By John Cannon For more than a century, nations have measured societal gains in terms of economic growth. But a new ...

Heat waves that are impossible to survive without air-conditioning could soon afflict far more of the globe than they do now, ...

Social Limits to Growth: The review finds that above a certain level of income, economic growth does not improve human well-being, and the costs of growth (e.g., pollution and social upheaval) may ...

A comprehensive new review by leading experts in the sustainability science field, published in The Lancet Planetary Health, is challenging the long-held assumption that economic growth is necessary ...

Astronomers have found some pretty wild exoplanets. Some are balls of lava the temperature of hell, one is partially made of ...

Most of these systems have crossed crucial “planetary boundaries,” indicating risks to both human society and the environment. Aerosols as the Only System Within Limits Among the systems ...

Those limits mostly include water being frozen and ... "the cenotectic plays a central role in the 'endgame' of planetary oceans. As large water-rich planetary bodies cool over geologic timescales ...