Summer isn’t even half over, and we’ve seen heat waves in the Pacific Northwest and Canada with temperatures that would make news in Death Valley, enormous...
Contemporary city planning, as we know it, was born out of a necessity to address communicable diseases. New York invested in an aqueduct to bring fresh...
Managing earnings involves the manipulation of financial reporting by publicly traded companies in order to misrepresent how well they’re really doing. Companies might insert a low-ball...
Canada has joined an international pledge to reverse biodiversity loss and protect natural areas by 2030. Underscored by a $3.2-billion budget commitment, the Canadian government is seeking to protect...
As sea level rises, it can be easy to miss the subtlety of higher water. It’s much harder to overlook saltwater more frequently flooding streets, impeding...
What if you could drive your car for 1,000 kilometres on a single tank of fuel and with zero emissions? That is just one example of...
Extreme heat waves have blanketed the Pacific Northwest, Siberia, Greece, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and other regions this summer, with temperatures approaching and exceeding 50...
Millions of Americans are traveling this summer as pandemic restrictions wind down. Rental bookings and crowds in national parks show that many people are headed for...
Plastic is the most common type of debris floating in the world’s oceans. Waves and sunlight break much of it down into smaller particles called microplastics...
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon made global headlines in 2019, thanks to massive wildfires and the election of anti-environmentalist president Jair Bolsonaro. Brazilians took to the...