Scientists dim sunlight, suck up carbon dioxide to cool planet
OSLO -- Scientists are sucking carbon dioxide from the air with giant fans and preparing to release chemicals from a balloon to dim the...
World鈥檚 northernmost coral reef in Japan bleached
TOKYO -- Bleaching has damaged the world鈥檚 northernmost coral reef in Japan, a researcher said Tuesday, the latest example of a global phenomenon scientists...
Study throw dog domestication theories to the wolves
PARIS -- From the tiny chihuahua to the massive Saint Bernard, domestic dogs today trace their roots to a single group of wolves that...
鈥楽ixth extinction鈥 of wildlife faster than feared 鈥 scientists
PARIS 鈥 The sixth mass extinction of life on Earth is unfolding more quickly than feared, scientists have warned.
More than 30% of animals with...
Top four ways to shrink your carbon footprint are often overlooked
MIAMI 鈥 Researchers in Sweden have identified the top four things people can do to reduce their carbon footprint, but warned on Tuesday these...
New study reveals how frogs flourished after dinosaurs croaked
MIAMI 鈥 A massive asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs millions of years ago created room for frogs to colonize the Earth, said...
Are asteroids humanity鈥檚 鈥榞reatest challenge鈥?
PARIS -- Throughout its 4.5-billion-year history, Earth has been repeatedly pummeled by space rocks that have caused anything from an innocuous splash in the...
Water challenges flow from lack of strict law implementation
By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman
THE Philippines has 30 water-related government agencies, and yet, around eight million Filipinos still do not have access to...
UN chief: Save the oceans to avert 鈥榞lobal catastrophe鈥
UNITED NATIONS (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres recently urged countries to put aside national gain to save the oceans and avert a 鈥済lobal catastrophe鈥...
In the name of conservation: eavesdropping on fish sex
SCIENTISTS recently unveiled a unique new method for counting stocks of threatened fish 鈥 eavesdropping on their love calls when the fish gather in...
In China, maggots finish plates, and food waste
THOUSANDS OF voracious white maggots wiggle frenetically while tearing through trayfuls of leftover meat, vegetables, and fruits in an unusual farm in southwestern China.
It...
Envoys wade in to help US waters despite Trump climate snub
PRESIDENT Donald Trump may have torpedoed the Paris climate accord as US diplomats brace for huge cuts to their environmental programs. Recently, however, American...