Ancient, giant viruses are being unearthed in Arctic ice that's at risk of...
Revitalized ancient viruses might one day get added to the list of ominous consequences of melting ice.Scientists working in the Arctic circle over the past few decades have unearthed several massive...
View ArticleA massive wildfire is burning on the Florida-Georgia border
A massive wildfire burning in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge near the Florida-Georgia border has prompted mandatory evacuations.The unincorporated community of St. George, Georgia, was under a...
View ArticleFrance's president-elect once blasted Trump in a message to US climate...
Emmanuel Macron won the French presidential election May 7, and since his victory, a video his campaign posted in February has been making the rounds on American social media.The Facebook video is...
View ArticleSenate attempt to repeal Obama-era methane regulation was just dealt a...
Senate Republicans were dealt an unexpected loss May 10 in their attempt to repeal an Obama-era regulation on methane emissions.The Senate tried to use the Congressional Review Act (CRA), which allows...
View Article5 green energy innovations that could change the world
Innovations in energy storage, smart grid, and electricity generation technologies will affect every part of the source-to-consumer supply chain for powering the planet.Energy storage tech improves the...
View ArticleAmerica’s first offshore wind farm just shut down a diesel plant
America’s first offshore wind farm just helped to shut down a small diesel-fired electric power plant on Block Island, Rhode Island.Block Island officials on Monday switched on a connection between the...
View ArticleAntarctica's cracking ice sheet is part of a process that could reshape the...
The first summer without an Arctic ice sheet is already on the horizon. The massive chunk of frozen ocean has capped the northern pole of our planet year-round for millennia, but it's now at risk of...
View ArticleWe tried the seaweed that 'tastes like bacon' and is healthier than kale —...
When I heard rumors of a type of sea vegetable that, when cooked, tasted like bacon, I wanted in. But by the time I reached out to the researchers growing it, they'd already been inundated with...
View ArticleGlacier National Park once had 150 glaciers, but only 26 remain
The era of the glacier will end in the United States within decades, according to researchers who worked on a major new study of glacial health in Montana.A report released by Wednesday the United...
View ArticleThis floating food garden in NYC has 200 vegetables you can eat for free
We visited a floating food garden located in Brooklyn Bridge Park. The garden is part of a collaborative project called Swale, and it's designed to build a connection between the urban jungle and the...
View ArticleA 22-year-old is moving ahead with a controversial plan to trap plastic...
Dutch innovator Boyan Slat's audacious plan to clear plastic from the marine area known as the "great Pacific garbage patch" is undergoing some major design changes. But the 22-year-old tells Business...
View ArticleThis disgusting, mysterious sea monster washed up on an island in Indonesia
A dead unknown sea animal has been found washed up on an island in Indonesia.The bloodied creature lay in shallow waters on the shores of Seram Island.Local man Asrul Tuanakota made the discovery...
View ArticleA video of 15 sharks circling near paddleboarders in California hides a...
The video opens with a close-up shot of a great white shark swimming in a turquoise ocean. But when it zooms out, the camera reveals the bustling coast of a Southern California beach."You are...
View ArticleThe 200,000-year history of how bedbugs infested our minds and homes
Recently, I spent a nasty several days cleaning out an apartment infested with bedbugs.The bedbugs landed in my partner's former apartment (which she shared with her cousin) just weeks before she was...
View ArticleA entire beach in Ireland has returned 33 years after being washed away
In spring 1984 a whole beach disappeared. Over just two days, the golden sands of Dooagh on the island of Achill, off the west coast of Ireland, were stripped away to reveal bare rocks.This occurred...
View ArticleThis abandoned Disney water park has been rotting for over 15 years
When Disney River Country opened in 1976, visitors flocked to Orange County, Florida, to ride the winding slides and traverse the wooden bridges.The park closed down 25 years later. After leaving the...
View ArticleThis idyllic remote island has no residents but 17 tonnes of plastic waste
One of the world's most remote places, an uninhabited coral atoll, is also one of its most polluted.Henderson Island, a tiny landmass in the eastern South Pacific, has been found by marine scientists...
View ArticleA 22-year-old has raised $30M to trap plastic floating in the great Pacific...
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is one of the most polluted areas of the ocean. 22-year-old Boyan Slat has a potential cleanup solution. The Ocean Cleanup uses a boom to capture plastic and keep it in...
View Article5 reasons why you should never use a straw again
From curly straws to bendy straws, to little cocktail straws, using a straw can make even the most boring drink more fun. But these tiny tubes may actually be causing more harm than you think. Here's 5...
View ArticleThe Dakota Access pipeline sprung 2 new leaks
(Mic) — The United States' most notorious oil project is continuing to prove its detractors correct. On Tuesday, the Associated Press reported that the Dakota Access pipeline has already leaked on two...
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