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MAP OF THE DAY: The World's Most Extreme Deforestation
Forests are disappearing at an alarming rate in Nigeria, Indonesia, and North Korea, according to a recent report by Maplecroft. The Deforestation Index map evaluates 180 countries where high rates...
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These Are The 11 European Countries Failing The Environment
When the EU agreed to reaffirm its commitment to the Kyoto Protocol to reduce emissions and combat climate change, scientists and environmentalists must have been relieved that at least someone got...
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The Five Greenest Cities In America
From the Golden Gate Bridge to the Big Apple, many of America's major cities are being recognized as trailblazers in the push to go green. "Cities that rank high in any sustainability rating due so...
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Adorable Seal Pups Are The Next Likely Victims Of Climate Change
Changing weather conditions as a result of climate change could lower the survival rate of Antarctic seal pups by changing their energy requirements, according to a new study published in the journal...
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CITI: Europe Has To Respond To Its 'Embarrassing' Carbon Trading Failure
We might actually get something out of the Rio +20 Earth Summit in June. Citi's Meg Brown said she expects "peer pressure between leaders coupled with accountability to the public back home via 24hr...
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Environmentalists Need To Give Up On Big Solutions And Focus On Localization
Ilargi: The following is a guest post by friend of TAE (and our kind present host) John Isaacs-Young, who is active in Transition Sunshine Coast, a region located about halfway up the eastern coast of...
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Millions Of Birds Die Ever Year By Smashing Into These 1,000-Foot Towers
TV and radio towers kill nearly 7 million birds every year in North America, according to a recent study. There are 84,000 communication towers on the continent, and those higher than 1,000 feet...
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Watch A Glacier Disappear Right Before Your Eyes
In 1980, the Columbia Glacier in Prince William Sound extended all the way to Heather Island. Since then, the glacier's snout, or terminus, has retreated more than 12 miles, exposing prominent rings...
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The Arctic Ocean Is Leaking Methane
For years, researchers have known that large amounts of methane are frozen in permafrost soils, which may be released into the atmosphere as the climate warms. But new research from NASA reveals...
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Did Scientists Really Find The Ruins Of A Legendary Lost City In Honduras?
For more than four centuries, the legend of Ciudad Blanca, a lost city in Honduras, has captured the imagination of archaeologists. According to Chris Begley, who has done extensive work in the...
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SCIENTIST: This Arid South American Landscape Is The The Most Similar Place...
New organisms discovered in the rocky soils of some of highest volcanoes in South America's Atacama region present the possibility of life on Mars. Through DNA analysis of the soil on Llullaillaco,...
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We Can No Longer Ignore That Environmental Apocalypse Is Coming [CHARTS]
In 1992, global leaders gathered in Rio de Janeiro and made a pledge to protect Earth's climate and biodiversity. Now scientists are lining up to explain just how badly that pledge has failed. Ahead...
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Lightning Hit The Empire State Building
Keith Olbermann tweeted this incredible photo of lightning zapping the Empire State Building this afternoon. An interesting fact: according to the National Weather Service, lightning hits the Empire...
View ArticleWatch What Happens When You Throw A Box Of Garbage Into A Volcano Lake
An experiment documented on liveleak.com shows what happens when you throw a bag of garbage into a volcano lake. The garbage thrown into the Ethiopian volcano lake is mostly food waste, according to...
View ArticleThe World's Last Pinta Giant Tortoise Has Died
Lonesome George, a giant tortoise on the Galapagos islands believed to be the last of the Pinta Island giant tortoise subspecies, has died. Scientists estimate he was around 100 years old, which isn't...
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Here's What Caused The Largest Volcanic Eruption Of The 20th Century
In June 1912, the Novarupta volcano in Alaska spewed out about 520 million tons per hour of hot magma, ash and other debris over less than three days. According to NASA, it was the largest eruption...
View ArticleIncredible Visualization Of Tropical Storm Debby Pounding Florida
Tropical Storm Debby is finally heading out to sea, but for two days it drenched Florida and southern Georgia, bringing up to two feet of rain in some places. The satellite animation below from NASA...
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Pictures Of New York Harbor From The 1970s When It Was A Dump
Arthur Tress is one of the hundreds of freelance photographers hired by the Environmental Protection Agency in the 1970s to document mounting environmental problems in America. The following set of...
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EXXON CEO: Fossil Fuels Are Warming The Planet — But Don't Worry, We'll Adapt
NEW YORK (AP) — ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson says fears about climate change, drilling, and energy dependence are overblown. In a speech Wednesday, Tillerson acknowledged that burning of fossil fuels...
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What To Do If You Are Attacked By A Pack Of Wolves
Let's pretend you're out for a jog in the woods. Suddenly, you find yourself surrounded by a pack of wolves. There must be at least eight of them. Panic sets in. What should you do? Oliver Starr,...
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