The American public isn't worried about global warming
Americans are hot but not too bothered by global warming.Most Americans know the climate is changing, but they say they are just not that worried about it, according to a new poll by The Associated...
View ArticleIt's about to become a lot more expensive to cut emissions in the US
The United States is the world’s largest producer of nuclear power, but the country’s fleet of nearly 100 reactors is showing its age.On November 2, the owner of a nuclear power station in New York...
View ArticleObama will decide on the Keystone XL pipeline before he leaves office
President Barack Obama wants to make a decision on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline by the end of his presidency, the White House said on Tuesday, calling a request by the project's Canadian...
View ArticleBill Nye explains why monster storms like Hurricane Patricia are just the...
Last month, Hurricane Patricia shattered records as the strongest storm ever recorded in the Western hemisphere.Before that, in August, three category 4 hurricanes developed over the Pacific in rapid...
View ArticleScientists warned the US president about global warming 50 years ago today
Fifty years ago today, as the American Association for the Advancement of Science highlighted, US president Lyndon Johnson’s science advisory committee sent him a report entitled Restoring the Quality...
View ArticleThis new restaurant is making gourmet meals out of food waste
InStock, a restaurant in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, is having its chefs create meals out of food waste. The products are collected from a variety of vendors who have a surplus of food or drinks that...
View ArticleThe Persian Gulf could soon be too hot for humans — here’s where it’ll be worst
Today's most extreme summer days seen today could become the new norm in the Middle East by 2100, according to a recent study published in Nature Climate Change. Here's how hot it could get. Produced...
View ArticleThe extreme weather events of 2014 that were influenced by climate change
First and foremost, let's get something out of the way: weather and climate are not the same thing.Climate is a long-standing pattern of temperature, precipitation and other atmospheric conditions in a...
View ArticleA futuristic 'garden' that lets you grow food in your home just raised...
Imagine if you could grow organic fruits and vegetables right inside your home, year-round?That's what a startup called Grove wants to help you do with its Ecosystem, which they describe as "an...
View ArticleA mysterious electric-car startup is building a $1 billion factory in California
LOS ANGELES — The luxury electric-car market may be small, but it is lucrative enough to get another jolt — this time from a mysterious startup that says it wants to reimagine how people interact with...
View ArticleGreenhouse gas levels have hit a record high for the 30th year in a row
Carbon dioxide levels in the planet’s atmosphere hit a record high in 2014 – the 30th year in a row that record has been broken – spurring scientists to proclaim the planet is now in "uncharted...
View ArticleHow ocean pollution affects humans
Our oceans are polluted and full of plastic. Roughly 8 million tons of plastic is dumped into the world’s oceans every year, and according to a new study, the majority of this waste comes from just...
View Article'UFO' clouds have descended on South Africa, but there's a good explanation
The strangely shaped clouds that appeared over South Africa over the weekend would seem to make the alien movie "District 9" seem all too real.Viewers took to Instagram to document the strange...
View ArticleCO2 levels hit a record high for the 30th year in a row
Greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere reached a record high in 2014 as the relentless fuelling of climate change makes the planet more dangerous for future generations, the World Meteorological...
View ArticleThis stunning furniture line brings the great outdoors inside
Christmas trees are nice, but they only last a few weeks out of the year.Green Furniture Concept, on the other hand — with its naturalistic design and modular, snakelike arrangement — lets people have...
View ArticleA giant man-made hole in Earth’s atmosphere is now larger than North America
The ozone hole is now larger than North America, nearing record-size set in 2006.Legislation and restrictions have reduced ozone-depleting chemicals such as chlorofluorocarbons in the atmosphere, and...
View ArticleAl Gore is heading to Europe to send a message to the rest of the world
On November 30, world leaders from more than 140 countries around the world will meet in Paris to negotiate an international agreement on climate change. Former Vice President Al Gore stopped by our...
View Article17 eerie photos that show just how polluted China's air has become
Although no one knows the exact amount of carbon that China emits each year, it's a well-known fact that the country has some of the most polluted air in the world. A recent study from UC Berkeley...
View ArticleNew maps show how cities will be affected by rising sea levels
A new report from Climate Central has named the cities that are most at risk from rising sea levels, and compared the effects of temperature rises of 4 degrees and 2 degree Celsius.The following maps...
View ArticleThis year's 'Witch of November' brought crazy weather that affected millions
Since Wednesday, a powerful cyclone with winds of hurricane-force has been making its way across the country hitting parts of the Plains, Upper Midwest, Great Lakes, Ohio Valley, and Northeast.The...
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