But a number of researchers today think that it is actually humanity’s destruction of biodiversity that creates the conditions for new viruses and diseases like COVID-19, the viral disease that ...

Ensia is a solutions-focused nonprofit media outlet reporting on our changing planet. Published by the Institute on the Environment.

September 18, 2019 — In early June 2019, the three of us were having a conversation at the University of British Columbia when Lior expressed some dissatisfaction about an activity at his kids’ school ...

Solar power is a promising — some say an inevitable — source of energy for the future. But what happens when clouds roll in or the sun goes down? The above infographic, from the New Jersey Institute ...

Nuclear power offers an abundant supply of low-carbon energy. But what can we do with the deadly radioactive waste?

If our current approach to recycling isn’t the best for the economy or the environment, why do we do it? Is it time to rethink recycling?

As human actions cause more and more damage to ecosystems and human health, people, environmental organizations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), nonprofits and others are turning to the courts ...

When federal crop insurance rules stymied Gail Fuller’s attempts to use sustainable farming strategies, he knew something had to change.

Integrating time-tested technology with emerging innovations, remote Isle au Haut could be a renewable energy model for the rest of the world.

Ensia is a solutions-focused nonprofit media outlet reporting on our changing planet. Published by the Institute on the Environment.

Ensia is a solutions-focused nonprofit media outlet reporting on our changing planet. Published by the Institute on the Environment.

Ensia is a solutions-focused nonprofit media outlet reporting on our changing planet. Published by the Institute on the Environment.