People on our planet are using almost double Earth’s resources – a number known as ‘biocapacity’ – and it is worsening inequality, new research has shown. A paper published in Nature argues that ...

Global Footprint Network said overshoot reduction efforts are still far too slow Only 51 countries have the biocapacity to sustain the population's ecological footprint Overshoot is calculated by ...

The United States is one of the world’s biggest consumers, and U.S. policies can have global environmental effects. As of 2013, the world’s population would need 1.7 Earths to support its demands on ...

Since the 1970s, humans have used more resources than the planet can regenerate. This is known as overshoot. The WWF Living Planet Report has reported overshoot every two years since 2000. However, ...

Humans are using nearly 73 percent more natural resources than the Earth produces in a year, a study has found. A new report looks at the deficit in the world's 'biocapacity' – the ability of the ...

A hummingbird flew into New York’s Times Square Friday, and has been hovering and flitting high over the heads of tourists and workers ever since. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...

Get too far into financial debt and creditors come calling. Fall into debt with nature and the consequences can be even more distressing: Hotter temperatures, shrinking farmland, and dried up ...

The U.S. has abundant natural resources, but they’re still not enough to meet our huge appetites for energy, food, clothing, and other goods and services. According to a new report, we use up about ...

In this futuristic scenario the stakes of the most populous state of the nation, UP is going to be pretty high. LUCKNOW: If both India and China continue to grow in terms of both population and GDP, ...