Or maybe there’s another piece of the puzzle. You see, we like to think we have control over what we do. That if we set our minds to accomplishing a task, we can get where we want to go. But the truth ...

The Environment coverage from Scientific American, featuring news and articles about advances in the field.

Explore the EPA's mission to protect human and environmental health through regulations. Understand its enforcement of laws ...

July 22, 2026 • For years, Washtenaw County’s relationship with the "forever chemicals" known as PFAS has centered on massive industrial pollution along the Huron River, like the Tribar industrial ...

The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework states that plastic pollution must be eliminated by 2030. So why haven't we enacted measures that make a real difference? Plastic pollution is more ...

While many Americans say they are concerned about the environment, a much smaller share — roughly two-in-ten — sees themselves as making an effort to live out that concern all the time. People focused ...

MICHAEL SNYDER wears four watches, two on each wrist. A geneticist at Stanford University, California, he isn’t obsessed with time – only with buying us all a little more of it. The watches track his ...

The environment is one of the top concerns for Gen Z — even amid a pandemic. And, while some products that are billed as sustainable cost more, there are a lot of changes you can make in your everyday ...

In her book, Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist, University of Oxford economist Kate Raworth describes a visual framework that illustrates what sustainable ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with author J.B. MacKinnon about the impact of American consumerism on the environment, and how pulling back could positively affect the planet. We're spending some time ...