ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE

Maryland Sets Its Sights on Renewable Energy

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.

Solar Geoengineering To Stop Global Warming

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.

Scientists Bridge the Communication Gap Between Fish and Bees

Is interspecies communication possible? Wouldn't it be amazing if interspecies communication could happen? Albeit, animal communication is fascinating and often way more complex than people realize, humans are able to communicate with other species with some success but now, researchers have allowed two very different creatures to "talk" to each other through the use of robots.

Climate Change: A Hot Topic for Congress

Congress debates climate change policies. The House Science Committee held its first of a promised series of hearings on climate change on Feb. 13, with a second one, dedicated to its impacts on oceans and coasts, scheduled shortly thereafter.

Ecobricks: Plastics in the Construction World

From nonbiodegradable waste to construction materials Our community needs building blocks-literally! Bricks are laid out on the streets, on your garden walkway, within the walls of your room, and practically everywhere.

Fossilized Bird Still Carrying An Egg in its Body Discovered

Researchers have found the first ever fossil of a mother bird still carrying an egg in its body. (Photo : Barbara Marrs) CHINA - A majestic fossil of a bird that is about to lay an egg was found in the mid-2000s in modern-day northwest China.

Bramble Cay Melomys Now Extinct Due to Climate Change

A rodent species has been wiped out by rise in sea level caused by climate change. (Photo : Ian Bell) AUSTRALIA - After the announcement from Queensland, a three-year exhaustive search for the tiny rodent called Bramble Cay melomys was carried out in the hope of debunking their announced extinction.

Hundreds of bubble streams link biology, seismology off Washington's coast

Off the coast of Washington, columns of bubbles rise from the seafloor, as if evidence of a sleeping dragon lying below. But these bubbles are methane that is squeezed out of sediment and rises up through the water. The locations where they emerge provide important clues to what will happen during a major offshore earthquake.
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