East Antarctica, largely receiving small attention before, has now become the focus of a study where if it succumbs to global warming and melts could push sea levels to rise by 10-13 feet high, enough to drown coastal cities from Tokyo to Mumbai to New York.
Experts from the Bureau of Meteorology has raised the El Niño-Southern Oscillation tracker to heightened alert level indicating there is 70 percent probability of El Niño occurrence starting by early July.
From mere speculation, Australia's Bureau of Meteorology has confirmed the high probability of an emerging El Niño at 70 per cent and that it will begin to be felt as early as July.
After a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck northern Thailand's Chiang Rai Province on Monday evening, one person died and at least 23 others were reportedly injured.
A powerful 6.0 magnitude earthquake shook Japan's capital city, Tokyo on Monday, injuring 17 people and causing delays in the city's railway systems. Despite the magnitude, no tsunami alert was raised.
A rarely seen goblin shark was found in the Key West Coast of Florida by fishermen who took a picture of it before throwing it back to the sea because they fear its pre-historic look.
Of all the continents in the world, it is Australia that had experienced more than its fair share of tsunamis, with most largely unreported, a new study has revealed.
Siberian Tiger Hani, one of the two sisters in the Greater Vancouver Zoo, was found dead.
Just hours after President Xi Jinping wrapped up a four-day visit in the far-west minority region of Xinjiang, a set of explosives planted at Urumqi South Railway Station blasted off on Wednesday killing three people and injuring 79 others.
The albacore tuna caught off the shores of Oregon and Washington have been found to have radiation levels from Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. But scientists said they are still safe to eat.
On April 28, 2014 a massive tornado slammed the state of Arkansas. Mayflower and Vilonia were among the cities badly damaged.
The Queensland Government led by Environment Minister Andrew Powell has called for a boycott of all Ben and Jerry's ice cream products after the latter expressed support to the World Wildlife Fun for Nature (WWF's) campaign to save the Great Barrier Reef.
Food markets around the world are being strongly advised to conduct the necessary preparations as the "boy child' weather phenomenon El Niño has been predicted to highly likely occur this year.
A junior miner deployed at the Lake Cowan region in Western Australia had discovered an unknown mineral. It has been named putnisite after minearologists Andrew and Christine Putnis.
A breakaway iceberg from Antartica which is six times larger than Manhattan, has the NASA's Earth Observatory worried. Scientists believed the rogue iceberg could drift to populated shipping lanes which could disrupt the industry.
The Earth's surface temperature upsurge at a rate of 0.04°C between 1998 and 2013, a rate which is way slower than the 0.18°C increase in the 1990s. At the same time, the release of carbon dioxide increases on and on. This delay in global warming has increased ambiguity about the climate change. A few cynic say firmly that global warming has ended.
In the last Labor-led government, industries had to pay $24 per tonne carbon tax to reduce carbon emissions in the atmosphere. Under Abbott administration, the government would instead pay Australia's heavy industries $2.5 billion to reduce their carbon emissions to meet the federal government's target of 5 per cent reduction or 421 million tonnes of carbon dioxide by 2020.
A study by scientists from the James Cook University (JCU) in Townsville in north Queensland has said that seaweeds could potentially help re-energise the environment around Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
More battle for supremacy in the jungle continues to take place, and this time the featured video pits the snake against a spider in Cairns, Australia
Group of scientists had finally detected the source of the “bio-duck” sound which baffles scientists for 50 years now
The rising new Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California, promises not just to be an architectural landmark with its unique UFO-shaped design, but also a showcase of green technology.
A herpetologist and Wildlife Outreach Specialist for the Department of Zoology and Michigan State University (MSU) Museum confirmed the authenticity of the 10,000-year-old mastodon tooth found by a nine-year old boy in their backyard.
The animal kingdom has its own unique way of ensuring survival of the fittest. When two tribes of large hippos meet with the fearsome crocodiles, the result is a huge battle of the beasts.
Crocodiles and snakes versus other wild animals have been popular lately, and they have become viral videos. The final results of the battle reveal who is the stronger between two wild animals.
A 16-foot great white shark detected skimming in the southwest coast of Australia lead popular beaches in the country to close down and residents near the area to avoid entering the water.
For countries about to construct nuclear power plants, or even those that had, a floating facility built offshore would serve best against tsunami and earthquake threats.
It is snowing in Canada. Yes, it is April in Canada as well.
A technical malfunction at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan has triggered the release of some 240 tonnes of radioactive groundwater into a wrong part of the facility.
Solomon Islands has been struck by twin powerful quakes on Sunday. A 7.6 tremor woke the residents of Solomon's capital Honiara early Sunday. The second, also powerful 7.5, struck almost at midnight. Reports of casualties and damages have yet to be made.
Insurance companies are already expecting that damage bill claims from Cyclone Ita could reach $1 billion in North Queensland after it ravaged sugarcane and banana plantations over the weekend. More than 6000 homes and businesses still have yet to get reconnected to the power supply as of Monday.
