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Fish Will Shrink By Up To A Quarter Due To Climate Change
The plight of the world's fish supply due to overfishing is already clear. Now fish stocks face another pressure. Fish will shrink by up to a quarter by 2050 as a result of climate change, according...
View ArticleWhy Fracking Is One Of The Most Contentious Issues In America
Fracking remains one of the most controversial subjects in the country as environmental activists square off against drilling interests over whether safety concerns about the process outweigh economic...
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Half Of The Great Barrier Reef Has Died In The Last 30 Years
Climate change and ocean acidification is killing off coral reefs around the world. One of the worst hit reefs if the magnificent Great Barrier Reef, off of Australia, half of which has died off in...
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Fracking Likely Cause Of Weirdly Strong Texas Earthquakes
Earthquake researcher Cliff Frohlich suggests that fracking could be the cause of the strange earthquakes that hit Dallas, Texas over the weekend. The injection of dirty fracking water deep into the...
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What Convinced Me To Start Composting
I stopped by the The NYC Compost Project table at the Maker Faire this weekend and was lucky enough to talk with to volunteer Robin Kraut, who attached an "I Heart Worms" folded paper shirt on me. She...
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What It's Like To Live On America's Smallest Outpost In Antarctica
Palmer Station, located on Anvers Island about 700 miles south of Chile, is one of three American research bases in Antarctica. Palmer has the distinction of being the only station north of the...
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Earthscape Postage Stamps Are A Must-Have If You Still Send Letters
The U.S Postal Service just released some new forever stamps that feature very nice birds-eye views of Earth. The new collection is called Earthscapes (Forever). There are fifteen different...
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There Is 10 Times More Plastic In Antarctic Waters Than We Thought
We've all heard of the Pacific garbage patch, but now researchers are noticing pieces of plastic debris showing up in the waters around Antarctica. While on a plankton-studying mission, which...
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Sea Level Rise Will Make Several Islands Uninhabitable Within A Decade
Sea level rise and extreme weather is going to get so bad, that some island nations may need to evacuate within a decade, Micheal Mann, a lead climate scientist, told the Guardian at the SXSW Eco...
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Bees Are Producing Blue And Green Honey In France Because They Like M&Ms
Bees apparently love M&M's. Their hankering for the colored-coated candy has turned batches of honey in France blue and green, Patrick Genthon of Reuters reports. After an investigation,...
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Russian Volcano Spews An Ash Cloud So Big It's Visible From Space
All was calm on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula when NASA's Terra satellite passed over at noon local time on Saturday (Oct. 6). Or so it seemed. Underground, molten rock boiled with tectonic fury, ready...
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3-D City Map Shows Emissions Of Every Single Building
The effects of global warming are all around us: melting sea ice, extreme flooding, historic droughts and record-breaking temperatures. Forcing people to draw the connection between burning fossil...
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Why Australia Is The Ideal Spot For A $50 Million Solar Plant
Australia's first major solar farm came to life on Wednesday, Oct. 10. The $50 million Greenough River Solar Farm project was sponsored by General Electric and Australian state-owned Verve Energy....
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11 Islands That Will Vanish When Sea Levels Rise
As the climate warms, sea ice and the ice sheets in Greenland and the Antarctic continue to melt. These and other factors lead to increases in sea level and further warming of the Earth. Climate...
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Experts Name Likely Source Of Mystery Giant Eyeball That Washed Up In Florida
A mysterious giant eyeball found on a Florida beach last week had scientists scratching their heads. The world wondered — could the bright blue sphere belong to a whale, giant squid, or some kind of...
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The Evidence Is Mounting That Warmer Years Mean More, Stronger Hurricanes
As the climate change increases, some researchers have suggested that warmer years will lead to more, stronger hurricanes and storm surges in the Atlantic. A new study on tide data indicates this...
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These Adorable Primates Are The World's Most Endangered
The most endangered primates may be the world's most adorable as well. These 25 primate species, released today by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, hail from all around the...
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How Climate Change Makes Species Go Extinct
As climate changes, so does the way a species uses and interacts with its environment and other species. These changes could be why some species suffer severe declines, or even extinction in local...
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The Most Important Records For Dating Old Objects Were Just Found In A...
For tens of thousands of years, leaf and twig fossils have remained undisturbed at the bottom of Lake Suigetsu in Japan. By drilling into well-preserved layers of sediment and extracting cores...
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America's Best Forecasters Give 5 Predictions For This Winter
Because of a confusing El nino situation, the weather predictors at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association are having some trouble predicting the forecast for this winter. It will likely be...
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