Teetering on the dire precipice between existence and annihilation, time is running out for the Royal Bengal tiger, the Great White shark, and Victorian koalas. There are reports that species in Brazil’s coastal rainforest are disappearing faster than scientists can keep track […]
Plastic, clothing fibers and CO2 are not the only things ending up the sea. So is caffeine. Scientists at Portland State University and Washington State University, Vancouver, found caffeine concentrations off the coast of Oregon. To their surprise, the substance was not […]
Russian research team astonished after finding ‘fountains’ of methane bubbling to surface by Steve Connor cross posted from the Independent Dramatic and unprecedented plumes of methane – a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide – have been seen bubbling […]
Scientists and environmental groups warned that urgent action was still needed to rescue the world from climate change, despite the deal sealed on Sunday morning in Durban after two weeks of talks. Andy Atkins, executive director of Friends of the Earth, said: […]
Japan was struck by a magnitude 8.9 earthquake off its northeastern coast Friday, unleashing a 13-foot tsunami that washed away cars and tore away buildings along the coast near the epicenter. Residents near a Tokyo Electric Power Co. nuclear reactor were ordered […]