Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Our planet is sick, and its life-threatening symptoms are getting worse, a new report warns. Earth has been pushed past multiple ...

Planetary boundaries outline how far past pre-industrial conditions Earth can get before anthropogenic activity has detrimental effects on the environment. While we have been dangerously close to the ...

When scientists first introduced the idea of planetary boundaries in 2009, it seemed like a theoretical red line—an abstract warning for future generations. Today, it’s reality. With the recent breach ...

An unhealthy sea butterfly, or pteropod, showing effects of ocean acidification including ragged, dissolving shell ridges on upper surface, a cloudy shell in lower right quadrant, and severe abrasions ...

For thousands of years, Earth operated within a stable, forgiving range of conditions that allowed human civilizations to flourish. That stability might soon be a thing of the past. A new scientific ...

Under the study’s assumptions regarding the productivity of the plant species – no new varieties over time, medium climate change – the potential outside of existing agricultural land is less than 200 ...

A wind change increased flames during a planned ignition on the Ross Moore Lake wildfire in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, on Friday, July 28, 2023. A wind change increased flames during a ...

The Frontiers Planet Prize names 19 National Champions – scientists offering scalable solutions to help keep humanity safely within planetary boundaries. Following an independent scientific assessment ...

Our planet is sick, and its life-threatening symptoms are getting worse, a new report warns. Earth has been pushed past multiple physical and chemical boundaries crucial for keeping the world a ...