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A child at work collecting e-waste in the Agbogbloshie dump in Ghana.

Can two Amazons survive? Invisible e-waste is poisoning the world

Gerry McGovern, Sue Branford 3 Dec 2025
The Laura Mærsk arrives at port in Copenhagen in September 2023 for a name-giving ceremony.

What fuel will ships burn as they move toward net zero?

Edward Carver 8 Oct 2025
The “pink panther,” operated by the company ECOsubsea, conducts a hull cleaning of vessel Frontier Kotobuki in Singapore.

With global rules pending, can the shipping industry get more carbon efficient?

Edward Carver 17 Sep 2025
A Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) ship.

World’s first industry-wide climate mandate could be launched with shipping vote

Edward Carver 7 Aug 2025
NASA's Artemis program plans to return humans to the moon, with the U.S. government agency working with SpaceX to develop the company's Starship human landing system.

Commercial space race comes with multiple planetary health risks

Sean Mowbray 22 Jul 2025
The Miami Bull, a robot-like statue of a bull, is meant to emulate Wall Street’s “Charging Bull,” and was unveiled to kick off the Bitcoin 2022 conference.

Bitcoin boom comes with huge intensifying environmental footprint

Gerry McGovern, Sue Branford 25 Jun 2025
Banner image of Pasir Timbul in Raja Ampat, Indonesia, by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

122 companies responsible for a third of present day sea-level rise: Study

Kristine Sabillo 8 Apr 2025
Banner image of Gianluca Grimalda on a cargo ship courtesy of Gianluca Grimalda.

Climate researcher fired for refusing air travel wins compensation

Kristine Sabillo 30 Jan 2025
Todd Smith dreamt of being an airline pilot since he was five years old. He left the aviation industry in 2020, and is now working to reform it. Image by Helena Dolby. Courtesy of Todd Smith.

Pilot-turned-climate activist Todd Smith finds other ways to fly

Mongabay.com 27 Jan 2025
Todd Smith dreamt of being an airline pilot since he was five years old. He left the aviation industry in 2020, and is now working to reform it. Image by Helena Dolby. Courtesy of Todd Smith.

Grounded: A pilot who quit flying to help tackle climate change works to change aviation, for good

Mike DiGirolamo, Rachel Donald 12 Nov 2024
Workers in "Agbogbloshie," a site with electronic scrap material, in Ghana, 2011.

Ever-smarter consumer electronics push world toward environmental brink

Gerry McGovern, Sue Branford 30 Sep 2024

People hugely underestimate carbon footprint of the wealthy, study shows

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Sep 2024
Trees cut down for biomass.

Biomass power grows in Japan despite new understanding of climate risks

Annelise Giseburt 29 Jul 2024
A man on an e-bike.

E-bikes could cut smog, energy use and congestion globally — but will they?

Charles Pekow 1 Apr 2024
A car charging.

This year’s ranking of EV carmakers from most to least ‘clean’: Report

Ian Morse 28 Mar 2024

How much carbon does ocean trawling put into the atmosphere?

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 19 Jan 2024
Aerial view of a road.

Study: Tricky balancing act between EV scale-up and mining battery metals

Liz Kimbrough 8 Sep 2023
Traffic on road.

EVs offer climate hope, but total auto supply chain revamp is vital

Sean Mowbray 10 Aug 2023
An airplane in flight.

Aviation’s climate conundrum: More than sustainable fuels needed

Sean Mowbray 19 Jul 2023
A Cambodian man rides a minivan loaded with timber destined for a garment factory.

Forests in the furnace: Cambodia’s garment sector is fueled by illegal logging

Gerald Flynn & Andy Ball 11 Jul 2023

Microbes play leading role in soil carbon capture, study shows

Liz Kimbrough 27 Jun 2023

Mycorrhizal fungi hold CO2 equivalent to a third of global fossil fuel emissions

Liz Kimbrough 13 Jun 2023

Overlooked and underfoot, mosses play a mighty role for climate and soil

Liz Kimbrough 22 May 2023

Global ecosystems are at risk of losing carbon storage ability, study says

Maxwell Radwin 14 Mar 2023
A coffee farmer carries saplings.

Companies eye ‘carbon insetting’ as winning climate solution, but critics are wary

Ian Morse 13 Mar 2023
Trees in the plains of Sahel.

Scientists map nearly 10 billion trees, stored carbon, in Africa’s drylands

John Cannon 10 Mar 2023
The Pesalat Reforestation Project

Carbon markets entice, but confuse, corporations: Report

John Cannon 31 Jan 2023

To cut emissions from cattle ranching, beef up the soil, study says

Shanna Hanbury 20 Dec 2022

Sri Lanka university aims to be the country’s first to go carbon neutral

Malaka Rodrigo 26 Nov 2022
Different kinds of LED filament bulbs.

LED lights could contribute to massive carbon reductions

Ian Morse 9 Nov 2022
Smoke from a factory chimney.

Carbon offsets: A key tool for climate action, or a license to emit?

Ian Morse 4 Nov 2022
Playing on an Xbox.

Playing dangerously: The environmental impact of video gaming consoles

Claire Asher 25 Oct 2022

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