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More than 900 flights have already been canceled and coastal residents have been evacuated.
Spider silk is just amazing -- and now we can finally use it in clothes.
Is it hurricane season already?
It's still changing them, though.
No other team has successfully applied gene-editing techniques to reptiles.
Bolivia is suffering massive damage from forest fires.
Puerto Rico -- brace yourself.
Consequences of the Amazon fires continue to pop up.
A giant raft of light rocks is heading towards Australia -- and that's a good thing.
We need to step up our game, a lengthy report shows.
A cold view on a very hot issue.
In about 10 days' time, we'll see if it worked or not.
“It’s not something that’s happened with a short-term mild spell. It’s a longer-term warming which is making these things happen.”
Brazil saw a sharp spike in deforestation during July, which has been followed by extensive burning in August.
There might be a future for hydrogen airships -- but will the world be willing to give them a second chance?
While giving a sense of cleansing in any city, rainstorms usually cause substances in buildings, streets, and sidewalks to wash off into the drain. This can cause contaminants to end up in ground and surface waters, according to a new study. Researchers reporting in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology have analyzed untreated urban stormwater from […]
Breathe in that sweet urban air.
It would result in a 10-year-long nuclear winter that would be devastating for life on Earth.
We don't give grasslands enough credit.
Sometimes, it pays to be nasty.
If we can limit global warming, the effects are largely reduced.
There's no place spared from our pollution when it falls from the sky.
Bring out those reflective roofs!
It's a major challenge, but the benefits are well worth it.
Among greenhouse gasses, methane is now the second most important one causing climate change. Its expansion in the last few years can be linked to the larger development of shale gas and shale oil, according to a new study based on chemical fingerprints. The research, published in the journal Biogeosciences, reports that methane released from […]
Sunscreen washes up into the ocean where it interacts with marine life -- and its effects are still largely not undertood.
Ashes to bananas.
We need to start being more serious about protecting the trees.
It's an environmental catastrophe.
If the consumption of meat and dairy doesn’t fall, at least one-quarter of the world’s tropical lands could disappear by the end of the century.
The decline is twice as severe as for land or ocean vertebrates.
Bad news for bees.
Coral decay likely will become more frequent as the intensity of marine heatwaves increases in the coming years.
Sharks may glow in order to identify each other in the ocean and fight against microbial infections.
Hold on to your passport!
Less farmland, more forests, experts say.
Usually described as fierce predators, saber-toothed cats are imagined as stalking the open savannah in pursuit of bison, horses and other grassland-dwelling prey. But a new study paints a much less fierce image of the now long-extinct animals. A team of researchers led by Vanderbilt University’s Larisa DeSantis recovered fossils from the La Brea Tar […]
It's like a game of chicken where the winner gets to eat your chips.
I'll admit it -- I did not expect this.
Colombia, India, and Brazil were among the deadliest places for land defenders last year.
Chameleons are cool but have you heard about this master of disguise?
The humble seaweed plays a crucial role in our climate.
... and thanks to climate change, the Apavement will be hot much more often.
So let's clean it up.
Yet another consequence of climate change.
Unique wildlife in a third of the beaches between Santa Barbara and San Diego is seriously threatened.
Flowing through rivers and oceans, plastic waste has become an important environmental threat across the globe.
On one hand, northwest India needs to tackle groundwater depletion. On the other hand, air pollution claimed the lives of almost 1.1 million Indians in 2015, and costs 3% of the country's gross domestic product, according to the study.
A mother was incredibly invested considering she adopted an orphan from a different species and genus.
The Komodo dragon is an awesome predator -- and now scientists have discovered its genetic secrets.
