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Trump tells New York Times there is 'some connectivity' between humans and...
President-elect Donald Trump told The New York Times on Tuesday that he thinks there is "some connectivity" between human activity and climate change."Some, something," he said, according to Times...
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BLOOMBERG: Trump's administration won’t have the 'last word' on the fate of...
It may not be up to President-elect Donald Trump to decide whether or not the US will pull out of the Paris climate agreement, says former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg."I am confident that no...
View ArticleNew Zealand's 7.8 magnitude quake ripped this mountain apart by more than 30...
This video shows the ruptured Kekerengu Fault, near the coastal town of Kaikoura, following the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit New Zealand's South Island. The quake left a 10-meter (roughly 33 feet)...
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A 23-year-old 'Star Trek' episode nails the most troubling thing about...
Last night, I took a break from the news to watch an episode of "Star Trek," and it turned out to be the most relevant commentary on science and President-elect Donald Trump I've seen so far.On...
View ArticleThis portable turbine turns a river’s energy into power for your home
A Canadian company has created a turbine that makes green energy for your home using a river's perpetual flow.Idenergie's river turbine can create up to 12kWh per day — which is enough to power a...
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Dramatic photos show the devastation caused by Israel's giant wildfires
Dramatic photos continue to emerge of the wildfires tearing through Israel.Reuters reported that tens of thousands of residents were ordered to flee Israel's third largest city Haifa on Thursday. The...
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The polar vortex is shifting — and it's bad news for winter on the East Coast
Climate change has hit the Arctic worse than ever over the past few years, but that doesn't mean the Northern Hemisphere will be experiencing a mild winter this year.In fact, a new study shows that the...
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Central America got hit by an earthquake and a hurricane on the same day
A magnitude-7.0 earthquake shook parts of Central America early Thursday afternoon.The epicenter of the quake hit 149 km (93 miles) south-southwest of Puerto Triunfo, El Salvador, according to the...
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Tesla is powering an entire island with solar energy
With the Tesla and SolarCity merger finally closed, the two energy companies have another collaborative success to celebrate. Tesla announced the completion of the solar energy project on the island of...
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The Arctic is smashing heat records — and missing enough ice to freeze over 9...
It's almost winter, so where's all the ice in the Arctic Ocean?Our planet's northern ice cap has steadily shrunk each year for a long time, but 2016 is still setting shocking records for low Arctic ice...
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People are tweeting #ThanksNASA after a Trump adviser suggested he'd axe its...
Scientists have taken to Twitter to talk about all the important work NASA's earth science program does, using the hashtag #ThanksNASA. Weather forecasts, disaster planning, emergency response,...
View ArticleThis tiny pop-up home can be built in just three hours and costs around $1,100
This tiny pop-up house is made from 21 insulated panels and can be put together in just three hours.It is called 'France' and it was developed by the company Pin-Up Houses.You can buy one of them...
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22 devastating photos show the US drought isn't limited to California
California is in the middle of its fifth year in drought. Experts say it has been the worst drought the state has seen in 1,200 years.Dwindling reservoirs, shrinking lakes, and dried-up farm fields dot...
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Coral kill-off on the Great Barrier Reef is worse than ever before
Sydney (AFP) - A mass bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef this year killed more corals than ever before, with more than two-thirds destroyed across large swathes of the biodiverse site,...
View ArticleWildfires in Tennessee forced a whole town to evacuate
The entire town of Gatlinburg, Tennessee, was ordered to evacuate as a wildfire spread over the region early this week.The evacuation order was issued early on Monday night by the City of Gatlinburg,...
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In 1918, California drafted children into a gruesome war on squirrels
In April 1918, as American doughboys faced down the Germans in France, California’s schoolchildren were enlisted to open a new Western Front. “We have enemies here at home more destructive, perhaps,...
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Louisiana environmental group accuses Exxon-Mobil of running 'poorly...
A Louisiana environmental group said on Tuesday that ExxonMobil's Baton Rouge, Louisiana, refinery, where four workers were burned in a November 22 fire, has been poorly maintained for years.The...
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China vows to cap water consumption and crack down on polluters
China will keep national annual water consumption below 670 billion cubic meters (bcm) through to 2020, the state planning agency said on Wednesday, part of efforts to ease chronic regional shortages...
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Chernobyl was just sealed with a tornado-proof coffin designed to contain its...
CHERNOBYL, Ukraine (Reuters) — In the middle of a vast exclusion zone in northern Ukraine, the world's largest land-based moving structure has been slid over the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site to...
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The West Antarctic ice shelf is breaking apart from the inside
Last year, a massive 583-square-kilometre (225-square-mile) chunk of the Pine Island Glacier — a vast section of ice that holds the West Antarctic ice sheet together — broke free, heading out into the...
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