our first thoughts may not be that fellow drivers are particularly safe or careful — but human drivers are more reliable than one may expect.
Droughts can be good for trees. Certain trees, that is.
More than 50 percent of the largest lakes in the world are losing water, according to a groundbreaking new assessment published today in Science.
Glaciers have been melting and shrinking at an alarming rate, raising the sea-level and causing outburst floods.
A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that the ability of microorganisms to adapt to climate warming will slow down global warming by storing carbon in soil.
