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The world's lust for new technology is creating a 'hell on Earth' in Mongolia
There's a lake hidden in a corner of Inner Mongolia that few people have ever seen in person.That's because this is no ordinary lake — it's a horrifying window into the dark side of the tech...
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A key to America's crops is disappearing at a staggering rate
(Reuters) - Honey bees, critical agents in the pollination of key U.S. crops, disappeared at a staggering rate over the last year, according to a new government report that comes as regulators,...
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How Hawaii is going 100% renewable
No one likes to be lagging behind in trends, so it's great to see that green is so in fashion right now.The EU has set renewable energy goals for 2020, but three countries have already met theirs,...
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Here's how California golf courses are responding to the historic drought
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. (AP) — At first glance, nothing seems amiss at this lush, members-only golf club in one of the priciest communities in Orange County. A bubbling fountain gurgles out of an...
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Scientists discovered the world's first warm-blooded fish
Move over, mammals and birds, and make room for a fish called the opah in the warm-blooded club.Researchers said in the journal Science on Thursday that this deepwater denizen is the first fish known...
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A leaky oil well in the Gulf of Mexico could keep spilling crude for the next...
A decade-old oil leak where an offshore platform toppled during a hurricane could continue spilling crude into the Gulf of Mexico for a century or more if left unchecked, according to government...
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Volunteers in Ecuador just planted 647,250 trees – in one day.
Catequilla (Ecuador) (AFP) - Ecuador broke the world record for reforestation Saturday, as thousands of people pitched in to plant 647,250 trees in a single day, President Rafael Correa said."I have...
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Millions of spiders just rained from the sky in Australia
Millions of tiny spiders recently fell from the sky in Australia, alarming residents whose properties were suddenly covered with not only the creepy critters, but also mounds of their silky threads....
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Singapore just seized $6 million of illegal ivory
Singapore authorities seized the biggest illegal shipment of ivory and other exotic animal parts in more than a decade Tuesday, with the haul from Kenya worth an estimated Sg$8 million ($6 million)....
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The US government is trying to save the declining honeybee population
The federal government hopes to reverse America's declining honeybee and monarch butterfly populations by making more federal land bee-friendly, spending more money on research and considering the use...
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Up to 105,000 gallons of oil might have spilled off the coast of Santa Barbara
GOLETA, Calif. (AP) — An oil spill that fouled beaches and threatened wildlife along a scenic stretch of the California coast spread across 9 miles of ocean Wednesday as cleanup efforts began and...
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MORGAN STANLEY: Tesla's new battery could be a huge blow to major Australian...
Morgan Stanley has cut its earnings outlook for AGL and Origin, forecasting that so many Australians are keen to buy Tesla’s Powerwall or similar home battery systems that there will be a big fall in...
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Protesters are trying to 'drought shame' Nestle out of California
Pressure is growing for Nestle Waters to move its water bottling operations out of drought-stricken California.Last month, Southern California newspaper The Desert Sun reported that Nestle had been...
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Devastating photos of the thousands of gallons of oil that are clogging up...
Volunteers fill buckets with oil from an oil slick along the coast of Refugio State Beach in Goleta, California, United States, May 20, 2015.On May 19, a pipeline started leaking near the coast of...
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16 amazing photos of the most extreme penguins on earth
Little is known about the habits and behaviors of the six species of penguins that live in the extreme environments of Antarctica, especially in the winter when conditions are too harsh for scientists...
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That 10 square mile oil slick off the California coast is getting tougher to...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 10-square-mile oil slick off the coast of California is thinner than a coat of paint and it's becoming harder to skim from choppy waters, officials said Friday as more dead animals...
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We just got another signal of how bad the California drought is
California farmers who hold some of the state's strongest water rights avoided the threat of deep mandatory cuts when the state accepted their proposal to voluntarily reduce consumption by 25 percent...
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Saudi Arabia is hedging its bets with solar power
So what to make of the statement by Saudi Arabia’s oil minister that the world’s biggest oil exporter could stop using fossil fuels as soon as 2040 and become a “global power” in solar and wind...
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Sea lion rescued from Santa Barbara oil spill dies at SeaWorld
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A sea lion that became streaked with petroleum from an oil spill on California's Santa Barbara coastline has died after it was taken to SeaWorld in San Diego to be treated,...
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The oil pipeline that leaked off the California coast didn't have an auto...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The pipeline that leaked thousands of gallons of oil on the California coast was the only pipe of its kind in the county not required to have an automatic shut-off valve because of a...
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