For the first time in history, the monthly average of carbon dioxide levels in the northern hemisphere has exceeded 400 parts per million (ppm) in April, according to the World Meteorological Organization.
A study by the University of Wisconsin-Madison has revealed that buried fossils in 15,000 year-old soil could contain high carbon content. Moreover, when disturbed through "erosion, agriculture, deforestation, mining and other human activities," they will become large contributors to further exacerbate global warming and climate change.
Using antibacterial soap, by it's very name gives users a sense of added protection. Antibacterial soap has been widely used around the world as a cleaning agent that uses antimicrobial ingredients to kill unwanted bacteria. However, recent studies show that they prove to be no more effective than any other type of cleaning soap and may actually be more harmful.
The American Red Cross has urged families and communities in the U.S. to review and renew their emergency kits and evacuation plans in light of the forthcoming hurricane season which officially starts on June 1st.
In honor of the life and legacy of the 107th birthday of the Mother of Green Movement Rachel Louise Carson, Google treats visitors to the search engine homepage with a doodle of blue and white colors of the ocean showing different marine species.
A strong 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck Greece and Turkey on Saturday. A total of 266 were injured, mostly from Turkey, caused by panic as people rushed to get out of buildings.
Hurricane Amanda has reached Category 4 strength on Sunday, becoming the strongest ever recorded during the month of May. Experts, however, said despite its massive strength, it does not pose any threat to any populated areas.
It appears that people aren't the only one's who mull over tough decision, says a new study published in the journal Science, when faced with touch decisions, fruit flies take time to process a decision.
Climate change could soon hit Australian supermarkets and consumers' stomachs as dwindling food production and supply looms in the corner along with other countries all over the world according to a recent study.
Scientists say a jellyfish, colored bright purple, was discovered Wednesday in Australia's Coolum Beach on Wednesday may be a brand new species.
Scientists have warned about 30 national landmarks across the U.S. are vulnerable to the risks of climate change.
China's very own glaciers off in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau have shrunk by 15 per cent in the last 30 years because of global warming.
With the threat of El Nino looming over different parts of the world, popular jeans maker Levi's wants to contribute its bit to the environment, particularly water conservation efforts, by advocating its jeans need not be washed at all.
NOAA's latest monthly climate has disclosed that April 2014 has tied with April 2010 as the warmest month on record.
The death toll in Tuesday's train derailment in Russia has been updated by the Health Ministry as six people dead and 29 injured.
Google doodle pays tribute to the 215th birthday of the British fossil collector Mary Anning by treating visitors to the search engine home page with a photo of the late collector working on an archaeology site with the remnants of the creatures arranging the letters of the word Google.
Organisers of two international sports events in Brazil are having huge headaches over the hosting of the FIFA World Cup in 2014 and the Summer Olympic Games in 2016.
A research newly released on Monday has disclosed that the growing number of forest fires in the Northern Hemisphere not only boosted the world's temperatures but also aggravated the accelerated melting of the ice glaciers in Greenland.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has issued a warning regarding El Niño 2014 that will be most likely similar to the 1997 phenomenon.
A new study in the science journal Nature Climate Change has found the warmer climate poses a threat to the sea turtle population.
Antarctica is reportedly thawing fast at a whopping 159 billion tons of melted ice annually, according to a new study.
Thousands of Australian sheep are becoming "suicidal" after exhibiting drug addiction-like symptoms, apparently triggered by being addicted to a poisonous plant.
The remains of a 12,000-year-old teenage girl has been found in an underwater cave in Mexico, which have have been described by the National Geographic Society as the "oldest, most complete" human skeleton.
Argentinian paleontologists have discovered fossilized remains of a long-necked, herbivore dinosaur known as sauropod.
NASA's Earth Observatory has just released a new photo map pitting the ocean heights in the tropical Pacific in early May compared to May 1997. The 1997-1998 El Niño is recognized as one of the strongest ever.
Eight months after a magnitude 7.2 temblor, the Philippines' Central Visayas has been stricken anew with a major earthquake on Thursday early evening that measured magnitude 6.3.
A new NOAA-led study released by US researchers has presented a glimpse of potentially more droughts to countries near the Equator. It found global warming is pushing Pacific tropical cyclones away from the equator going toward the poles, potentially risking Japan and Korea peninsula and other regions with generally larger populations during cyclone season.
Kelp samples collected along the U.S. West Coast continue to test negative to possible ocean-borne radiation from Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant that was crippled by a tsunami triggered by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake in March 2011.
Researchers found the world's oldest sperm has been preserved in a bat poo at the Bitesantennary Site in the Riversleigh World Heritage area of Queensland.
An earthquake with a 6.8 magnitude strength struck Panama on Tuesday.
