Green Living

NYC Tech is expected to be the city's answer to entrepreneurial programs at Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The bright lights of the big city currently rely on fission, but a new study suggests efficiency and renewables could do the job instead. David Biello reports

How to improve the state of the planet: "everybody can do something"

A new analysis reveals that coral cover on the world's largest biological construct has declined by more than 50 percent since 1985. David Biello reports

Rooftops with reflective paint reduce temperatures in urban areas while cutting building energy costs, but in some development scenarios they might lead to a 4 percent decline in rainfall

Combining humanitarian aid, economic development and environmental improvement may be the only way for the global community to bolster its resilience to 21st-century challenges

How can we break the ice and get a political conversation started about climate change, David Biello asks

Saving the Amazon rainforest may not look like what we expect

Suburbs, slums and city centers may grow by more than a million square kilometers—much of it now home to wildlife