Environment

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The company plans to cut waste in its cafes in half by 2020.

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He's calling on an "army of fourth graders" to join him.

There's a new way to recycle aluminum, even if it has food on it.

The legal limit isn't necessarily what's best for your health.

Crawling into a toilet with a full tank below it might have seemed like a good idea at the time.

It gets much, much worse than Phoenix.

The Guardian is designed to capture the hordes of lionfish devastating reefs and fish populations in the Atlantic Ocean.

Deadly dust storms could return to the Great Plains by the end of the century.

Warmer temperatures melt the ice that helps stabilize mountains.

The burning question, answered.

Up to 150 cabs are set to hit the road by 2018.

Those oysters on the half shell you're slurping down could have a second life cleaning waterways and protecting coastal ecosystems.

Sustainable energy can sometimes also be adorable.

Reforestation promises to bring back old-growth trees...very slowly.

It's a one-of-a-kind Ice Age relic.

LED street lights are good for the environment, but not so much for people's health, the American Medical Association said in a new policy statement.

What goes around comes around.

The South American palm weevil is eating palms' hearts out.

The tree was planted in Boise more than a century ago.

A Canadian study finds that 10 extra trees per city block made people feel as healthy as if they were seven years younger.

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Scientists say climate change in the Arctic has forced the bears to change their eating habits.

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French naval officer, explorer, and filmmaker Jacques-Yves Cousteau helped millions of people learn about what goes on under the ocean's surface—but he originally wanted to fly.

A Hawksbill sea turtle swimming in the ocean.

The ocean is a mysterious place. Dive into some lesser-known facts about the deep.

John Muir was more than a great explorer and advocate of national parks—he was also an ingenious inventor.

How IKEA Is Using Technology to Reduce Its Food Waste by 50 Percent

9-Year-Old Starts Initiative to Help Protect America’s National Monuments

Scientists Figure Out How to Recycle Aluminum Foil Into an Ingredient for Biofuel

Check Out This Online Database to See Which Chemicals Are in Your Tap Water

8 Bizarre Places People Have Gotten Stuck

Where Is the Hottest Place on Earth?

The Roomba's Creator Invented an Underwater Vacuum That Sucks Up Invasive Lionfish

Climate Change Could Resurrect the Dust Bowl

Greenland’s Melting Ice Could Be Triggering Mountain Collapses

Just How Hot Is Lava?

London Unveils New Electric-Powered Black Cabs

Restaurants Recycle Oyster Shells to Revitalize Ocean Reefs

China Is Now Home to a Panda-Shaped Solar Farm

Meet the Man Cloning Ancient Redwood Trees

Dive Into a 60,000-Year-Old Forest In the Gulf of Mexico With a New Documentary

Bright Street Lights Can Be Bad for Your Health, Doctors Say

Seagulls Eat Garbage in Landfills and Then Poop Pollution Into Our Waters

Watch Weevils Invade California Palm Trees

Sequoia Sent to Idaho by John Muir Will Be Uprooted and Moved Two Blocks

Seeing Trees Can Make You Feel Healthier

Polar Bears Are Consuming Less Mercury—But There's a Downside

5 Surprising Facts About Jacques Cousteau

25 Things You Didn't Know About the World's Oceans

Conservationist John Muir’s Youthful Hobby: Inventing Amazing Alarm Clocks