The average amount of meat consumed per person globally has nearly doubled in the past 50 years, a trend with terrible consequences for environment, scientists warn.

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.

Progress is being made. But the climate keeps unravelling.

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

A study from Stanford University reveals the interconnectedness of politics and the environment.

If you can't beat 'em, ship 'em. The state of Illinois is spending $2 million to ship invasive Asian carp back to China, where they're considered a delicacy. In Illinois, and the Great Lakes region, they're

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

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

How will invasive Asian carp enter the Great Lakes? Via the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, maybe another flood? They almost made it via a semi-tractor trailer crossing the Ambassador Bridge from the U.S. to Canada. 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.

Flame retardants build up in the DNA of Great Lakes fish. Not cool.

Great Lakes residents would be paying this off for 47 years ... but reaping the benefits for just as long.

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

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...

Restaurants win; Great Lakes lose.

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

Humans have never lived with the high CO2 atmospheric conditions of the last 60 years, according to a new study.

Updated curriculum will help them to navigate the emotions associated with the climate crisis.

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

Scientists will be able to easier monitor the population of penguins, thanks to a high-tech solar-powered remote camera setup.

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

We don't hear about the ozone layer as much as we used to anymore, but that doesn't mean that the problem has been solved.

The robots have gathered new information that will help scientists determine how fast the ice is melting.

This looks a bit like the Hoth rebel station in Return of the Jedi...

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

Another signs that the poles are warming fast.

The 10,000 year-old ice shelf is half the size of Rhode Island; its collapse will add greatly to global sea level rise.

By 'fertilizing the oceans,' icebergs are actually helping to sequester more carbon. But that doesn't mean we should keep on polluting.

Proving once again that mankind can reverse the effects of our mistakes if we just take firm and fast action

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

The source of Antarctica's eerie blood red falls has baffled scientists for more than a century; now new secrets have been revealed.

Wind on the snow dunes of the Ross Ice Shelf causes a near-constant hum that is as beautiful as it is haunting.

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.

These bags are built to last, both in terms of usability and style.

Turn your bathroom into a spa with an exfoliating DIY body scrub. Here are 8 homemade scrubs made with ingredients already in your kitchen.

Or, how to get glowing skin with just a few simple ingredients.

These high-end kits make converting a van into a home-on-wheels an easier proposition.

It's a miracle of sorts, transforming a pile of sticks into a traveling machine.

This young man's mortgage-free home includes an interesting self-built version of the rare species known as the heated ceiling.

It's a surprisingly simple DIY project.

These will make your task easier, more efficient, and altogether more pleasant.

I don't buy many plastic bottles, but the ones that I do will take some creative workarounds to avoid.

The French government has set a goal of eliminating all single-use plastics by 2040. Phase one has begun.

This is the "guns don't kill people, people kill people" defense.

I tasked myself with buying no plastic bottles for the year; here's how it's going so far.

Thanks to COVID-19 we are generating a lot more of it, and nobody wants to touch it. Time to try and go zero waste.