LiveScience.com - Arctic air temperatures in the 1990s were the warmest in the last 2,000 years and were a result of rising greenhouse gas levels, a new study concludes....

Reuters - The American West is losing its autumn colors as global warming begins to bite and there is far more at stake than iconic scenery....

In 1959, the Great Lakes opened to draft navigation, and since then these waters have transported an estimated two billion tonnes of cargo from the United States to Canada. Although it has maintained a “near-perfect record of trouble-free navigation” for over 40 years, the quality of this navigation has not been so perfect. One hundred [...]...

Sen. Barbara Boxer on Thursday urged the U.S. Forest Service to dedicate more money to reduce wildfire danger in high-risk areas before another blaze threatens homes and lives....

Current water policies are struggling to cope with a range of pressures, including population growth and climatic shifts....

An abrupt warming of the Arctic has reversed a cooling trend that began about 8,000 ago, according to a study published Thursday which sheds light on the threat of rising sea levels and climate change....

In a fix over what to get your kids that will make for a great family bonding activity give the promise of a super fun filled time provide a lesson in being innovative and green practice to develop the crafter’s hands or simply to instil the love for it (craft), and to keep a certain tradition/legacy alive. Well then [...]...

            Yesterday we explored how spending money and the economy could have a positive instead of negative impact on the environment. Today I would like to turn that around and share some ideas on how the environment can help the economy by making it more stable and sustainable and investing in long term prosperity instead [...]...

Plants absorbed carbon dioxide more efficiently under polluted skies than they would have done in a cleaner atmosphere, according to new findings published this week in Nature magazine....

Climate activists target energy giant BP over tar...

Nasa's 'stick of a rocket' - will it launch?...

In a four-year study, the popular Mediterranean-style diet helped keep Type 2 diabetes patients off blood-sugar-controlling medications...

Scientists in China have identified a fossil as the first Asian example of a brachiosaurid dinosaur common in the Americas....

UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday urged world leaders to act now to halt global warming, as he saw first-hand its effects in the Arctic ahead of a key climate change summit in December....