The Planetary Health Check is a key monitor of earth's vital signs—and will guide action for a more sustainable world.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: When the asteroid that triggered the end-Cretaceous Mass Extinction crashed to Earth (and decimated the dinosaurs), it hit rocks that released sulfur ...

A crowd of people gather near a large poster that shows a speech bubble from planet Earth that reads "Help!!" on the occasion of the first Earth Day conservation awareness celebration, New York City, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Our planet is sick, and its life-threatening symptoms are getting worse, a new report warns. Earth has been pushed past multiple ...

Fifteen years ago, scientists identified nine planetary boundaries – physical thresholds humanity should not exceed if it wants to remain within a “safe operating space.” These limits define the ...

An unhealthy sea butterfly, or pteropod, showing effects of ocean acidification including ragged, dissolving shell ridges on upper surface, a cloudy shell in lower right quadrant, and severe abrasions ...

Proportion of current geological resource production exceeding production capacity determined by the regional water availability for the top ten geological resources with the largest volume of water ...

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A growing body of peer-reviewed research now points to a stark conclusion: multiple Earth systems have already moved beyond ...

A wind change increased flames during a planned ignition on the Ross Moore Lake wildfire in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, on Friday, July 28, 2023. A wind change increased flames during a ...

Planetary boundaries outline how far past pre-industrial conditions Earth can get before anthropogenic activity has detrimental effects on the environment. While we have been dangerously close to the ...