environment

Earth didn’t always look like it does now. After the dinosaurs disappeared 66 million years ago, the planet spent long stretches in a much warmer “greenhouse” state – no big ice sheets, higher sea levels, and a more tropical feel in many…

WASHINGTON — Scientists have devised the most detailed map to date of the terrain hidden below the vast ice sheet blanketing Antarctica, uncovering an exuberant landscape of mountains, canyons, valleys ​and plains while discerning for…

About 9,000 years ago, part of Antarctica’s eastern ice sheet collapsed astonishingly fast, driven by warmer ocean water. The study focuses on the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, a vast body of land ice in East Antarctica.Altogether,…

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah appears poised to become a future location of a California-based energy company's underground nuclear reactor.Deep Fission in September announced Utah, Texas and Kansas as the first three planned sites for the…

It’s getting harder and harder for the Hubble and other telescopes orbiting Earth to capture pristine images thanks to the sudden surge in satellite launches. Satellite trails could mess up nearly 40 percent of images the Hubble takes…

Federal officials on Monday renamed the National Renewable Energy Laboratory — which is headquartered in Golden — and removed any mention of renewable energy. The decades-old energy research hub is now called the National Laboratory of…

The first person infected with the H5N5 bird flu has died, according to health officials in Washington.The person, who lived in Grays Harbor County, had been hospitalized earlier this month in Kings County, where Seattle is…

Environment Canada caught off guard as Montreal hit harder than expected by snowstorm CTV News Read More

It was a typical afternoon at Ziggy’s Refuge Farm Sanctuary (ZRFS) when owners Kristin Hartness and Jay Yontz suddenly had a concerning realization: They hadn’t seen their beloved senior pup, Whitey, in a few hours.The couple began…

West Sonatala, Bangladesh – An ordinary day for Andharmanik, a small community newspaper, begins in a crowded fish market.Walking down the steps from the road to the fish landing point in Mohipur, a town in the district of Patuakhali…