Apple‘s data centers are now powered 100 percent by renewable energy and 75 percent of their facilities are solar, wind, hydroelectric, and geothermal sources. But unfortunately, the  Apple and the Environment report finds that their greenhouse gas emissions have risen by 34 percent (30.9 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions) in 2012. [...]

The 2013 Human Development Report warns that if environmental challenges aren’t addressed then poverty could rise up to 3 billion by 2050, according to the Guardian. Specifically, the UN report claims that by not addressing air pollution, water pollution, climate change, and deforestation, the world’s poorest countries could face troubles despite the [...]

The United Arab Emirates has opened the “largest concentrated solar power plant in operation anywhere in the world” in Abu Dhabi with their 100-megawatt solar-thermal project, according to Daily Mail UK. This $600million project—which took three years to complete—is believed to have the ability to power 20,000 homes in the country and [...]

This year, we’ve covered quite a bit on China’s pollution problem and the importance of tackling it as soon as possible. Long story short (okay, maybe not so short): China’s air pollution levels broke records this year and reached dangerous levels. So much so that the Chinese media has taken a [...]

Antarctica’s landscape is changing and there’s no denying it. Most recently, a study by a Texas A&M University researcher, the melting rates of glaciers in Antarctica are accelerating due to global warming. Alejandro Orsi, associate professor of oceanography, and his colleagues from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, “examined the entry to one of three [...]

Scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) are providing a view of Antarctica that has never been seen before—what the landscape is like without the ice. They have released a model using cartographic data, titled Bedmap2, in collaboration with international contributors  that reveals the hidden mountain ranges, plains, and valleys. But best of [...]

According to a new study by UCLA researchers, there’s a correlation with babies exposed to air pollution in the womb and autism—a spectrum of disorders ranging from a profound inability to communicate and mental disability to milder symptoms seen in Asperger’s syndrome that affects one in every 88 children born in the United [...]

It’s no surprise that the demand for disposable chopstick in China would be high, but what is surprising is the toll this demand is taking on the country’s forests. According to recent reports, the demand has increased by 30 billion over the past few years, and in turn, is posing [...]

A new poll, commissioned by the Center for Biological Diversity and conducted by Public Policy Polling, reveals what Americans believe about population growth. Mainly that the growing human population is driving many species towards extinction and worsening climate change. The 657 respondents also reveal that they believe that population is an [...]

When most people think of sharks, they think of a human predator but the reality is quite different—humans are the shark predators. While the media reported 12 shark deaths, according to National Geographic, in 2011, a new report published in the journal Marine Policy estimates that each year humans are responsible for [...]