Environment

Jun 29, 2017 01:33 PM EDT

Movie "47 Meters Down" Gets Sharks All Wrong

The latest summer shark movie "47 Meters Down" gets so many things wrong, they ought to sink it into a shark cage at the bottom of the ocean and leave it there.

Jun 29, 2017 08:55 AM EDT

Increasing Urban Temperature Could Negatively Affect Wild Bee Population

Increasing urban temperatures can also contribute to the decreasing bee population.

Jun 29, 2017 08:31 AM EDT

Rising Sea Levels Could Displace One-Fifth of Global Population by 2100

Two billion people will be forced to resettle of go deeper inland by 2100 due to the continuous rise in sea levels.

Marine Life from Whales to Plankton will be Killed by Air Guns

Jun 28, 2017 07:50 PM EDT

Everything from Whales to Plankton Killed by Underwater Oil Survey Air Guns

Massive undersea blasts from oil survey air guns can reach up to 250 decibels, enough to kill everything from whales to plankton.

Jun 29, 2017 01:48 PM EDT

UNESCO: World Heritage Coral Reefs Will Die of Heat Stress Unless Global Warming is Curbed

A new study by UNESCO projects that many reef systems will die by 2040 unless carbon emissions are reduced.

Melting Permafrost Creates Atmospheric Methane Hazard

Jun 28, 2017 05:55 PM EDT

As Peatlands Thaw, Two Gases Much Worse Than Carbon Are Being Unchained

Meet methane and nitrous oxide. You'll wish you hadn't.

Great Barrier Reef Threatened with extinction within 20 years

Jun 28, 2017 09:24 AM EDT

Can an Ambitious Australian Plan Save The Great Barrier Reef?

The Great Barrier Reef has been hit hard by global warming and one of the worst bleaching episodes in recorded history. Can it be saved?

Jun 28, 2017 08:39 AM EDT

Air Pollution, Dusts Could Decrease Efficiency of Solar Energy Production

Dusts accumulating in solar panels and airborne particles could reduce the efficiency of solar energy production.

The heat tolerance of bees can be an indicator of ecological health.

Jun 27, 2017 05:14 PM EDT

Bees Are Good Indicators That It's Getting Way Too Hot

A study of the thermal tolerances of different species of bees indicates that some bees do better in the heat than others. This could lead to an early warning sign of ecosystem damage.

Jun 27, 2017 10:42 AM EDT

Millenia-Old Mystery of 'Bright Nights' Finally Solved

Stories of a nocturnal sun have stumped scientists for hundreds, even thousands, of years.

Jun 27, 2017 10:41 AM EDT

Millions of Rare 'Sea Pickles' Invade the Pacific

Scientsits are stumped over the invasion of this tiny sea creature.

Jun 26, 2017 10:56 PM EDT

Thousands of Drowning Wildebeest Keep a Serengeti Ecosystem Humming

Ecologists have found that thousands of drowning wildebeest contribute nutrients to their ecosystem in an example of the 'circle of life.'

Jun 24, 2017 11:13 AM EDT

Biking to Work Could Reduce Stress Levels, Improve Work Performance

People who ride their bike to work are less stressed than those who take public commute or drive a car.

Trees are part an interconnect social system in a forest.

Jun 24, 2017 10:07 AM EDT

Trees Communicate Via a Vast Underground Network of Fungi

This may completely change the way we interact with forests.

The largest waterfall on earth is under the ocean near Greenland.

Jun 23, 2017 06:16 PM EDT

The World’s Largest Waterfall is Under the Sea, and a Barometer for the Planet's Health

The enormous Denmark Cascade is a powerful and gigantic downwelling phenomenon. But if global warming continues and changes the cascade, the effects on life in the oceans could be catastrophic.