ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATEPolar bears could inevitably face extinction by 2100, according to researchers. With climate change continually melting sea ice in the arctic, experts are worried that the species might not be able to survive.
Scientists are optimistic that controlling human activity and implementing guidelines for companies can make a significant impact on lowering the level of methane emissions.
Climate change can affect even plants in our backyard. How can we combat the this-worldly crisis, and how can specific choices in garden plants help? Click the link above to find out.
The fast-food chain has introduced the 'Reduced Methane Emissions Beef Whopper.' Now feeding their cows with lemongrass, the company hopes to combat climate change by reducing their contribution to methane emissions.
Global sustainability problems need more complex solutions than planting more trees. While avoiding significant trade-offs, experts analyze more promising, simultaneous solutions for climate change, land degradation, and food security.
Scientists discover that coral reef islands naturally cope with sea-level rise, contrary to previous claims that these nations are the most vulnerable to climate change.
Environmentalists assessed the damage of Russia's most disastrous oil spill last week, concluding that the clean-up may take five to ten years, costing nearly $2 Billion.
Canada has various endemic wildlife species of conservation concern which are increasingly becoming vulnerable to extinction from natural causes as well as human disturbance.
Wheat supply of the US can be depleted and the world food system can be affected once the 'Dust Bowl' that is more devastating than what occurred during the great depression.
With only a third of a slope along one flank of a fjord in Prince William Sound is supported by ice, an earthquake, prolonged heavy rain, and heat wave will most likely trigger a landslide.
Mosquitos carrying diseases such as dengue, Zika virus, and yellow fever will become more common in many parts of the world as the changes in weather pattern and temperature continues.
Toxic green algae, Noctiluca scintillans blooms are proliferating at a fast pace particularly in the Arabian Sea an in parts of Southeast Asia. Scientists claim that the melting snowcaps in the Himalayas are to blame for this. The algae, also known as 'sea sparkle' blooms big enough to be seen from outer space. Click the link to read more.
A rise in global temperature will create strong currents that blow through mid-latitude areas and push toward the poles slowing the speed of the hurricanes by two miles per hour.
Scientists say climate change is inexplicably linked to an upcoming drought, the worst North America has had in almost five centuries. Unless it does something about it now.