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Hundreds of people flee new earthquakes striking Italy
Rome (AFP) — Hundreds of people awoke in emergency shelters in Italy on Thursday after fleeing their homes following a series of strong quakes in the same region struck by a devastating tremor two...
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Two-thirds of the world's wildlife is on track to get wiped out by 2020
The number of wild animals living on Earth is set to fall by two-thirds by 2020, according to a new report, part of a mass extinction that is destroying the natural world upon which humanity...
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There's a fascinating new theory about why the world plummets into ice ages...
For the past million years or so, the Earth has gone through an ice age every 100,000 years. Nobody knows precisely why. Before that, colder summers occurred about every 40,000 years until the Earth...
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A soldier's photos from Iraq reveal a beautiful yet hellish landscape that's...
Oil-well fires have raged for months near Mosul, Iraq, and US soldiers in the region are choking on the toxic smoke and haze.ISIS chose Mosul as its stronghold in the country about two years ago and...
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Deep below the ocean's surface, water is eating away one of the world's...
Warm, salty water laps against a frozen ceiling in the dark.Each brush against the glacier's bottom leaves its ice a little thinner, and adds a few drops to a pool hidden miles beneath the Antarctic...
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New research shows Hurricane Sandy was the worst storm to hit New York since...
It's been four years since Hurricane (or Superstorm) Sandy made landfall, causing nearly $50 billion in damage across just New York City and New Jersey.But researchers are still only just beginning to...
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Hurricane Sandy was a 260-year storm — here's what that means
Hurricane Sandy was a freak storm.The massive system was the costliest storm to strike the US since Katrina.When it made landfall four years ago on October 29, 2012, it impacted a region from Florida...
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The future of death may be your body in these biodegradable eggs
Dying isn't always an Earth-friendly business.Decomposing bodies in coffins buried in the ground can emit large amounts of methane, a harmful greenhouse gas.That, along with the formaldehyde that's...
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Watch National Geographic's stunning climate-change documentary starring...
You have to admit, it doesn't sound like must-watch TV: a National Geographic Channel documentary about climate change starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Mixing together the science of our damaged planet and...
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This week is going to set hot weather records all across the US
If you've felt warm this week — too warm for the end of October — you're not alone. Much of the United States is experiencing record-breaking Halloween temperatures that are expected to continue...
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People at the front lines of the battle over the Dakota Access Pipeline are...
Thousands of protesters have been camping out for months in Cannon Ball, North Dakota, to protest the building of the Dakota Access Pipeline, a proposed 1,172-mile oil project that would shuttle half a...
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6 incredible places to see before they disappear
With so many stunning natural wonders in the world and a small number of vacation days in which to see them, there’s an argument to be made for prioritizing the places that might not be around in 40...
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Elephant poaching costs economies $25 million a year — and the threat of...
More than 10 million elephants roamed the forests and savannas of Africa at the beginning of the 20th century. There are now fewer than 500,000 in the wild. The total remaining population of African...
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Your reusable tote bags could be worse for the environment than plastic bags
The INSIDER Summary:• A study suggests that the production and distribution of single-use plastic bags produces less pollution than reusable bags. • People never actually reuse their bags. Reusable...
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One of the most influential economists in the world explains why a carbon tax...
Gregory Mankiw is a Harvard professor, one of the most influential economists in the world, and a Republican. He served as Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors under President George W. Bush, and...
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OBAMA: The US government is examining ways to reroute the Dakota Access oil...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has weighed in on the ongoing protests against the construction of an oil pipeline in North Dakota, saying the U.S. government is examining ways to reroute...
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Sea levels may be rising twice as fast as we thought
The climate is changing and the seas are rising. But some of the trends are easier to predict than others.Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached levels not seen for 15 million years just as...
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The global climate-change agreement is about to take effect — but a President...
The Paris Agreement on climate change—the groundbreaking new global climate pact—comes into force on November 4. If Donald Trump is elected four days later, he has said he will “cancel” it.In an...
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20 devastating photos show what California's drought-stricken reservoirs look...
California is in the middle of its fifth year in drought. Experts say it has been the worst the state has seen in 1,200 years.Dwindling reservoirs, shrinking lakes, and dried-up farm fields dot the...
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Obama is considering rerouting the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline —...
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — President Barack Obama has raised the possibility of a reroute of the four-state Dakota Access oil pipeline in southern North Dakota to allay the concerns of American Indians and...
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