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15 of the deadliest, most destructive American hurricanes in history
Hurricane season is in full force with Hurricane Joaquin's debut on September 31.The season, which lasts from June to the end of November for the Atlantic Ocean, has seen plenty of catastrophic storms...
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Insane footage of South Carolina flooding caused by Hurricane Joaquin
Hurricane Joaquin has been making its way northeast away from the US — but not before dumping historic levels of rain on South Carolina.Here's where the storm was as of Monday morning, just north of...
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The VW emissions cheat could cost as much as $100 million in health damages
Cheating is not a victimless crime.The recent revelations that Volkswagen rigged in-vehicle software to defeat emissions tests are but the latest example of efforts to evade regulations that protect...
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Chernobyl is full of wild animals and nature 30 years after the nuclear disaster
The accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1986 had a devastating impact on the local population and forced 116,000 people to permanently leave their homes.But now researchers have discovered...
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This tiny country just outlined a plan to completely stop using oil, coal,...
Recently, there seems to be an uptick in small nations or islands setting their sights on becoming increasingly, or completely, powered by non-fossil fuel energy sources, particularly renewables such...
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Northern Mali is recovering from conflict — and facing huge challenges from...
Climate change is having an increasingly devastating effect in northern Mali.People in the West African country are lacking water and affected by food insecurity. Without any means to face those...
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A Japanese company is building the first farm run entirely by robots
Robots will be the farmers of the future.A company in Japan is building an indoor lettuce farm that will be completely tended by robots and computers.The company, named Spread, expects the factory to...
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Here's who owns Antarctica
At the bottom of the world sits a vast, frozen desert continent where few animals venture and even fewer humans ever see: Antarctica.Alhough scientists and the occasional tourist visits this white...
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Here's what to do with your dead batteries
Most people have some kind of drawer full of junk, and in almost all of those drawers you'll find a dead battery or two.But luckily, in many places you can now actually throw those used AAAs into the...
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True wilderness no longer exists
When we think about how technology is encroaching on our lives and invading our privacy, there's one place that seems like it should always remain the same: the wilderness.But technology has altered...
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A Bill Gates-backed Canadian company opened a plant that sucks carbon from...
Squamish (Canada) (AFP) - A company with global plans to pull carbon from thin air to make fuel, while tackling climate change, opened a pilot plant in this remote western Canadian community.Carbon...
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An MIT scientist has invented a way to turn pollution into printer ink
Anirudh Sharma doesn't just want to pull harmful carbon from the air. He wants to offer a cheaper alternative to the exorbitant costs of ordinary printer ink.Sharma recently invented "Kaala," a device...
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The backbone of all ocean life could be irrevocably damaged by 2050
The food chains of the world’s oceans are at risk of collapse due to the release of greenhouse gases, overfishing and localised pollution, a stark new analysis shows.A study of 632 published...
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Giant, ancient viruses are thawing out in Siberia — and they're changing...
Melting ice in the Arctic circle has been thawing out some gigantic ancient viruses.Last month, researchers announced they were studying a 30,000-year-old giant virus called Mollivirus sibericum that...
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This 15-year-old won $25,000 for devising a genius way to harvest energy from...
Hannah Herbst wants to bring renewable energy to the developing world.The 15-year-old from Boca Raton, Florida, won this year's Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge for designing a probe to...
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These economies do the most to protect their environments
Placing areas under environmental protection helps in the fight against climate change, but it also shelters ecosystems, improves food security, acts as a natural barrier against disaster, serves as a...
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A volcano in Indonesia erupts with electric-blue lava
An Indonesian volcano has erupted what appears to be electric-blue lava flows, as photographed by Reuben Wu.Although surreal, this bright blue coloration is a result of nothing more than a tweak of...
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El Niño is coming
Weather forecasters have released their predictions for this year's winter weather, and there's good news and bad news.According to The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's forecast for...
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These cities have the worst air pollution in the world, and it is up to 15...
Air pollution already kills 3.3 million people a year.And that number could double by 2050.The most harmful pollutant to human health is called PM 2.5, short for particle matter that's less than 2.5...
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Why you shouldn't flush or toss your old, unused pills
You may have heard by now that you're not supposed to flush medication down the toilet.Dozens of scientific studies have found remnants of our medications in rivers, lakes, and streams. And fish don't...
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