Ensia is a solutions-focused nonprofit media outlet reporting on our changing planet. Published by the Institute on the Environment.

Ensia is a solutions-focused nonprofit media outlet reporting on our changing planet. Published by the Institute on the Environment.

January 15, 2014 — The term Anthropocene — popularized by Nobel prize–winning chemist Paul Crutzen — refers to a new epoch of Earth’s history in which human activities became a dominant force in ...

For centuries, coastal wetlands were considered worthless. It’s time to acknowledge the environmental and economic value of restoring these ecosystems.

But even the air humans breathe is associated with an increase in the risk of many brain-related conditions — whether people are exposed as children or as adults. Although U.S. air pollution levels ...

Ensia is a solutions-focused nonprofit media outlet reporting on our changing planet. Published by the Institute on the Environment.

Ensia is a solutions-focused nonprofit media outlet reporting on our changing planet. Published by the Institute on the Environment.

Innovative food systems such as agroecology can become the norm if we weave a web of legitimacy from science, politics, society and values.

With Covid-19 upending conventional sources of conservation funding — particularly with tourism dollars dramatically decreased — conservationists are rethinking how to fund their work.

Communities face a tricky dilemma as climate changes: How to prepare for impacts without scaring away homeowners and investors and setting off a damaging economic spiral.

Progress, loopholes and contradictions converge as the world’s most populous country works to lower the odds of another global pandemic.

Ensia is a solutions-focused nonprofit media outlet reporting on our changing planet. Published by the Institute on the Environment.