Desperation and fear mount in Irma-ravaged Caribbean
Over the past few days, Hurricane Irma has devastated islands in the Caribbean, Cuba, and parts of Florida. The...
Hurricane Jose strengthens to an "extremely dangerous" Category 4
Hot on the heels of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma is yet another natural disaster, Hurricane Jose. The “extremely...
France aims to become the first country to ban all fossil fuel production
To meet its carbon neutral goal by 2050, the French government plans to phase out all oil and gas production in...
Arctic warming likely turned Harvey into "an extreme killer storm"
Melting Arctic ice and spiking temperatures don't just affect the northernmost part of Earth. According to Cornell...
Sixth mass extinction on Earth is driven by industrial farming, says leading academic
Earth is presently experiencing its sixth “mass extinction,” and humans are largely to blame, says a leading...
Hurricane Harvey may have totaled up to 500,000 cars
Hurricane Harvey didn’t just devastate homes and businesses - it may also have totaled up to half a million cars....
Hurricane Harvey damaged ExxonMobil refineries, causing hazardous pollutants to leak
After Hurricane Harvey devastated parts of Texas last weekend, you probably didn’t think the situation could...
Harvey forces National Weather Service to add new color to its rainfall map
By now everyone knows that Texas is still suffering from the aftermath of the potent Category 4 Hurricane Harvey...
Why Los Angeles has started to paint its streets white
Though it lacks the humidity of East Coast heat, Los Angeles still burns. The City of Angels is one of the only...
Major climate science denial group admits to using false temperature data
Though 97 percent of leading scientists agree that climate change is a very real threat that needs to be addressed...
Elephants rescue 600 people from floods in Nepal
Heavy rains in India and Nepal have killed 15 people and displaced 2.3 million in just the past few days. Fortunately...
IKEA plans to cut food waste in half by 2020 — here’s how
You now have one more reason to love IKEA. By 2020, the Swedish company plans to cut food waste by 50% at its stores...
Dutch students 'grow' a biodegradable car made of beet sugar and flax
Are biodegradable cars the next step in environmentally-friendly motoring? A team of students at the Eindhoven...
Dutch engineers unveil ‘floating island’ to combat rising sea levels
It's no secret that sea levels are rising and land is becoming even more scarce. This is particularly sobering...
Household pets responsible for up to 30% of US meat environmental impact
Just last week a report found that American citizens’ insatiable appetite for meat is resulting in the largest-ever...
