Sustainability

250 million years from now, the emergence of a new supercontinent could render most of Earth’s surface uninhabitable for mammals

United Nations secretary-general António Guterres is proposing a $500-billion annual stimulus package to meet the Sustainable Development Goals to preserve the environment and end poverty and hunger

In the five decades between 1970 and 2021, extreme climate events caused more than two million deaths and led to economic losses of $4.3 trillion, 60 percent of which occurred in developing countries, a U.N. report found

Despite efforts to make a planned city in the Saudi Arabian desert sustainable, its layout could create problems   

Reintroducing large herbivores into fire-prone areas can help combat the global rise in megafires

U.S. census tracts with high exposure to climate impacts will get extra federal funds to build resilience

Amtrak will soon get 28 high-speed rail cars. But they won't operate at high speeds because Amtrak tracks are outdated

An expedition has discovered a remote Fijian cave with thousands of microbats thought to be nearly extinct

As summers get hotter and longer, experts provide advice on how to survive heat-related emergencies

The reason some homes feel hotter than their air temperature has to do with radiant heat. Here’s what to do about it

When it’s time to rebuild, we must prioritize more sustainable and resilient infrastructure in Ukraine

A concept for reducing car traffic in European cities, called the “15-minute city,” is being falsely described by far-right opponents of the idea as a communist-style lockdown on personal freedoms