Solar power is on the rise. In the last decade alone, solar has skyrocketed from generating 0.57% of the world’s energy to 5.52%. As it’s become increasingly used in tech, retail, and manufacturing ...

Twelve years ago, a Dutch nursing home — the Woon-en Zorgcentrum Humanitas Deventer — implemented a unique program. In exchange for 30 hours of their time and companionship each month, local college ...

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. The United States has never really cared much about tackling climate change, at least at the federal level. Up ...

Boyan Slat made waves when he was just a teenager with an audacious dream to rid the world’s oceans of plastic waste. Slat’s first TEDx Talk went viral in 2012, as the founder and CEO of The Ocean ...

Gianni Valenti is the president of French NGO Gaia First, which is an organization working to end plastic pollution in coastal communities around the world. He’s also a dad. And it was his daughter ...

Earlier this year, in accordance with the Trump administration’s efforts to “cut federal spending,” through the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency, major layoffs and budget cuts were ...

According to Scientific American, cement is the most energy-intensive product on the planet. Global cement and concrete production accounts for 9% of all man-made carbon dioxide emissions annually.

The Karakamia Wildlife Sanctuary is uniquely positioned to save some of Australia’s most endangered animals. With 662 acres of wetlands, woodlands, and granite outcrops, the Australian Wildlife ...

When plastic gets to the ocean, it tends to accumulate in giant, circular currents, getting caught up in the natural waves of the ocean and other collected pollution, with nowhere to escape. There is ...

Tim Friede’s YouTube channel is home to a collection of videos depicting the Wisconsin-native truck mechanic subjecting himself to purposeful snake bites, blood slowly dripping down his arms. For the ...

Derrick Downey Jr. has befriended all of the squirrels in his neighborhood. The comical yet calming 33-year-old man has amassed over two million followers on TikTok and Instagram combined. What are ...

Think of all the Crunchwrap Supremes, Beefy 5-Layer Burritos, and Baja Blasts you’ve ordered in the drive-thru lane of Taco Bell in the past decade. For those of us who were in high school and college ...