ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE

The Cane Toad Menace in Florida

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.

New Mexico Suffers From Effects Of Renewable Energy

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.

Droughts could hit aging power plants hard

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.

In the tree of life, youth has its advantages

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.

Greenland Glaciers Now Growing Back

This is the kind of surprise that everyone wants to get. It’s a reassurance that our efforts to save the planets is actually working.

Unprecedented Flooding Worst in Decades

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.
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