Environment on ZME Science

The 'Environment' category on ZME Science is where you can explore the most pressing issues facing our planet today, and discover the latest research, insights, and solutions for building a more sustainable future. From climate change and biodiversity loss to renewable energy and circular economies, our articles cover a wide range of topics related to the environment and sustainability.

Environment

Scientists name new glow-in-the-dark sea worms after supernatural beings from Japanese folklore

Stress-eating lizards? Noise pollution drives Colorado checkered whiptail to munchy habits

Students make $10,000 satellite with a 3-D printed drag sail that won’t leave any space junk

How long before the world runs out of fossil fuels?

Infrastructure is taking over the planet’s most important biodiversity areas

This airport in Europe will limit flights to bring down polluting emissions

Are chimps really stronger than humans? A look into primate superstrength

So one of Antarctica’s regions has lost thousands of billions of tons of ice

Jabuticaba, the grape tree: A hidden wonder of the Amazon rainforest

Big climate report says we’re really running out of time to act on climate

Plastic pollution is so bad there are now plastic rocks

What is a raccoon dog? The animal that may have started the COVID pandemic

Massive underwater waves disrupt carbon storage in the oceans

New device lets people check air quality cheaply and anywhere they are

Of mammoth proportions: the difference between mammoths and mastodons

World’s first octopus farm is moving ahead despite grave scientific concern

La Niña climate pattern is officially over. But El Niño may already be on its way

Meat-eating rabbits: study finds that the fluffy creatures are not exactly “herbivores”

Floating solar panels could provide the world with the extra electricity it needs

Scientists map an insect’s brain for the first time – and it’s just incredible