Two vertebrate species go extinct every year on average, but few people notice..
The results suggest that extreme sea levels will likely occur more frequently than previously predicted, particularly in the west coast regions of the U.S. and in large parts of Europe and Australia.
An international study finds thousands of cases of type 2 diabetes could be prevented every year if people stopped drinking sugary drinks.
Cities plagued with terrible traffic problems may be overlooking a simple, low-cost solution: High-occupancy vehicle (HOV) policies.
Study finds large amounts of carbon dioxide, equivalent to yearly U.K. emissions, remain in surface waters.
Each day a cruise ship emits as much particulate matter as a million cars.
Illegal fishing, logging and poaching, are impacting two-thirds of the 57 natural World Heritage sites monitored by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) this year.
The most urgent question for people is not whether machines will take their jobs, but how machines will change the way they behave in society.
Governments must end incentives that see plastic waste shipped abroad, where it may be buried or burned, rather than being turned back into bottles at home, say industry leaders.
Administration predicts that the annual dead zone will reach an area of nearly 8,200 square miles in July, more than 50 percent larger than its average size.
Unmitigated climate change will make the United States poorer and more unequal, according to a new study published in the journal Science.
Chlorine mixed with sunscreen has been found to result in kidney and liver dysfunctions, as well as nervous system disorders.
Low attention and a flood of data are serious problems for social networks.
The declaration signed by more than 200 scientists and medical professionals from around the world states that Triclosan and Triclocarban may pose grave risks to human health and the environment.
Hot weather is the number one summertime killer in much of the world — and the number of these deadly heat waves is only going to increase.
