In the 1970s, Americans were told we were in a global cooling crisis and if something weren’t done, we’d enter a new ice age. When that didn’t happen, a few decades later we were told that entire ...

Discover how environmental economics addresses resource scarcity, impacts policy decisions, and supports sustainable ...

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Bill Hilf, a veteran systems architect and conservationist, argues that we must prioritize system diversity and "recovery ...

Most people are “very” or “extremely” concerned about the state of the natural world, a new global public opinion survey shows. Just under 40 percent of respondents said technological advances can ...

By: Karina V. R. Schäfer (Rutgers University Newark, NJ) & Dirk W. Vanderklein (Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ) © 2011 Nature Education All plant growth ...

As the impact of our species on the natural world intensifies, so does the knowledge of our dependency on it: from crop-pollinating critters and wild fish populations that nourish millions, to ...

Our environment has a silent but profound influence on our daily behaviors. While many assume that habits are built (and broken) on sheer willpower and motivation, the reality is that our surroundings ...