A Toronto city councillor is going to try.

We are by no means helpless in the face of climate change.

You might want to rethink that dream house by the ocean.

Lack of rain has reduced potato crop yields to a third of what they usually are.

More carbon in the air means less brainpower.

With a warming climate, the remains of unlucky mountaineers are beginning to rise from the ice.

Lack of diversity makes grapes vulnerable to climate change.

What happens when you restrict cars? Transit use, cycling and walking increase dramatically.

It's time for some fareness.

These 7 sea-loving grandmothers are helping research an elusive venomous snake population.

In which we tackle one of life's more pressing queries.

Yet another example of the uncanny intelligence of our 8-armed overlords.

A lesson in what happens when the humans disappear.

The most important pollinators on the planet are disappearing in areas where temperatures are getting hotter.

Only in America are they hard to find. How does that happen?

Carbon dioxide continues as the main concern, but we ignore methane at our own risk

This is beyond climate denial, it's science denial

In the latest installment of 'A Death by 1000 Cuts,' a New York TImes analysis lists the Earth-loving rules that Washington is seeking to reverse.

Huge new study reveals that going vegan offers far greater benefits than quitting flying or driving an electric car.

The U.N. just came up with some climate change solutions, and none of them are "expect techy solutions to pull us out."

The monthly vegetarian gathering will also host policy makers to discuss various aspects of climate change.

Not just for barbecues, some companies are switching over completely.

Common sense tells us that, following corn harvest, fragments of corn cobs, leaves, stalks, silk, and pollen may be blown by the wind or carried across the land

This $2 million project, funded mostly with private money, is billed as the most comprehensive look at the Chicago waterway system since the reversal of the Chicago River more than 100 years ago. This

Just what the Great Lakes needs, more aquatic invasives. We're worrying about Asian carp and now we have whales? Whales in the Great Lakes, on Lake Superior? Well, "whale burps" have been found

Who says we have to choose between jobs and the environment? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is starting a sort of Public Works program for the Great Lakes --- prioritizing funding for restoration projects that put the

Blooming Lake Erie. Photo Credit: NASA EO Pure Michigan is a slogan used in the Great Lakes State, to bring in tourists and celebrate the beauty of nature. You probably won't be seeing these images in any Pure Michigan ad campaign. They're of algae,

Bloody red shrimp are invasive, but yummy for some native Great Lakes fish. A first-time find by Canadian researchers.

The availability and quality of fresh water to sustain a radically urbanizing world is unquestionably a core issue of our time and requires holistic environmental thinking at an unprecedented scale

It's been forty years since Nixon and Trudeau signed the original; it's time for an update.

Sometimes the best way to get an idea of the scale of something is to change the context.

Exfoliating body wash may make you clean, but it's making the lake water dirty.

This long, cold winter has created the most ice cover on the Great Lakes in 20 years—and with ice cover usually at its peak in mid-March, there's still time for records to be broken.

Finally one state is putting a stop to the "exfoliocean." Hopefully others will follow its lead, forcing companies to adopt eco-friendly alternatives.

Well, at least the most iconic animal in the United States won't catch on fire too easily...

It led to a series of other agreements that protected and cleaned up the Great Lakes environment

Do international treaties mean anything when America needs fresh water?

As environmental awareness spreads, shoppers are making different choices.

By analyzing a 364-meter ice core, researchers have been able to go back in time and track the freezing and melting cycles of Antarctica's peninsula.

The autonomous robot allows scientists to more safely study polar enviroments and also collects valuable information on ice conditions for climate research.

A gigatonne of ice here, a gigatonne of ice there... Soon enough we're talking about a meaningful quantity!

Two steps forward, one step back for Japan. The rest of the world has moved on from whaling, why couldn't they do too?

After ten years of work, the Antarctic Heritage Trust has done an amazing job of restoring and preserving.

Plus a bounty of facts about these freewheeling islands of ice.

A posse of paper penguins has spread to major international cities in the past week, as part of a new Greenpeace campaign to protect Antarctica.

Along with her large-scale drawings, artist Zaria Forman has recorded the eerie song of a warming planet.

In support of Greenpeace's Antarctic campaign, this may be the prettiest video I've ever watched – and the cause couldn't be more important.

Award-winning photographer Sue Flood braved the extremes to bring us this marvelous new book, Emperor: The Perfect Penguin.

It turns out you can still be a high-performing athlete on a plant-based diet.

It's a surprisingly simple DIY project.