This aerial photo depicts the sawmills of Lagos, Nigeria. The timber from the country's rainforests, some of the most heavily deforested in the world, are processed in this coastal city, polluting the ...

On the second and third floors of New York City’s International Center of Photography (ICP), a collection of over 40 years worth of Edward Burtnysky’s vision of industrial, human impact on the planet ...

Human beings have an impressive talent for ignoring perfectly good instructions. Put up a sign, build a walkway, paint clear arrows, and someone will still find a shortcut through the grass. These ...

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Anthropocene refers to the age of humans — the things we've done to Earth. Geologists just rejected a proposal to declare an official... Mercy me: Photos show what humans have done to the planet in ...