Human activity has caused the amount of mercury being transported through rivers all over the world to increase up to threefold since the Industrial Revolution, making regulations to prevent toxic ...

In fact, many of the technologies that are often cited as hallmarks of the "Fourth Industrial Revolution" have been in development for decades, and have already begun to reshape the world we live in.

While exploding population and its attendant demand created by the Industrial Revolution did indeed inflict damage on the natural world -- deforestation, air pollution from burning wood and fossil ...

By combining highly reliable but inflexible technology like robotics with a highly flexible but less reliable technology like AI algorithms, you will get the best of both worlds.

The U.K. used coal power to drive the Industrial Revolution and expand the British Empire. It's now the first major economy to quit the fossil fuel, a primary contributor to global warming.

Founded in 1905, the Industrial Workers of the World was more than just a labor organization; it was a revolutionary response to the inequities faced by workers during the Industrial Revolution.

The first shots of the nascent “brown-to-green” revolution will be fired in 2024. Technology is improving, and policy is starting to shift | The World Ahead ...