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Cities are starting to put beet juice, beer waste, and pickle brine on icy...
More than 20 million tons of salt are dumped on icy roads each year in the US. But salt is bad for the environment — when the snow melts, it washes the salt into rivers and lakes, destroying freshwater...
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White House to propose deep 72% cuts to wind and solar energy research programs
The Trump Administration is expected to ask for a deep, 72% cut to research on clean energy next year.President Trump has been in favor of what he calls an "energy dominance" strategy focused on coal,...
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A major South African city is about to run out of water, and officials say it...
Cape Town, a coastal South African city of about 4 million people, is about to run out of fresh water.After three years of persistent drought, the government is warning that "Day Zero"— when it will be...
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Punxsutawney Phil predicted 6 more weeks of winter weather — here's what...
Punxsutawney Phil (pictured above) gets the spring forecast right about 30% of the time. That's worse than flipping a coin.Real long-range forecasters with the National Weather Service say they're...
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Oklahoma is seeing hundreds of earthquakes every year — and a new study found...
Oklahoma is being pummeled by earthquakes, a phenomenon scientists have strongly tied to the practice of fracking.A new study highlights just how strong that connection is. According to the US...
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The White House is pulling the nomination of a top environmental adviser and...
The White House is withdrawing the nomination of a controversial climate-change skeptic to a top environmental post.Kathleen Hartnett White has been heavily criticized for her statements in the past,...
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Some Americans are so afraid of the 'end of the world as we know it,' they...
Countries around the world are experiencing worsening symptoms of climate change, including flooding, powerful storms, and heat waves.A growing number of people are deciding to not have children, due...
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A major South African city is facing a once-in-a-millennium disaster as it...
A beloved coastal city on the southern tip of Africa is months away from running out of fresh water. Cape Town is rapidly draining its remaining freshwater resources, and soon its biggest dam, the...
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The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs triggered a natural disaster that...
Scientists have long known that an asteroid slammed in Earth and created the Chicxulub Crater, which contributed to the dinosaurs' extinction 66 million years ago.Scientists have struggled to determine...
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People are confusing a weather phenomenon known as 'light pillars' with UFOs...
Imagine stepping into the night and seeing beams of light that shoot from the earth straight into the atmosphere. You might suspect alien spaceships, but light pillars are of this world.When a blast of...
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Queen bans plastic straws and bottles on royal estates after David...
All plastic straws and bottles have been banned from the royal estates.It's part of a plan to cut back on the use of plastics "at all levels".The new measures are thought to be inspired by a...
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Trump's $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan ignores one key thing that could...
On Monday, the Trump administration unveiled its infrastructure plan, which would budget $1.5 trillion toward fixing and rebuilding the nation's roads, bridges, water systems, airports, and...
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American drinking water could soon get a lot dirtier
The Trump administration's new infrastructure plan aims to ease regulatory checks on US waterways.The administration says this will help fast-track more building projects and reduce permit delays. But...
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Scientists have found that shampoo is a source of the same dangerous form of...
A new study has shown how household products such as shampoo are sources of the same air pollution as traffic fumes. However, rather than being bad news, this is becoming apparent because of the...
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Mexico is in the worst possible place for earthquakes — here's why it keeps...
A 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Oaxaca on Friday evening.The quake comes just months after another powerful and similarly sized quake hit Mexico City.The country sits atop three of the Earth's...
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A group has pledged to plant a million trees to combat Trump's pro-coal...
The "Trump Forest" is a project to plant trees to offset President Donald Trump's pro-coal energy policy.The group has received enough pledges to plant one million trees, and the donations keep rolling...
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Paris wants to build a massive forest that would be 5 times larger than...
For over 15 years, the city of Paris has planned to plant a new forest on the plain at Pierrelaye-Bessancourt, an outer suburb. But the plan has faced roadblocks as people debate the best use for the...
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The best photos taken of planet Earth last year will transform the way you...
The natural world is a stunning place.Every year, the best landscape photography shows off Earth's beauty. The following photos are some of the winners from the 2017 International Landscape...
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Rome, which had only seen snow once in the last 33 years, just got hit with a...
Rome wasn't built in a day, and it wasn't built for snow, either. In fact, the Italian capital had seen white powder only once in the past 33 years, until Monday.That's when thermostats at the Vatican...
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The doomsday vault built to store every known crop on the planet is becoming...
As of February 26, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault is home to seeds from more than a million crops from all over the world.Over the past few years, the vault has proved necessary: Seeds were withdrawn...
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