ENVIRONMENT

A methane hydrate. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Ocean Exploration and Research Program Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions. One of the biggest concerns about the climate crisis is that warming

Eating insects like mealworms could be a more sustainable way to get proteins and meaty flavors. Bloomberg Creative / Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions. Meat consumption, especially if

A newly hatched Kemp’s ridley sea turtle makes its way out to the Gulf of Mexico from Louisiana’s Chandeleur Islands. Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions.

Silver birch is one of the tree species experiencing a “false autumn” in the UK this summer. By Eve Livesey / Moment / Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions.

By A. Daniel Jones and Hui Li PFAS chemicals seemed like a good idea at first. As Teflon, they made pots easier to clean starting in the 1940s. They made jackets waterproof and carpets stain-resistant. Food wrappers, firefighting foam, even makeup seemed better with perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances. Then tests started detecting PFAS in people’s

Cyclists and joggers in Amsterdam on March 27, 2020. Paulo Amorim / NurPhoto via Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions. In the Netherlands, cycling is a way of life

By Soraya Kishtwari Carolina Mora Gaitan takes one of the striking-looking flowers from the blue bucket lying at her feet and shakes off the excess water. Using a toothbrush, she scrubs away any trace of dirt and proceeds to peel away an unsightly brown leaf with a pair of tweezers. Sitting opposite, her daughter-in-law mirrors

It’s time to turn your trash into your treasure. You can sort your recycling all you want, but the sad reality is that more than 146 million tons of trash end up in landfills every year, with the average American contributing roughly five pounds of trash every day.1 There’s no sugarcoating it — the state

Plastic pollution is an international problem, as trillions of pieces of plastic have made their way into the ocean from commercial and household waste, blown from landfills and trash cans into sewers and rivers and out to sea. Marine animals can ingest and become entangled in ocean plastic, leading to sickness, starvation and death. Plastic

Greenpeace USA activists project a call to “protect the oceans” on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City on Aug. 14, 2022, the night before negotiations on a new Global Ocean Treaty. POW / Greenpeace Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to

Temperatures reached 40°C (104°F) during a heat wave in the UK in July. Martin Pope / Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions. Skin Cancer is the most common type

By Jake Johnson Without the support of a single Republican, Democrats in the U.S. House on Friday gave final passage to a $740 billion piece of legislation that includes historic investments in renewable energy development, a minimum tax on large corporations, and a landmark requirement for Medicare to directly negotiate the prices of a subset of

Hikers walk on the Tsanfleuron pass partially free of the ice that covered it for at least 2,000 years, on Aug. 6, 2022. FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP via Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on

Used in cuisines all over the world, onions are known for either their sweet and savory flavor or strong and pungent flavor that enhances dishes from casseroles to curries. Consumers in the U.S. eat a lot of onions — this vegetable only trails potatoes, tomatoes and sweet corn in popularity, according to the Cornell Chronicle.

Icebergs near Ilulissat, Greenland on May 8, 2021. Ulrik Pedersen / NurPhoto via Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions. By Jonathan Bamber The Earth is approximately 1.1℃ warmer than

Wooden beehives in a wildflower meadow in Iver, Buckinghmashire, UK. Jacky Parker Photography / Moment / Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions. Despite the importance of pollinators to the