A research team funded by NASA and the National Science Foundation (NSF) is set to fly to the Antarctic next month to study the rate of how glaciers are being drained into the sea due the changes in climate patterns.
A $30 million athlete facility being built in London uses wood sources from protected Tasmanian forests, according to results of a six-month probe. The wood is used for the flooring of the sports hall.
A supplemental report from the Census Bureau reveals that there are more than 49 million Americans living in poverty.
ExxonMobil Corp., the world's largest integrated oil and gas firm, would have to shell out $134 million to clean up the oil spill in Yellowstone River, Montana last July.
Wood could become a commercially viable biofuel and serve as a substitute for corn and sugar cane by 2020 if efforts are made to develop it, a study by University of British Columbia says.
Pompeii, widely known as the ancient Roman city that was devastated by Mount Vesuvius’ eruption hundreds of years ago, is now on the verge of collapse.
MetOp-B, Europe’s second polar-orbiting satellite dedicated to monitoring climate and improving weather forecasts, willl be launched in six month’s time.
Despite Opposition leader Tony Abbott's vow to repeal the carbon tax if he comes to power, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard claimed in a question-and-answer portion at the CarbonExpo conference in Melbourne on Wednesday that Mr Abbott will not repeal the tax.
Carbon monoxide, a tasteless, colorless, and odorless gas has been known to be a silent killer as it can put whole families at risk without them ever knowing. So it would come as a shock to everyone that a study found that inhalation of the deadly gas has a good effect.
Contrary to claims by the Opposition that the carbon tax passed Tuesday by the Australian Senate would cause economic slow down, a climate expert said that the impact of a $23 per tonne tax would be to increase inflation rate by less than 1 per cent.
The first airplanes in U.S. commercial aviation to use biofuels took off this week from Houston. United Airlines Continental flight 1403 flew from Houston to Chicago powered by the first 100 percent algae-derived jet fuel. Alaska Airlines will also fly two flights from Seattle to Washington and Portland powered by a blend of biofuel made from cooking oil on Wednesday.
A battle is brewing between wine producers and proponents of a coal seam gas project in Hunter Valley as the vineyard owners seek to stop AGL Energy from exploring and putting in gas wells through the area's vineyards.
Looking at all the wonderful animals we have here in Australia you start to think about their status. Knowing which of our animals are CR and others that are LC is crucial for us and our environmental protection groups to focus their money and time wisely.
Dark, cold weather derails physical activity routines of older Chicagoans with arthritis
WWF-Australia today hailed the passage through the Senate of the Clean Energy Future Bills as a proud moment in Australia's history.
In Kanchenjunga, the world's third highest peak, so-called worshipers could no longer conduct an 800-year-old ritual honoring the mountain they consider sacred because the last and only priest who knows the rite had died.
Environmental hazards and contaminants which are invisible to the eye can be recorded by a new ‘hyperspectral’ camera.
The two cases of tularemia infection in Tasmania confirmed by local health officials last week were the first appearance of the disease in the southern hemisphere.
Bill Gates has decided that even the simple mosquito net deserves a radical high tech upgrade. Gates is investing $1 Million in a laser defense barrier to keep mosquitoes away.
Since MV Rena crashed into Astrolabe Reef on the early morning of Oct. 5 off Tauranga in New Zealand, authorities have organized continuing efforts to clean up the resulting oil spill and pump out the remaining 358 tonnes of oil from the cargo vessel to a barge to avoid further marine life damages.
Small planes and army helicopters on Sunday began rescuing tourists stranded since Tuesday in the town of Lukla in northeastern Nepal due to bad weather.
Australian men’s water polo coach John Fox has named a reduced 17-man squad for next month’s second Aussie Sharks training camp to be held in Sydney from November 13-16.
Floodwater in Bangkok has crossed the Lat Phrao intersection on the northern edge of the city center and is closing in on bus terminals, subway stations and Skytrain stations on Sunday, according to reports.
Environmental News You Shouldn't MissA report commissioned by the coal seam gas industry into its own greenhouse gas emissions, and held as commercial-in-confidence for months, shows that Australian gas exported to China is likely to be little better for the environment than coal.
Climate change has been the subject of debate for the longest time. Scientists bicker about whose fault it is. Why some still want facts to be sure, others point towards humans for the fault.
It will take 30 years and US$14 billion to fully do away with the contaminated radioactive materials from the Fukushima nuclear plant, according Japan's environment ministry.
Myanmar airlifted Thursday eight tons of emergency relief goods to Cambodia, which is suffering the same flood miseries for months as neighboring Thailand.
Labor is considering proposals to distinguish parts of the world's largest marine protected area with differing levels of environmental protection, reports said.
An animal welfare group and philanthropic organization are showing live online the migration of polar bears in Canada only previously seen by locals, tourists and scientists.
There have been a number of species of animals that have long faced their end. And as society would have it, the only two that can be blamed are either humans or the changing climate. Who is the culprit?
