A million penguins are taking over a beach in Argentina to mate
Every year, over one million Magellanic penguins descend upon a beach in Argentina to mate. Story by Tony Manfred and editing by Benjamin Nigh. Follow INSIDER: On FacebookJoin the conversation about...
View ArticleThere's a monstrous issue at the heart of the VW scandal that no one's...
Since being accused of installing software in its cars that made them seem less polluting than they actually were on Friday, Volkswagen is having a rough go of it: The EPA says half a million of its...
View ArticleLeonardo DiCaprio just joined a $2.6-trillion movement to stop investing in...
Leonardo DiCaprio and over 2,000 individuals and 400 institutions are now committed to pulling their money from fossil fuel companies, together representing a remarkable $2.6 trillion of investments,...
View ArticleMeet the student who prompted Hillary Clinton to take a stance on an issue...
For months, the political press has asked Hillary Clinton about her position on the Keystone XL Pipeline to no avail.On Tuesday, the Democratic presidential front-runner finally gave her answer ... to...
View ArticleSee how much your car pollutes compared to America’s most popular vehicles
Earlier this week, it was revealed that Volkswagen was cheating on emission tests to make their cars seem more environmentally friendly.This news brings to light just how important customer demand for...
View ArticlePope Francis just dropped a big reference to Obama’s new environmental rules
Pope Francis enlisted the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr to help bolster his call for urgent action on climate change on Wednesday in a welcoming ceremony at the White House that Barack Obama said...
View Article50 amazing facts about Earth's oceans
Covering about 70% of the Earth's surface, the ocean is the biggest reservoir of water from here to the Sun.That vastness also makes them pretty mysterious. Over the centuries, however, we've learned a...
View ArticleChina's big response to climate change just turned the tables on Obama's foes...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump was succinct last week when asked how the United States should respond to climate change."It's not a big problem at all," the leader in opinion polls for the...
View ArticleHere are the countries with the cleanest cities
Air pollution is a big problem — it's responsible for an estimated 3.3 million deaths every year.A tiny pollutant called PM2.5, or particulate matter smaller than 2.5 microns across, is considered the...
View ArticleI bought a plain, white button-up made of this 'luxury' fabric — and now I'm...
Often basics are the most difficult articles of clothing to buy. So a few months ago, when I needed all-season wardrobe staple —a white button-up — I prepared for battle.Despite my less than optimistic...
View ArticleIgnoring one simple step can make all of your efforts to recycle useless
A single half-empty soda bottle can contaminate an entire load of recyclable plastic at the processing plant, sending thousands of pounds to the landfill instead of being recycled.While a little bit of...
View ArticleHurricane Joaquin is coming
Hurricane Joaquin may be the first storm of the 2015 hurricane season to make landfall in the US.Here's how the storm looked on Tuesday, September 29:What we know so farAs of 11AM on Wednesday,...
View ArticleHurricane Joaquin could pummel parts of the East Coast with 2 feet of rain
States along the eastern seaboard and the Bahamas are bracing for Hurricane Joaquin, a Category 1 hurricane that has slowly been intensifying over the Atlantic.As of Wednesday morning, The National...
View ArticleHurricane Joaquin is on track to impact New York
While Hurricane Joaquin slams into the Bahamas, forecasts are looking as if the storm will eventually head directly up the East Coast toward New York.At 11 a.m. on Thursday, the National Hurricane...
View ArticleWe're getting better at telling where Hurricane Joaquin is headed — here's...
Hurricane Joaquin, the third Atlantic hurricane of the season, is predicted to make its way up the East Coast over the next few days, eventually heading toward New York.As of Thursday, Joaquin has been...
View ArticleHurricane Joaquin is slamming the Bahamas — and just got upgraded to a...
Hurricane Joaquin is still hitting the Bahamas hard.The eye of the storm was near Samana Cay, a largely uninhabited island in the Bahamas, on Thursday morning. The National Hurricane Center says the...
View ArticleHurricane Joaquin is moving slowly — here's what that means for the East Coast
Joaquin is still pummeling the Bahamas with 130 mph winds.The Category 4, out of 5, storm is moving slowly, which means it's still hitting parts of the Bahamas that have been in the storm's path since...
View ArticleDoctors are finding elevated levels of lead in kids in a Michigan city, and...
DETROIT (AP) — Officials in Michigan declared a public health emergency Thursday over the city of Flint's water, after months of resident complaints about its smell and taste, in response to tests that...
View ArticleThese awesome satellite images of Hurricane Joaquin let us track the storm’s...
Hurricane Joaquin is slowly moving northward as a Category 4 storm with 130 mph winds.It's notoriously tricky to predict hurricanes, though we're getting better about tracking where they're going. And...
View ArticleA Stanford researcher found a bizarre way to cut down on trash in the US
Mealworms are those squirmy guys you took care of in science class or fed to a particularly hungry pet chicken or reptile.And new studies from Stanford suggest that these creepy crawlers could be...
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