Every week, the ultra-rich emit more greenhouse gas than the poorest people produce in a lifetime.

Scientists warn: ‘The future of humanity hangs in the balance.’

‘Climate change has already caused mass death on a pandemic-like scale’

Commercial farming of wild animals as luxury food for the rich triggered a global pandemic.

The near-universal adoption of mass production in confined facilities makes pandemics all but inevitable.

In March, Cal-Maine Foods, the largest U.S. egg producer, reported that chickens in one of its Texas egg factories had contracted Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Type A–better known as Bird Flu. To stop the disease from spreading, the corporation slaughtered 1.6 million birds.

Agribusiness assaults on tropical forests are driving the emergence of new diseases and epidemics.

Electoral politics and compromises won’t save the climate or stop the far right.

Covid-19 was the least unexpected pandemic in history. Why were governments not prepared?

Ruling ends formal discussion in official geological organization.

Relentless evolution creates ‘resilient, dangerous foes’ in the Anthropocene.

In our time, pandemics will occur more often, spread more rapidly, and kill more people.

Commission chairs say organizers of ballot violated statutes and ignored scientific evidence.

A stunning animation displays the pulse of the Earth System’s metabolism.

In memory of Paul Burkett, Marxist scholar and jazz musician, 1956-2024.

Important steps towards formally defining a new epoch in Earth System history.

Lancet study finds ‘green growth’ policies fall far short of what’s needed to prevent dangerous change

Tiny Crawford Lake, near Toronto, holds a detailed record of radical global change.

Ian Angus discusses the scientific developments that led Marx to develop metabolic rift theory in the 1800s, and a new generation to rediscover it the 21st century.

Don’t believe the headlines: there’s much less happening than pro-fusion pundits claim.