The sea is everything in Gloucester, Massachusetts: the source of lobsters, livelihoods and tourist dollars. At the same time, rising water as oceans warm is probably the biggest existential threat to ...

I was a senior in high school when I first learned that dental floss shouldn’t be be flushed down the toilet. Nor should condoms or tampons. This mind-blowing revelation happened on an Advanced ...

Although the class is the result of new state science standards, it also helps students investigate some of the most pressing issues of their day. Science teacher Richard Jopp checks in with, from ...

This story is part three of a three-part series, Teaching the Future: Climate Change Education on Cape Cod.Read part one and part two. In high school in Massachusetts, climate change mostly appears in ...

In West Virginia, science lessons on climate change have the potential to divide teachers from students, and students from their parents. But one teacher, Tiffany Litton, has earned the trust of her ...

In a science classroom the size of a commercial garage, high school students are clipping back the wild, lush plants growing out of a tank of water. Their harvest is delicious: peppery greens, spicy ...

The need has never been greater for individuals who can address increasingly complex environmental issues. The Environmental Science and Policy (ES&P) Program seeks to produce future leaders with ...