ENVIRONMENT

Scientists have said that craters that were found in Siberia with high levels of methane could have a connection to the Bermuda Triangle.

The United Nations' Messenger of Peace supports Oceans 5 to conserve marine natural wealth.

The levels of contaminated waters at the Fukushima nuclear power plant have surged.

Hurricane Gonzalo will hit Canada's Newfoundland and Labrador on the weekend.

A series of deadly blizzards and avalanches in Nepal's Himalayas have killed four Canadians.

The raging storm on NSW east coast battered houses and caused flight delays.

Typhoon VongFong has killed one in Japan.

The weak El Nino expected to occur between November 2014 to January 2015 will most likely have sea surface temperatures reaching only 1.6 degrees above normal.

Two male kangaroos were seen having a brawl that resembled a martial arts street fight.

Residents advised to prepare against more flooding and landslides.

In what seems to be a confirmation of vampires, an archeologist claimed he had discovered a grave for the legendary fanged creature that had a skeleton with a stake driven on its chest, believed to be the way to kill a vampire or prevent the creature from further causing havoc.

New Zealand would be the venue of the International Naturist Federation's (INF) World Congress in 2016 after the country's Naturist Federation won the bid to host gathering. That would mean about 200 naturists from over 30 countries would stay at the Wellington Naturist Club's headquarters in Upper Hutt.

The University of East Anglia (UEA) in the United Kingdom is encouraging its students to release their first morning urine while showering at the same time to save on water. Such as simple move could save 720 million litres of water if the practice becomes nationwide.

Japan could experience waves as high as 50 feet when category 5 super typhoon Vongfong arrives.

Canada will fail to meet its 2020 commitment of reduced greenhouse gas emissions.

Japan's being advised to brace for Category 5 super typhoon VongFong, dubbed 2014's strongest cyclone.

Typhoon Phanfone which lashed out Japan over the weekend has killed a U.S. airmen, while two others were being presumed dead.

Oxygen tank among divers would soon become optional following the discovery by scientists of a crystalline material that pulls oxygen out of the surrounding environment. The material, dubbed as Aquaman Crystal, uses cobalt to pull and release oxygen without the need for big storage tanks.

The world's first carbon capture coal-fired plant has been launched, not in the U.S., but in Canada.

The Western Australian government ordered on Thursday the closure of the beach at Kelpid Beach in Wylie Bay, following a shark attack on a 23-year-old man. The victim, Sean Pollard from Bunbury, lost both an arm and a hand, plus suffered injuries on his leg.

The fourth largest lake in the world, Aral Sea, has now gone completely dry.

WWF reports a decline in wildlife and the need for conservation.

A group of scientists conducting a field research in the ancient Incan city of Machu Picchu have found 7 new species including the Chinchilla.

For the first time details of the seabed of the Indian Ocean has been discovered. Through underwater mapping, extinct volcanoes and high ridges have been found.

A young boy, Daniel Super, was bitten twice on his ankle by a tiger snake.

From an estimated 8 injured and 250 trapped hikers, the toll from the Saturday noon eruption of Japan's Mount Ontake appears to have risen dramatically. Unofficial estimate place the number of dead victims to more than 30.

Mount Ontake in Japan erupted before noon on Saturday, Sept 27, spewing a large ash plume 3 kilometres up the sky, trapping at least 250 climbers near its summit and injuring at least 8 hikers, reports NHK World TV.

Mycologists picked up a pack of mushroom from a London grocery store and found that 3 of the fifteen mushrooms were of a different species.

Two tigers fought in the Assiniboine Park Zoo, which resulted in the death of one of those.