A study in Nature finds that with bold and coordinated policy choices—across emissions, diets, food waste, and water and nitrogen efficiency—humanity could, by 2050, bring global environmental ...

Ben Halpern, NCEAS director and coauthor on the study What has not been well understood is how environmental pressures may move, or if new ones might be generated by a large-scale shift in diet, ...

The expectation that competition for dwindling resources drives societies toward conflict has shaped much of the discourse around climate change and warfare. As resources become increasingly ...

A large French cohort study reveals that eating patterns with lower environmental footprints not only protect the planet but also cut the risk of major chronic diseases, a double win for people and ...

When species are subjected to changing environments, they can survive in their current location through genetic adaptation. However, this ability is not unlimited. In a study published in PNAS, ...