BEFORE AND AFTER: Photos Show How Climate Change Is Already Melting The...
While climate change is affecting every corner of the planet in different ways, the most striking evidence of a warming world is often captured by images of shrinking glaciers and the widespread...
View ArticleTHE HONEYBEE POPULATION IS COLLAPSING — Here's The Awful Way That Will Affect...
Nearly one-third of the world's crops are dependent on honeybees for pollination, but over the last decade the insects have been dying at unprecedented rates both in the United States and abroad.A new...
View Article6 Reasons Why China Will Never Let Go Of Coal
China invests more than any other country in clean energy technologies, but as a US Energy Information Administration report published Wednesday shows, it remains heavily addicted to coal. Despite...
View ArticleWhat America Will Look Like Under 25 Feet Of Seawater
Alarming new research found that the West Antarctic ice sheet is now in a state of irreversible collapse and could raise sea levels by as much as 4 feet by the end of the century.As global sea level...
View ArticleNOAA: El Niño Will Make For A Slow Hurricane Season
Forecasters from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predict a quiet 2014 Atlantic hurricane season. After a tough winter, we can't help but be happy for that.In a press conference from...
View ArticleHow The Coming El Niño Will Change The World's Weather
The forecast for a drought-busting El Niño this winter has Californians as giddy as kids at Christmas.An El Niño is the warm phase of a natural Pacific Ocean climate cycle driven by sea surface...
View ArticleScientists Reveal How Climate Change Caused Our Freezing Winter
At some point during this season's particularly burly winter, you may have found yourself wondering: what happened to global warming?A third of the country saw near all-time record lows with the...
View ArticleDo Lobsters Feel Pain?
BI Answers: Do lobsters feel pain?People are more sensitive about killing lobsters than other animals.Few diners cringe at the thought of a fish slowly suffocating to death or being slaughtered on the...
View Article10 Times That The Weather Changed The Course Of History
Extreme weather can do more than wreak havoc on homeowners and coastal regions alike. Throughout history, fierce winds, raging monsoons and other weird weather have changed the tides of entire...
View ArticleA 40-Year-Old Magazine Article Still Haunts Climate Scientists Today
"The central fact is that, after three quarters of a century of extraordinarily mild conditions, the Earth seems to be cooling down. Meteorologists disagree about the cause and extent of the cooling...
View ArticleA Diver's Scary Great White Shark Encounter Was Caught On Video
With an underwater camera attached to his head, a diver captured a spooky encounter with a great white shark off the shores of Florida.Earlier this month, the diver, Jimmy Roseman, of West Melbourne,...
View ArticleNASA Captures Crazy Images Of A Huge Alaskan Forest Fire From Space
Spring came early to southern Alaska in 2014, bringing warm and dry weather. By the end of May, vegetation was already primed to burn. So when a fire broke out on the Kenai Peninsula on the evening of...
View ArticleNew Images Of The Colorado River Flowing Into The Sea Of Cortez For The First...
When the Minute 319 "pulse flow" began in March 2014, it was not clear whether the effort would be enough to reconnect the Colorado River with the Sea of Cortez. Some hydrologists thought there might...
View ArticleThis New Italian Building Facade Sucks Pollution Right Out Of The Air
As part of the Milan Expo 2015, architecture firm Nemesi & Partners has unveiled its plans to adorn the Palazzo Italia with a facade that's both beautiful and pragmatic.The pavilion will be covered...
View ArticleThe Nation's Salad Bowl Is Turning To Dust
The entire state of California is reeling from three years of catastrophic drought that will soon force cities and farmers to limit the amount of water they use during the summer, the driest time of...
View ArticleSmart Birds Learned How To Operate Automatic Doors
Some clever swallows learned how to trigger a motion detector above doors in a parking garage so they could fly in and out at will. A video of the birds was uploaded to YouTube by Grant...
View ArticleManhattanhenge 2014 Is Tonight
The strange and wonderful phenomenon of Manhattanhenge is upon us again. These are the only two days of the year when the sun sets in perfect alignment with the the Manhattan street grid, so you can...
View ArticleGame-Changing Satellite Shows Flood Area That Everyone Was Missing
This past month brought disastrous floods to the Balkans leaving hundreds dead and thousands displaced.If not for a new European satellite, one particularly hard hit town, Balatun, wouldn't have gotten...
View ArticleThis Futuristic Floating City Could Become A Reality In China
Renderings of this futuristic Floating City (via Dezeen) could very easily pass for the storyboard of a Hollywood sci-fi flick set in the distant future.But this design for a floating city, by...
View ArticleBefore-And-After Pictures Show How Cape Cod Coast Has Changed In The Last 30...
Beaches are dynamic, living landscapes, and the prime example of beach evolution is the coastal barrier. These strips of land are usually long and narrow, and run parallel to the mainland. Sometimes...
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