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"Why don't you try using those opposable thumbs to fix it, huh, human?"
Over nine million people currently work in the green economy in the US
Extreme snowfall is threatening Arctic animals.
God, they're cute.
Electricity generated from clean energy is beating out fossil fuel plants -- for the first time in 120 years.
Male finches continuously fight for their partner's attention -- and it seems like it's in both their interests to do so.
They run below the Antarctic shelves and destabilize and melt them
Propeller-shaped molecules trap CO2, which can then be used to manufacture useful organic materials.
"The bones were used as 'cans' that preserved the bone marrow."
The storm is set to make landfall on Saturday
These are the first islands we've lost to climate change.
Many atomic bombs that are officially dismantled are still very much functional. A team of researchers wants to fix that.
She is the favorite candidate for bookmakers, but experts show doubts.
The sudden stratospheric warming will cause Australia to experience less rainfall and higher temperatures.
As countries lack ambition, cities take the lead in reducing their emissions.
These companies have a moral responsibility to account for these emissions.
Dogs not only fill homes with joy, they also help humans live healthier lives.
Many Britons are woefully unaware of the importance of recycling.
Water bears are cool but have you heared about mold pigs?
They were once cherished as a quirk of the city -- but some claim they've become a real problem.
It's exceptionally rare for a storm to intensify so quickly.
Drones could someday replenish the world's lost coastal forests.
New compelling evidence suggests that chimps, bonobos, and orangutans also have a 'theory of mind.'
They died-off suddenly -- but perhaps not dramatically.
As the Maya empire thrived, its environmental footprint also grew.
There are some good news from China, but it's not all rosy.
*happy bee noises*
As the planet gets warmer due to the rising temperatures, one of the main concerns is sea-level rise.
The findings come ahead of environmental protests next week in London.
China is taking the lead in the race to develop the fastest bullet trains in the world. Starting with 2020, the nation will open an experimental track that will allow maglev trains to cruise with a phenomenal speed of up to 1,000 km/h (621 mph). This means that a 2,200-km trip from Wuhan to Guangzhou, […]
Here's a crazy idea: stop giving airtime to people who promote anti-scientific beliefs.
Despite initially thought to come from land, most plastic debris in the sea can be linked to merchant ships, according to a new study which analyzed plastic bottles and containers from the past three decades. Researchers looked at the waste that arrived at the coast of Inaccessible Island – an isolated, uninhabited island in the […]
You'll have to squint.
Urban farming has grown by more than 30% in the United States in the past 30 years.
More than 34,000 fires have so far affected Bolivia.
Elon Musk promised a battery that could take an e-vehicle a million miles and last for years at a time. Jeff Dahn, one of the pioneers of the modern lithium-ion batteries, has now delivered on that promise. In a new paper, Dahn announced that the company will soon be in possession of a battery that […]
"Most studies are only a few decades in length — this one is just short of 100 years of study."
The increase is quite sizeable.
The breakdown of Himalayan rocks may not explain the cooling over the past 15 million years, despite what a key theory claimed, according to a new study in the journal Nature Geoscience. The study could shed more light on the causes of long-term climate change. It centers on the long-term cooling that occurred before the […]
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
“He’s shady”.
Mont Blanc is Western Europe's highest mountain range and is popular with hikers, climbers, and skiers.
The ocean is warmer, more acidic, less productive, and rising.
“This is all wrong, I shouldn’t be up here,” she said.
Presidents and prime ministers at the United Nations failed to commit to additional goals.
Plastics are one of the most widespread contaminants on Earth -- and every bit of it was made by humans.
The signs and impacts of global warming are speeding up, the latest report on climate change published ahead of key UN talks in New York said, warning that the 2015-2019 period is set to be the warmest five years on record. The United in Science report compiles the latest information about climate change from leading […]
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Make something out of nothing. Failing that, make soap out of straw.
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