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These 100 companies are to blame for 71% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions
Since 1988, a mere 100 companies have been responsible for 71% of the entire world's industrial greenhouse gas emissions.This data comes from an inaugural report published by the Carbon Disclosure...
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A 1.1-trillion-ton iceberg has broken off Antarctica, and scientists say it's...
Antarctica has shed an iceberg that's big enough to fill Lake Erie more than two times.It weighs about 1 trillion metric tons.It may be the third-largest iceberg recorded since satellites began taking...
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Even if every country on the planet cuts emissions, the climate would still...
A planet devastated by climate change may seem like a distant future. But Earth is already experiencing the effects of rising global temperatures today.Worldwide, the mean rate of sea level rise...
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Antarctica just shed a 1.1-trillion-ton iceberg — here's where it may float
A 1.1-trillion-ton iceberg has calved off Antarctica, into the Southern Ocean.The block of ice is roughly the area of Delaware and more than twice the volume of Lake Erie.Scientists aren't sure where...
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A frozen chunk of land that scientists thought would never thaw is melting —...
There seems to be an ever-growing list of ominous consequences of melting ice— especially when it's the kind scientists expected would remain frozen forever. "Until recently, permafrost was not a major...
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Antarctica just shed one of the largest icebergs the world has ever seen —...
A crack in an Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf birthed one of the largest icebergs ever recorded, scientists announced Wednesday morning."The calving of this iceberg leaves the Larsen C Ice Shelf...
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Humans have caused surprising changes to the planet that will be visible...
Humans have only been on Earth for a minute fraction of the time the planet has existed. Yet everywhere you look, we have left a trace of our presence.We've reshaped the landscape by clearing forests...
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Heat waves will keep more airplanes on the ground in coming years, new...
A heat wave slammed the southwestern US in June, with temperatures climbing well into the triple digits in states like Arizona and Nevada seeing. The heat was so severe, in fact, that multiple flights...
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Antarctica's colossal new iceberg is doomed — here's what will happen next
Antarctica this week shed an iceberg of mind-boggling size from its Larsen C ice shelf.The block of ice will likely be given the unceremonious name of A68 by the US National Ice Center, whose...
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Sea level rise is overtaking Trump’s favorite vacation spot
President Trump likes to vacation at Mar-a-Lago, an estate and beach resort in South Florida that he purchased in 1985. Since being elected, he has frequently stayed in the private quarters of the...
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Antarctica's new 1.1-trillion-ton iceberg is already breaking into enormous...
Earlier this week, a crack in Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf caused a 1.1-trillion-ton block of ice to calve, forming a colossal iceberg roughly the area of Delaware.Just days after breaking off the...
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The cocaine crop is simply booming in Colombia
Bogota (AFP) — The area devoted to coca cultivation in Colombia grew by more than half last year, with cocaine production up by a third, the UN said Friday in an annual report on the subject.The total...
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A surprisingly subtle force may have broken off one of the largest icebergs...
An iceberg the size of Delaware broke off of an Antarctic ice shelf between July 10 and July 12.Scientists aren't sure exactly what caused the crack that birthed iceberg A68, as it's called.One...
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A futuristic $5.25-million boat that fuels itself has begun a 6-year voyage...
PARIS (AP) — A boat that fuels itself is setting off around the world from Paris on a six-year journey that its designers hope will serves as a model for emissions-free energy networks of the...
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There's only one way for the US to reach energy independence
Achieving energy independence in the US is one environmental issue Democrats and Republicans can agree on.It's easy to see why we should produce our own energy — relying on other countries for oil,...
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The 9 most dangerous plants in the world
At the height of North American summer, many plants are at their most dangerous.We don't normally think of plants as particularly scary organisms. But this rather entertaining Reddit thread will make...
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What the world would look like if all the ice melted
If the world keeps burning fossil fuels and releasing carbon emissions indefinitely, climate change will eventually melt all the ice at the poles and on mountains, according to National Geographic....
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Why one guy can take rocks from the Grand Canyon but other people can't
Geologist Andrew Snelling is hunting for evidence of Noah’s great flood. His pursuit has brought him to the deepest gorge in the United States, Grand Canyon National Park, which he sued in May for...
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Rising seas could force a mass exodus from US shores within decades
A new study by the Union of Concerned Scientists offers us the best look yet into how coastal communities will experience debilitating inundation this century.Without sharp reductions in emissions, by...
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Kimbal Musk — Elon's brother — is running a shipping-container farm compound...
Kimbal Musk, the brother of Tesla CEO Elon Musk, is trying to change the way we eat by creating what he calls a "real-food revolution."For over a decade, Kimbal Musk has run two restaurant chains, The...
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