Climate change

How two mayors of small towns in right-wing America are showing the way to energy and climate progress: through local action.

29 | May 1, 2013 3:00am | By Chris Nelder

Will black carbon cause the death of space tourism before it has taken off?

10 | May 16, 2013 10:49am | By Charlie Osborne

In 2030, some of the most popular jobs could be vertical farmer, limb maker, waste data handler or narrowcaster, according to a new U.K. report.

7 | January 19, 2010 10:48am | By Andrew Nusca

Insights about human origins derived from studies of our ancestors' DNA might also illuminate some of our current social woes.

15 | September 4, 2012 3:00am | By John Rennie

New research shows wind farms have a warming effect on the local climate, which might throw a wrench in the expansion of this new form of energy.

42 | April 29, 2012 9:10pm | By Amy Kraft

In the past decade Africa trails only South Asia as the region with the largest mobile growth rate.

4 | December 27, 2012 2:38pm | By Tyler Falk

The Republic of Kiribati may be the first nation forced to evacuate due to climate change.

24 | March 14, 2012 5:30am | By Tuan C. Nguyen

Population and climate change will put a strain on our water supply.

28 | February 28, 2011 3:09pm | By Boonsri Dickinson

Zipcar's co-founder believes resource sharing can create exponential change.

16 | May 6, 2013 4:39am | By Channtal Fleischfresser

Susan Leal, author of "Running Out of Water," explains why we're in the midst of a global water crisis, what we can do about it and why the U.S. needs a cabinet-level position for water.

37 | October 27, 2010 1:54am | By Andrew Nusca

Well, the coldest inhabited one, anyway. Welcome to the village of Oymyakon, in Russia.

1 | January 23, 2013 4:24pm | By Andrew Nusca

Fueled by connected devices, natural speech recognition has emerged from the research lab as the killer app for, well, everything.

4 | November 2, 2011 9:01pm | By Andrew Nusca

Don't believe the hype: The U.S. will not overtake Saudi Arabia as the world's top oil producer, nor become self-sufficient in oil, nor become a net oil exporter.

31 | November 28, 2012 3:00am | By Chris Nelder

A simple chart from a Nobel prize winning physicist summarizes why nuclear power belongs in a low carbon economy.

29 | February 19, 2013 6:31am | By Mark Halper

Earthquake-causing human activity deserves a closer look.

21 | December 23, 2009 5:55am | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan

Denmark tops the list of the most innovative countries in the world, according to the Legatum Institute Prosperity Index. Here's a look at the top 10.

2 | January 13, 2011 6:33am | By Andrew Nusca

World Water Day: The SolarBall water purifier can help impoverished regions that don't have access to clean drinking water.

8 | March 22, 2011 11:38pm | By Tuan C. Nguyen

The sedentary and unsustainable lifestyle of car-dependent suburbs is leading planners to turn dead big box stores into cool libraries, to turn backyard swimming pools into tilapia farms and more.

15 | March 11, 2013 3:00am | By Christina Hernandez Sherwood

The National Intelligence Council, in the United States, takes a peek into the global future.

2 | December 10, 2012 1:16pm | By Tyler Falk

A new UN report shows that cities are major contributors to climate change. But are they also the solution?

10 | March 30, 2011 2:17pm | By Tyler Falk