Vaccinating livestock against common disease not only improves animal welfare, it’s good for the planet too.

MIT community members made headlines with key research advances and their efforts to tackle pressing challenges.

Can we avoid dangerous climate change by taking government to court?

The UN climate conference brought some progress. A former UN official who has been involved in international climate policy for years explains what has to happen now for that progress to pay off.

The US saw a record number of billion-dollar disasters in 2023, even when accounting for inflation. The number of long-running heat waves like the Southwest experienced is also rising.

Weak language at COP28 is at complete odds with the officially-recognised science.

Pine Island Glacier passed a tipping point decades ago, and it could do again in the future.

In the first commitment of its kind, 63 countries promised to slash emissions from cooling and refrigeration.

Spices have been prized commodities for centuries. Today, ‘warm’ flavors boost our health and spirits in fall and winter.

The agreement still leaves many unanswered questions, as well as concerns from vulnerable countries about who will qualify, who pays and who is in charge.