Critics say the change would make it easier to disregard climate change. The Trump administration is moving to change a landmark environmental law that could limit how much climate change is ...

Picture a classroom where children struggle to concentrate as temperatures soar past 80 degrees, their aging school building's broken air conditioning no match for another record-breaking heat wave.

Environmental change can lead to disorientation in and alienation from the familiar at home, termed “dépaysement,” adversely affecting mental health.

A new Rochester-based research center will study the lifecycle of microplastics, including its origin as plastic waste, distribution, and movement in the Great Lakes freshwater ecosystem. The research ...

A change of place can do wonders for your mood. When we are in an environment that makes us feel safe and good about our lives, it is much easier to find the peace of mind that we have within ...

Most environmental issues in the news today, while manifested in biophysical realities, are ultimately linked to historically-rooted, economic, political and cultural drivers that shape power ...

While the dangerous effects of climate change continue to worsen, legal efforts to address a range of environmental issues are also on the rise. Headlines across the globe tout many of these legal ...

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Conservation has long depended on measurement. Populations are counted, habitats mapped, trends plotted against baselines ...

Changing Media Landscapes in Environmental Journalism Dave Fischer January 10, 2019 Remember when climate reporting was all about boring charts and scientists in lab coats? Those days are gone, faster ...

Research on the human dimensions of global change concerns human activities that alter the Earth's environment, the driving forces of those activities, the consequences of environmental change for ...