Green roofs are popular in many European countries.  A green roof is a layer of vegetation planted over a waterproofing system installed on a flat or ...

Armadillos are small mammals known for their unique armor-like shell and their digging habits.  There are 21 species, primarily native to South Americ...

Transportation accounts for nearly a quarter of the direct carbon dioxide emissions coming from burning fuel.  As a result, electrification of transpo...

In October, the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network released the first-ever report collecting global statistics on the world’s corals.  It documents ...

A new NASA study published in the journal Nature Food looks at the impact of global climate change on food crops.  According to the study, declines in...

Estimates are that about 10 million tons of plastic enter the ocean every year.  This is equivalent to a truckload of plastic being dumped into the se...

Over 2.25 billion cups of coffee are consumed in the world each day.  Americans spend $80 billion dollars a year on coffee.  Coffee in grown across 12...

The world is awash in plastic.  Discarded plastic litters our roadways, woodlands, and beaches.  It piles up in landfills.  Plastic enters the oceans ...

Permafrost is frozen soil, rock or sediment that can be as much as a few thousand feet thick.  To qualify as permafrost , the material has to have bee...

Along with cookies and carols, the Christmas tree is a quintessential part of the holiday season for many people.  According to the American Christmas...