ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE

Earth Is Fighting Back Against Plastic Waste

TECH & INNOVATION 03.30.2019 14:10 PM

Plastic-eating bacteria has been discovered in the Philippines. The Philippines has a plastic problem. Apart from being named one of the top five countries that contribute to half of the world's plastic pollution, a study reveals that the Philippines wastes over six million kilograms of plastic each day.

Kangaroo Rat Evades Rattlesnake Strike in a Way Never Imagined Before

03.30.2019 11:07 AM

The kangaroo rat now christened “Ninja” rat, kicks rattlesnake to the head in the air faster than the blink of an eye to evade capture! -- This comes evident after high-speed cameras placed in a common hunting and feeding area captured one incidence involving a Kangaroo rat that dramatically managed to escape from imminent death on the jaws of a rattlesnake.

Carbon Emissions Recorded Sky High

03.30.2019 08:39 AM

Global Energy Experts reveal their grim findings on Monday saying carbon emissions is still steadily increasing.

Iceberg History May Explain Climate Change

03.30.2019 08:38 AM

Every Antarctic Sheet has it sown recorded history and it’s all written in the icebergs. ANTARCTIC -- The goal is to always seek the truth to better understand what is causing significant changes in the environment.

Young Minds Aim To End Climate Change

03.30.2019 08:36 AM

A new generation of young minds is becoming more interested to put a stop to the harsh effects of climate change. How can we help to save their future?

Scientists Thought it was just a Common Bird, Study Proves it is a New Species

03.30.2019 08:34 AM

For the past 100 years, the Cream-vented Bulbul were seen to have either red eyes or white eyes and was considered a trivial matter until now.

Australia Suffers From Garbage Crisis

03.30.2019 08:33 AM

India bans the importation of trash from countries around the world including Australia and this ban has caused a garbage crisis in the land down under.

Climate Change Threatens “Doomsday Vault”

03.30.2019 08:31 AM

The Global Seed Vault also is known as the Doomsday Vault is now threatened by the harsh effects of climate change.

66-million-year-old deathbed linked to dinosaur-killing meteor

03.29.2019 14:48 PM

Fossil site preserves animals killed within minutes of meteor impact The beginning of the end started with violent shaking that raised giant waves in the waters of an inland sea in what is now North Dakota.

The Cane Toad Menace in Florida

03.28.2019 19:51 PM

It was in Florida's Palm Beach Gardens that the first of the few cane toads appeared, and soon it had turned into a virtual exodus of baby toads. Photographs show that at first a small body of these amphibian creatures thronged a swimming pool, scrambled up the walls, before filling the whole hallway of a house, so countless and vast that people residing in the area called for help. Soon these invasive toads found a comfortable home in pleasant Southern Florida.

Study Shows Air Pollution Causes Psychotic Behavior

03.28.2019 16:17 PM

Living in a polluted area could cause psychotic behaviors according to a new study. (Photo : David Lee) Every day, the world is being warned of the dangers caused by air pollution.

Greenland Glacier, Jakobshavn, is Growing and it's a Ticking Time Bomb

03.28.2019 09:22 AM

The fastest thinning glacier has started to revert and as natural water cycles in the sea cooled down water at certain depths.

Could African Elephants be leaving behind an identifiable trait to preserve their species?

03.28.2019 08:28 AM

Elephants 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.

Microplastics Found In Creatures From The Deep Ocean

03.28.2019 08:06 AM

The deeper they looked, the more plastic they found and it has reached the deepest parts of the ocean.

New Mexico Suffers From Effects Of Renewable Energy

03.28.2019 08:04 AM

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.