We’ve always been told that eating colorful foods has many health benefits. And no, I’m not talking about artificially colored candies or chips, but instead fresh fruits and vegetables. Many produce rich in color contains... 

It seems that there is always another opinion on how the climate is or will be changing. A new study led by Oxford University concludes that the latest observations of the climate system’s response to rising greenhouse gas levels... 

Shutterstock / Henrik Larsson Mosquitoes are bringing malaria to more and more places as the climate changes. It’s not just thinking about climate change that can make you feel sick — climate change itself is bringing... 

Lobster fishing remains big business off the coast of Maine but even with new regulations and new gadgets can it ever be sustainable? Michael Sanders investigates the real costs of the crustacean on your plate… When most of us... 

Most of the world’s frozen water is locked up at the poles. 99 percent of Earth’s land ice is located in the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets. Yet the remaining ice in the world’s glaciers contributed just as much to sea... 

Anita Stewart-Hammerer Fueled by the recent fascination with all things DIY, community gardening — like brainstorming clever uses for Mason jars and eating like a caveman – has been popular lately. But on a large plot... 

Food Democracy Now! Smuggled into the bill President Obama signed to avert a government shutdown in March was a sneaky little rider called the “farmer assurance provision.” It’s since come to be known as the Monsanto Protection... 

Which environment would wildlife prefer, actively farmed and managed land, or untended natural land that to us might appear unkempt? Turns out that parts of the farm landscape that look overgrown and ’scruffy’ are more... 

Vitamin C or L-ascorbic acid, or simply ascorbate (the anion of ascorbic acid), is an essential nutrient for humans and certain other animal species. Vitamin C has been advocated for many other therapeutic uses. Vitamin C functions... 

It was a quiet year for tornadoes — until last week, that is. A string of twisters have ravaged the middle of the country over the past several days, culminating in a two-mile-wide tornado tearing up Moore, Okla., this afternoon. So... 

Ira Leifer studies the atmosphere. He also has the geekiest RV ever, set up to measure methane levels on the go. It has, for instance, “a mast that rises up five stories, like a periscope.” This is actually Leifer’s... 

Researchers at the University of Maryland have developed a 30-meter resolution forest cover data set that could boost efforts to track deforestation and forest degradation. Read the original post: Researchers Develop Highest-resolution... 

A new Dartmouth College study finds human-caused climate change may have little impact on many species of tropical lizards, contradicting a host of recent studies that predict their widespread extinction in a rapidly warming planet.... 

Land degradation – more specifically drought and desertification – have become increasingly pressing problems for a growing number of countries around the world, threatening efforts to alleviate poverty, improve basic health and... 

Fortune Live Media Tom Steyer. Tom Steyer spent years as a wildly successful hedge fund manager, a vigorous philanthropist, and a sought-after funder of Democratic politicians, but most of that activity took place beneath the public... 

Shutterstock / Spirit of America Get to work, Mr. President! The New York Times editorial board is worried that  atmospheric carbon dioxide levels recently hit 400 parts per million . And it’s worried that President Barack... 

This story is part of a  Guardian  series   on climate refugees. Read  parts 1 ,  2 ,  3 , and 4 . Travis S. The slow-moving disaster being visited on the village of Newtok is a familiar one in Alaska. People are losing the... 

Leonardo DiCaprio’s environmental charity auction at Christie’s in New York has raised an impressive $33.3 million from wealthy art collectors. Most of the sale proceeds went to environmental protection causes promoted... 

Methane is created naturally near the Earth’s surface, primarily by microorganisms by the process of methanogenesis. It is carried into the stratosphere by rising air in the tropics. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, stronger... 

Shutterstock Glaciers, such as this one in Argentina, are melting and releasing their reserves of water. Farewell, great lakes of ice and frozen rivers. Scientists used satellite images and gravity measurements to peer more closely...