ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATEElephants are undergoing a species saving evolution—no tusks! Living organisms have been evolving for billions of years. It's a process that usually isn't noticeable within a generation, but elephants at the Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique, Africa, are evolving right before our eyes and the reason is perseverance.
Locals of New Mexico are now suffering the harsh effects of going for renewable sources of energy. The residents on the border of US and Mexico are concerned that the geothermal project as a form of a renewable source of energy may put their water source at a risk.
A recent study sheds a new light on Mars' atmosphere. With the Solar System being nearly 3. 8 billion years old, it's not so much a stretch to imagine one of our sister planets once being habitable.
Warmer, lower rivers from climate change might leave some US power plants high and dry DURHAM, N. C. -- Older power plants with once-through cooling systems generate about a third of all U.
It's a question that has captivated naturalists for centuries: Why have some groups of organisms enjoyed incredibly diversity--like fish, birds, insects--while others have contained only a few species--like humans.
The Roman's trash is the archeologist's gold mine of information. Archaeologists thought Elusa, a popular Roman wine center, collapsed with Islam's arrival.
A huge storm brought the US one of the worst flooding in over a decade. ILLINOIS -- USA, Landmark flooding has devastated a huge part of the central US.
Tree rings mean so much, but scientist reveals what they tell us about the secrets of the forest and how it survives day-to-day despite the harsh effects of climate change.
A team of Vanderbilt University earth scientists returned to an unusual cave in India to unlock secrets about climate change that could have far-reaching implications.
Maryland government to have 50 percent of its renewable energy standards by 2030. Maryland-based environmental activists, energy companies, and Democratic legislators have been pushing for a bill that would increase the state's renewable energy standards to 50 percent by 2030.
Global warming and climate change remains to be two of the most challenging problems of mankind, but scientists from Harvard say they can stop it through Solar Geoengineering.