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 ...

Our demand for resources, or ecological footprint, is one of the highest in the world. In some states it’s a lot higher than others. Using more resources than are available is a lot like spending more ...

The Global Footprint Network (GFN) has released data designating today, August 19, as this year’s Earth Overshoot Day — meaning we’ve already overshot our ecological footprint for the year.Each year ...

Editor's Note: EarthBeat Weekly is your weekly newsletter about faith and climate change. Below is the May 7 edition. To receive EarthBeat Weekly in your inbox, sign up here. I learned a new term this ...

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 ...

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 ...