Leafcutter ants produce so much gas that they actually rival cow butts
The fact that cows produce a ton of greenhouse gas in the form of methane is science factoid that people tend to pull out in …
The fact that cows produce a ton of greenhouse gas in the form of methane is science factoid that people tend to pull out in …
Humans have a complicated relationship with planet Earth. We love it here, we love the sights and sounds, and we sit glued to our television …
Earth’s climate — which, despite what some clueless observers believe, is not the same as localized weather patterns — is rapidly warming. Scientists have drawn …
Global warming is on the tip of everyone’s tongue these days, and with good reason, but it wasn’t long ago that the biggest environmental talking …
When a hurricane rolls ashore here in the United States we see devastation in the form of buildings toppled, incredible flooding, and the collapse of …
Raising awareness about climate change and mankind’s impact on the Earth is a noble cause, and there’s plenty of ways to go about it. Locking …
When looking at the Earth from afar it appears to be a perfect sphere, but that actually isn’t the case. Because Earth isn’t uniform on …
The amount of information we have about the human family tree is steadily growing, but there are still plenty of unanswered questions. One of the …
NASA spends plenty of time peering into space, but it’s also very interested in what’s going on with our own planet. Earth’s climate is shifting, …
Mankind might be slowly destroying planet Earth, but there’s also a chance we could be the ones to save it from ourselves. A group of …
Imagine being a climate scientist. You spend years of your life studying the ebbs and flows of the Earth, gathering data, studying trends, and eventually …
NASA spends a lot of its time gazing into the depths of the cosmos, but one of the great things about having high-powered cameras orbiting …
Climate change — aka, global warming, which virtually every credible scientist has agreed is mankind’s doing — is most often associated with the melting of …
The world’s coral reefs are already in serious trouble thanks to climate change that has bleached (read: utterly devastated) massive stretches of ocean habitat, and …
2017 was one of the hottest years on record, according to new data from NASA and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. Depending on who you …
Taking a trip to a beach in Southern California is supposed to be a relaxing, leisurely experience. For some beachgoers earlier this week it was …
As the Earth’s largest chunks of ice continue to get smaller and smaller, sea levels have risen. All that melting ice has to go somewhere, …
Coral reefs are among the ocean’s most wondrous achievements. Like a massive mega-city made up of microorganisms, these diverse ecosystems provide shelter for many different …
As the Earth continues to heat up thanks in large part to the effects of scientifically-proven human factors, our little blue sphere’s collection of ice …
That terrible Hollywood disaster movie Geostorm fell flat on its face at the box office and got so many things wrong when it comes to …
Despite the increasing number of regulations and guidelines related to the burning of fossil fuels — as well as the spike in green technologies including …
The effects of human-prompted climate change are varied and unpredictable, and we’re already starting to see some of the effects. Mankind is making some important …
Thanks to its usefulness as an indicator of how badly humans are messing up the Earth with global warming, scientists like to keep a pretty …
The Earth is getting warmer and warmer, and scientists are now essentially unanimous in their opinion that humans are to blame, but could other factors …
People often ask for clear signs that global warming — sorry, sorry “climate change” — is real. Sure, sea levels are rising, storms are becoming …
When it comes to weigh in on climate change, the absolutely overwhelming number of scientific bodies that have declared it a very real, and very …
With President Donald Trump announcing that the United States won’t be joining a huge number of its allies in supporting the Paris Agreement on climate …
As the evidence that human activity and pollution are quickly warming our planet continues to pile up, researchers are now noticing a particularly shocking side …
The results are in: 2016 was the hottest year on record, marking the third year in a row that climate records have been broken. The …
China hit President-elect Donald Trump a second time in a matter of just a few days. The first attack happened a few days ago when …