Researchers used U.S. census data from 2020 to pinpoint the country’s most populous cities, which, combined, are home to roughly 39 million people or 12% of the U.S. population.
Environment
Plastic Pollution: A Health Crisis in Africa
Leaders must adopt a One Health approach to mitigate risks.
Leaders must adopt a One Health approach to mitigate risks.
Nature Inspires Concrete That Can Mend Its Own Cracks
Researchers have unlocked a new way for concrete to mend its own cracks, potentially preventing structural failures and saving lives.
Researchers have unlocked a new way for concrete to mend its own cracks, potentially preventing structural failures and saving lives.
What Is a CAFO, and Is It Different From a Factory Farm?
Most of the meat we consume comes from animals raised on CAFOs.
Most of the meat we consume comes from animals raised on CAFOs.
Summer Reads: 10 New Environmental Memoirs, Novels, and Other Energizing Books
Gather up some of these environmentally focused books for your vacation or staycation and enhance your summer break with restorative and refreshing new perspectives.
Gather up some of these environmentally focused books for your vacation or staycation and enhance your summer break with restorative and refreshing new perspectives.
The History of the Ocean, as Told by Tiny Beautiful Fossils
Bountiful remains of foraminifera reveal how organisms responded to climate disturbances of the past. They can help predict the future, too.
Bountiful remains of foraminifera reveal how organisms responded to climate disturbances of the past. They can help predict the future, too.
Our Responsibility for Cetacean Conservation Grows With Proof of Their Intelligence (Commentary)
The search for intelligent life is looking in the wrong direction. There are billions of stars in our galaxy, some of them older than our sun and with Earth-like planets orbiting around them.
The search for intelligent life is looking in the wrong direction. There are billions of stars in our galaxy, some of them older than our sun and with Earth-like planets orbiting around them.
Rare Illinois Dust Storm Shows How Far Climate Shifts Are Reaching
The number of dust storms recorded annually across the U.S. doubled in just over a decade. As bare cropland and rising temperatures dry out the Midwest, even states like Illinois are seeing warnings once reserved for the Southwest.
The number of dust storms recorded annually across the U.S. doubled in just over a decade. As bare cropland and rising temperatures dry out the Midwest, even states like Illinois are seeing warnings once reserved for the Southwest.
Smoke in the Air, Stress in the Mind
How wildfires are disrupting our psyches.
How wildfires are disrupting our psyches.
New Research: Indigenous Communities Reduce Amazon Deforestation by 83%
Despite this win for indigenous-led conservation, our results also show that Indigenous communities had the lowest levels of socioeconomic development.
Despite this win for indigenous-led conservation, our results also show that Indigenous communities had the lowest levels of socioeconomic development.
Canada Could Be a New Kind of Energy Superpower
From microgrids to Indigenous-led projects, here’s what it takes for Canada to lead the future of energy.
Can Canada lead the next energy revolution? Discover how policy, innovation, and communities hold the key.
World’s Top Seafood Firms Lobby Against Ocean Conservation Measures: Report
The vast majority of the companies and industry associations engage in lobbying that’s misaligned with international biodiversity goals agreed to in a 2022 treaty.
The vast majority of the companies and industry associations engage in lobbying that’s misaligned with international biodiversity goals agreed to in a 2022 treaty.
India-Pakistan Water Pact ‘Outdated’ in Climate Era
It cited cross-border terrorism but had already been demanding changes.
It cited cross-border terrorism but had already been demanding changes.
AI Threatens Efforts to Combat Climate Change
AI systems, including generative models like Stable Diffusion XL or ChatGPT, use tons of power to run.
AI systems, including generative models like Stable Diffusion XL or ChatGPT, use tons of power to run.
Feeling Anxiety About Climate Change and Other Environmental Threats? These Five New Books Can Help
Advice to help recharge your momentum and resilience makes these books must-reads for anyone who feels helpless or hopeless about climate chaos.
Advice to help recharge your momentum and resilience makes these books must-reads for anyone who feels helpless or hopeless about climate chaos.
Warming Climate Is Already Too Hot to Handle for 2% of Amphibians, Study Shows
The study revealed an unexpected pattern where tropical species in the Southern Hemisphere face greater heat risk, while in the Northern Hemisphere, species at higher latitudes are more vulnerable.
The study revealed an unexpected pattern where tropical species in the Southern Hemisphere face greater heat risk, while in the Northern Hemisphere, species at higher latitudes are more vulnerable.