Shark-Obsessed Film Crew Finally Gets 'Impossible' Shot Of A Great White Attack
Until now, even the most highly-skilled wildlife cameraman have been unable to capture a Great White shark leaping straight out of the water from a bird's-eye view. A mission to get the...
View ArticleThe State Of America's Wind Energy Industry
Today, Aug 14, the Energy Department and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory released a new report on America's wind energy market in 2011. The report shows that the US is a leading producer of wind...
View ArticleTwo Americans Invented A Stove That Could Help Billions Of People
In 2006, Alexander Drummond and Jonathan Cedar met in New York City and quickly realized they shared a love for sustainable energy and design. Frustrated that every camping stove required batteries or...
View ArticleThis Open-Fire Stove For The Developing World Also Charges Cell Phones
Three billion people worldwide cook on open fires contributing to more than 1.5 million premature deaths each year from smoke inhalation. The low-cost, cleaner cooking stove by BioLite provides a...
View ArticleThis Futuristic Shower Will Save You Thousands Of Gallons Of Water
Most people love taking a long, hot, steamy shower on a cold day. But it comes at a cost to the environment and your wallet. A person taking a 10-minute shower uses anywhere from 20 to 50 gallons of...
View ArticleA Large Dinosaur Footprint Was Found On NASA's Campus
Around 110 million years ago, a large, spiky dinosaur roamed the same earth as some of the nation's best space scientists. On Aug. 17, dinosaur tracker Ray Stanford found the back footprint of a...
View ArticleArctic Sea Ice To Reach A Record Low Within Days
Arctic sea ice is set to reach its lowest ever recorded extent as early as this weekend, in "dramatic changes" signalling that man-made global warming is having a major impact on the polar region....
View ArticleA 2,000-Year-Old Mass Grave Site Unearthed In A Danish Bog [PHOTOS]
More than 2,000 years ago, thousands of soldiers were slaughtered as part of a bizarre sacrificial ritual, then chucked in the small basin of a lake. Today, that basin is a bog in northeastern...
View ArticleArctic Sea Ice Is At Its Lowest Levels Ever
Arctic sea ice, the white cap that covers the watery northern edge of the planet, has melted back to a record low level. However, the ice is unlikely to stop shrinking. Arctic sea melts through the...
View ArticlePictures From Robert Scott's Doomed Expedition To The South Pole
A little over 100 years ago, Robert Scott led a privately funded British expedition to travel the Arctic to become the first people to successfully reach the South Pole. Scott, who had previously been...
View ArticleSatellite Views Of Tropical Storm Isaac As It Barrels Toward Gulf Coast
A time-lapse video of images taken by NOAA's Goes-13 satellite between Aug. 25 and Aug. 27 show Tropical Storm Isaac moving past Cuba and the Florida keys into the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Forecasters...
View ArticleSee How The Gulf Coast Is Preparing For Hurricane Isaac
Tropical Storm Isaac was officially declared a hurricane Tuesday morning, reaching wind speeds of 75 mph. Americans are taking serious precautions as the storm closes in on the Gulf Coast, one day...
View ArticleHow Hurricane Isaac Stacks Up To Katrina
As Hurricane Isaac bears down on the city of New Orleans, gaining strength as it churns across the warm, energizing Gulf of Mexico, it conjures memories of another storm that spiraled in its place...
View ArticleWe Love These Reporters That Stand On The Beach Ahead Of Hurricanes
Weather reporting: It's a tough job, but somebody's got to do it. As the winds start picking up and shop owners begin boarding up ahead of Hurricane Isaac, these brave storm chasers throw on their...
View ArticleWhen Will The Next Nightmare Hurricane Hit The US?
Hurricane Katrina caused an estimated $125 billion in damages, making it the most expensive natural disaster in U.S history, and killed more than 1,800 people when it hit New Orleans on Aug. 29, 2005....
View ArticleThe Latest USDA Drought Map Shows It's Still Getting Worse For Some Parts Of...
The U.S. is still suffering from the worst drought to hit the country in over 50 years. And some parts of the country are being hit harder than others. The latest drought map from the U.S. Drought...
View ArticleHarvard Professor Tells Us The Full Implications Of Edible Food Packaging
A major global company like Coca-Cola sells more than 1.5 billion cans of coke every day. Americans throw away 2.5 million plastic bottles every hour. In 2010, 14 million tons of plastic containers...
View ArticleThis Space-Aged Edible Packaging Eliminates The Need For Plastic
If you look at the structure of an orange or a coconut, you generally have a skin that maintains moisture and an outer coat that protects that skin. In the case of a coconut, it's the shell; with an...
View ArticleHurricane Isaac Dredged Up Oil From The Deepwater Horizon Spill
BP has suffered a further blow after it was revealed that Hurricane Isaac has uncovered oil that wasn't cleaned up after the Gulf of Mexico spill in 2010. Since Isaac made landfall more than a week...
View ArticleJapanese Ship Drills Deeper Into The Ocean Than Ever Before
A Japanese ship has boldly drilled where no ship had drilled before: more than 6,926 feet below the seafloor. This trumps of the previous world record by a little less than three feet, says...
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