Environment

As one of the most liberal cities in the United States, San Francisco has led the way for many issues involving social and environmental change. Thus, it's no surprise that San Francisco is not [...]

Red tides are not a new phenomenon, but the one invading Florida's Gulf Coast this summer should give anyone who is concerned about the environment pause for concern.

Late in 2017, China announced that it would no longer be the world's waste bin as it decided to ban 24 different types of recyclables from foreign countries starting in 2018.

When most people think about the effects of global warming, their attention turns to extreme weather in temperate climates and the rising ocean levels throughout the world due to the melting of [...]

Virtually every time you go to the store, you're handed a plastic bag in which to carry your groceries or other goods, but have you ever thought about what those plastic bags do to the environment?

A year has passed since the African country of Kenya has banned all plastic bags and imposed stiff fines or jail time for anyone producing, selling or simply even carrying a plastic bag.

Located in southeastern Siberia north of the Mongolian border is Lake Baikal, the oldest freshwater lake in the world.

You may not be ready to become a complete vegan like your neighbor or even switch to a Lacto-Ovo vegetarian lifestyle, but cutting down your food intake to one or two meatless meals per week and [...]

The number of storms per year and the strength of each storm are two indicators that these weather events have intensified since the beginning of the 20th century.

Since the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in October of 2001, the environmental degradation of this land has been severe. One of the biggest problems has been deforestation,