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These 18 'Very High Threat' Volcanoes Could Wreak Havoc On The US
The United States has 169 active volcanoes — 55 of which are designated as serious threats by the United States Geological Survey's Volcano Hazards Program.Of these, 18 are "Very High Threats"—...
View ArticleNeil deGrasse Tyson: Don't Worry, Earth Will Survive Climate Change — We Won't
Produced by Kamelia Angelova, William Wei, and Alana Kakoyiannis.StarTalk Radio is a podcast and radio program hosted by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, where comic co-hosts, guest celebrities, and...
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Why Australia Won't Be America's Ally On Climate Change
Tony Abbott’s refusal to attend this week’s United Nations climate summit is embarrassing for Australia.There was never any way he’d be at this meeting but his absence would not have appeared so...
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Australia Can Get To Zero Carbon Emissions While Continuing To Grow The Economy
Today more than 120 world leaders are gathered in New York for the Climate Leaders' Summit. With global emissions continuing to rise, it is easy to be pessimistic.But new research released today shows...
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Rutgers Student Dies After The First Deadly Black Bear Attack In New Jersey...
On Sept. 21, a black bear killed a 22-year-old Rutgers student in the first fatal bear attack in New Jersey since 1852.Darsh Patel was out hiking with four other friends in Apshawa Preserve when the...
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Jon Stewart Nails The Insane Reason We Need To Keep Talking About Climate Change
If 99.9% of the scientific literature shows that climate change is real and worsened by human action, why do we still need marches like the one that recently flooded the streets of New York City?It's...
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Watch A Lake Shrink To Nothing In Just 14 Years
In the 1960s, the Soviet Union undertook a major water diversion project on the arid plains of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. The region’s two major rivers, fed by snowmelt and precipitation...
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This Brooklyn Startup Wowed The Science Community With Lab-Made 'Meat Chips'
The cattle industry has a lot of critics, and not without reason: Cattle take up a lot of space, contribute to habitat destruction and deforestation, belch harmful methane into the atmosphere and...
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The 10 Greenest Cities In America
Cities across the U.S. have taken great strides toward green and sustainable living, outpacing the federal government’s sluggish response to climate change. City lawmakers have increasingly adopted...
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A 13-Year-Old Has Invented A Completely New Approach To Cleaning Up Oil Spills
This 13-year-old is trying to save the world one ecosystem at a time.Chythanya Murali, an eighth grader from Arkansas, has created a safe, effective, non-conventional method to clean oil spills, by...
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Startling New Evidence Confirms That Humans Are Devastating Wildlife Across...
Paris (AFP) - Wildlife numbers have plunged by more than half in just 40 years as Earth's human population has nearly doubled, a survey of over 3,000 vertebrate species revealed on Tuesday.From 1970 to...
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Scientists Have Identified One Of The Clearest Links Ever Between Climate...
A handful of studies published by the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society on Tuesday draw a direct link between human-caused climate change and last year's heat waves in Australia. That...
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These Countries Have The Highest Energy Usage Per Person
Next time you get into your car and drive to the supermarket, think about how much energy you consume on an annual basis. It is widely assumed that Westerners are some of the world’s worst energy pigs....
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These Crazy Salt Flats Are The Lowest Point In North America
Less than a hundred miles from the highest point in America, Badwater Basin in Death Valley holds the record as the lowest point in all of North America and is generally desolate save for the titular...
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5 Disturbing Ways Climate Change Can Kill You
A warmer world will change how we eat, how we travel, and where we live. What far fewer of us have considered is how dramatically climate change will alter the way we die.Even after we adjust our...
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There’s A 'Public Health Emergency’ That Is Way More Threatening Than Ebola,...
By midcentury, an emerging public health problem will alter the way we eat, the way we travel, and the places we live. It will also make us more susceptible to mental illnesses like anxiety and...
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Elon Musk Just Made It Way Cheaper To Live Off Solar Power
Outfitting your home with cheap solar power just got a lot easier.Elon Musk-chaired Solar City, the biggest name in residential solar power, is now offering loans to allow their customers to own their...
View ArticleThousands Of Mysterious Green Balls Washed Up On An Australian Beach
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Ancient Glacial Melting Sent Building-Sized Icebergs To Florida
Imagine icebergs as tall as the Eiffel Tower silently drifting by Florida's balmy beaches.Add a few braying walruses, and mammoths grazing nearby on a broad coastal plain, and there's Ice Age Florida...
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New Study Says Sea-Level Rise Will Be Noticeable In 15 Years
Human activity is driving sea levels higher. Australia's seas are likely to rise by around 70 centimetres by 2100 if nothing is done to combat climate change. But 2100 can seem a long way off.At the...
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