October 20, 2015 NASA keeping close eye on Arctic climate A speedy trip across Alaska's vast, roadless tundra and tall mountains requires travel by air.
October 20, 2015 World must act quickly to reverse buildup of heat-trapping gases, UN climate change panel says The cost of keeping global warming in check is "relatively modest," but only if the world acts quickly to reverse the buildup of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere, the head of the U.N.'s expert panel on climate change said Sunday.
October 20, 2015 Sorry, Yogi: Yosemite outsmarts its food-stealing bears Remembering to lock up everything from baby wipes to bratwurst may be irksome for Yosemite National Park visitors, but a new study finds the park's stringent food storage rules slashed the amount of human food eaten by black bears by 63 percent
October 20, 2015 Monster goldfish found in Lake Tahoe A new kind of lake monster has been found, in the depths of Lake Tahoe: gigantic goldfish.
October 20, 2015 Leaked UN climate report slammed for citing WWF, Greenpeace Critics are blasting a draft U.N. climate change report that combines studies by advocacy groups like the World Wildlife Fund and Greenpeace alongside scientific research papers -- the same issue that led independent auditors to slam the U.N.'s last report.
October 20, 2015 China, other Asian countries chief source of 8.8 million tons of plastics that hit ocean Each year about 8.8 million tons of plastic ends up in the world oceans, a quantity much higher than previous estimates, according to a new study that tracked marine debris from its source.
October 20, 2015 Last minute deal salvaged UN climate talks A last-minute deal that salvaged U.N. climate talks from collapse early Sunday sends a signal the rich-poor divide that long held up progress can be overcome with a year to go before a landmark pact is supposed to be adopted in Paris.
October 20, 2015 NASA images reveal shocking scale of Aral Sea disaster A series of NASA satellite images has revealed the shocking decline of water levels in the Aral Sea, a massive environmental disaster dubbed “the quiet Chernobyl.”
October 20, 2015 Fukushima monkeys' blood shows signs of radiation exposure Wild monkeys living in forests of Fukushima the Japanese city that was the site of a nuclear power plant meltdown in 2011 have lower blood cell counts than monkeys from northern Japan, and carry detectable levels of cesium in their bodies, researchers have found
October 20, 2015 Cold-water coral found growing off Greenland A cold-water coral that thrives in deep, dark water has been found growing off the shore of Greenland as a reef for the first time, scientists report.