ENVIRONMENT

Landsat 8 satellite image showing the highly dynamic SCAR Inlet Ice Shelf in Antarctica. NASA / USGS 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. Evidence from the last ice age has troubling

The Wujing coal-electricity power station across the Huangpu River in the Minhang district of Shanghai, China on Aug. 22, 2022. HECTOR RETAMAL / 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 environmental issues, causes,

Airplanes at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on May 1, 2022. Jan Kruijdenberg / BSR Agency / 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. On November 5, 2022, hundreds

Employees of Aramco oil company work in Saudi Arabia’s Abqaiq oil processing plant on Sept. 20, 2019. FAYEZ NURELDINE / 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 environmental issues, causes, and solutions. Oil

A group of yearling Holstein heifers in a field of grass in Northern Ireland. Alan Hopps / 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. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas

The Barcelona City Council has begun adding more green space to one of the main streets of the Eixample, Consell de Cent Street, seen on Sept. 4, 2022. Paco Freire / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital

BLM land in the Bodie Hills region of California. BLM / CC BY 2.0 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. Currently, the Department of Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy greets other House Republicans after the vote for H.R.1., in Washington, DC on March 30, 2023. Alex Wong / 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.

A Burlington Northern Santa Fe train carrying ethanol derailed and caught fire in Raymond, Minnesota, on March 30, 2023. David Joles / Star Tribune 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,

Home Policy EPA’s Internal Watchdog to Investigate Agency’s Response to East Palestine Train Derailment By: Olivia Rosane Updated: March 30, 2023 Edited by Chris McDermott Ohio EPA and federal EPA contractors collect soil and air samples from the Norfolk Southern train derailment site in East Palestine, Ohio on March 9, 2023. Michael Swensen / Getty

In 2021, war, persecution and other human rights abuses forced 89.3 million people to flee their homes. By 2050, the climate crisis could raise that number to more than one billion.  But in the immediate aftermath of an invasion or an extreme weather event, where will those people stay while waiting for a safe and

Damage from powerful storms and at least one tornado in Rolling Fork, Mississippi on March 25, 2023. Will Newton / 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. At least 22

Researchers in Australia are training oyster mushrooms to consume cigarette butts. RJ Sangosti / The Denver Post 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 a new program trial in Australia, oyster

Just Stop Oil climate activists and supporters march in solidarity with friends and loved ones serving prison sentences for their part in peaceful climate protests, in London, UK on Dec. 10, 2022. Mark Kerrison / In Pictures via Getty Images Why you can trust us Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is

A 3D illustration of bacterium Vibrio vulnificus. Dr_Microbe / iStock / Getty Images Plus 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. The number of Vibrio vulnificus infections is on the rise and

Fatemeh Asadi Zeidabadi, a Ph.D. student in the UBC department of chemical and biological engineering and a student in Dr. Madjid Mohseni’s group. UBC 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. Per-and