Environmental change can lead to disorientation in and alienation from the familiar at home, termed “dépaysement,” adversely affecting mental health.

Climate change and environmental destruction are becoming increasingly central to the human rights movement. Droughts, toxic pollution, water shortages, desertification, severe storms and related ...

A broad majority of Americans have heard about data centers – the often-sprawling computing facilities that are popping up nationwide. But the public has mixed opinions about data centers’ ...

When one thinks about a diverse environment, indoor areas usually don’t come to mind. However, indoor environments are ripe for microorganisms, which can enter on humans and via exchanges with outdoor ...

The seas have long sustained human life, but a new UC Santa Barbara study shows that rising climate and human pressures are pushing the oceans toward a dangerous threshold. Vast and powerful, the ...