Up to now, attempts to protect the Amazon have largely focused on preventing deforestation — historically one of the greatest threats the vast South American region has faced.

It was a unique and historic moment, one of forward-looking international collaboration and unity that now poses a stark contrast to the Brexit crisis wracking Europe.

Earlier this month, NASA scientists provided a visualization of a startling climate change trend — the Earth is getting greener, as viewed from space, especially in its rapidly warming northern reg

Pink snow was a high-latitude curiosity described by Arctic explorers such as Britain’s John Ross.

Coral in every major reef region across the world has already experienced bleaching, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) forecasts that temperatures in much of the Pacifi

The burning sensation in the southwestern United States was diagnosed by climate scientists more than a year ago.

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency is urging officials in Michigan to address “systemic issues” that could prevent Flint from providing clean, safe drinking water to the city’s residen

Zimbabwe will push for the lifting of an international ban on ivory sales, saying that limited sales would allow the government to raise money for conservation and to fight illegal poaching.

In a sweeping synthesis of global data, the United Nations Environment Programme has intensively catalogued environmental assaults across the six different major regions of the globe.

Scientists say they have made a startling discovery about the link between domestic oil and gas development and the world’s levels of atmospheric ethane — a carbon compound that can both damage air