
Culture

Cool Designs to Guard Against Flooding (PHOTOS)
Architect Ruurd Gietema lives in The Netherlands, a country perennially trying to hold back the sea. He said his homeland has paid a price for the high dikes and tall dunes it

Air Pollution Could Be Making You Anxious, Depressed — and Violent
There is a wealth of research detailing all the terrible things that air pollution can do to your body, such as contributing to heart disease, lung cancer, childhood asthma and emphysema, among

These Apocalyptic Myths Are Coming True Thanks to Climate Change
The last year or so has seen a spate of landmark climate change reports that lay out an apocalyptic vision of the future, a vision that is already starting to take shape

Americans Say It’s Okay to Report On Climate Change — Even in the Middle of a Hurricane
Earlier this month Hurricane Dorian made landfall in the Bahamas, delivering winds upwards of 180 miles an hour and widespread flooding, enough destructive force to kill at least 50 people and leave

How YouTube Promotes Conspiracy Theories and Climate Change Denial
Chances are, if you’re under 25, you’ve grown up using YouTube as a definitive source for everything from news to makeup tutorials to cooking how-tos. A study conducted last year shows that

For Climate Deniers in Power, ‘Ridicule Can Be Tremendously Effective’
It’s been a week since David Karpf first went viral, but he’s hoping his time in the culture war spotlight will soon come to an end. “You can’t really go bigger than

Gender, Sexual Orientation and Recycling
Janet K. Swim has focused a lot of her research on human behavior, especially as it relates to the environment, but she didn’t home in much on the influence of gender — at least