Capturing and eating fish and rainforest wildlife, including large primates, for human sustenance has been practiced for generations. However, as human populations have grown and demand for these resources has increased, species…

Mother Nature’s calendar has been showing increasingly less resemblance to the seasonal patterns of the past, with tangible effects on both humans and the natural environment. Pollen-releasing grasses, shrubs and trees…

The hazy skies over the 2008 Summer Olympics have placed Beijing’s air quality at the top of news headlines for more than a month. However, outdoor air pollution, whether in the form of…

Many vulnerable species are facing reduced numbers because the adaptations that have served them for thousands of years make them unable to survive small changes in temperature or precipitation. When faced…

Speaking before an enthusiastic crowd at a sold-out DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., former Vice President Al Gore issued a challenge to “repower America.” Gore’s challenge is undoubtedly ambitious: he…

The impacts of climate change are already being felt, especially in the most fragile and marginal ecosystems around the world. In particular, coral reefs, which are extremely sensitive to changes in the…

Most discussions around international climate change—the Kyoto Protocol, the Lieberman-Warner Bill introduced on the floor of the U.S. Senate last month, and the G8 discussions taking place this week—include targets for emissions…

To the list of air pollution’s health effects, add another one: loss of sense of smell.

Mexico City residents can’t detect subtle smells as well as residents of neighboring Tlaxcala, researchers…

The global campaign to eradicate malaria in the 1950s and ’60s successfully vanquished the disease from the United States and Europe and substantially reduced it in others – in India and Sri Lanka…

As
world food prices reach record highs, concerns over agricultural
productivity are mounting. Productivity growth has stagnated as the
world’s population has continued to rise, and the wealth generated from
economic development is further increasing demand for food…

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