The human food-energy-water system is wickedly interconnected, but most of the links in the network are neither global nor local -- the action lies in everyday trade between counties and states that ...

The paper highlights the double-edged role of AI in the climate crisis. On one hand, advanced systems, particularly large ...

Dear EarthTalk: How has the human footprint on Earth changed over time? – B.K, via e-mail The term “human footprint” has become ubiquitous in modern environmental discourse, but to understand its ...

Hospitals and health systems are not immune from concerns about their environmental impact. Most studies surround the discharge of anesthetic gases or single-use plastics. A new study provides ...

Recent sustainability research into balancing the demands for ecosystem services and benefits in the form of human well-being has developed into a study of the ecological intensity of well-being (EIWB ...

Explore the ways humans are transforming the planet and what it tells us about our species Human Footprint, a six-part science documentary, is a part-science, part-travel series taking viewers from ...

To capture a better picture of human impacts on a wickedly interconnected ecological system, researchers are looking at a footprint measurement that starts at the sun. This planet of 8 billion people ...