Environment
VIDEO: U.K. debating whether to expand fracking onshore
Onshore natural gas drilling accounts for just 1.5 percent of British gas supplies. Some companies would like to change that using fracking, a controversial process where water, sand and chemicals are blown into rock formations to release the gas.
Thrill seekers hit volcano's slopes at high speed in new extreme sport
At Cerro Negro, extreme sports junkies have a new adventure: volcano boarding. Traveling at nearly 60 mph, they careen down the mountain on plywood boards the size of snow sleds....
Group trying to develop new list of 7 Wonders of the World, with natural twist
The New 7 Wonders group has a new, more natural list of Wonders of the World. Visiting them will take you from South America to Africa to Asia and introduce you to some of Mother Nature's most breath-taking sites....
VIDEO: Cryogenics may be the key to saving Australia's Great Barrier Reef
Scientists from the United States and Australia are teaming up to try and help save disappearing coral reefs, by freezing coral eggs and sperm, so that endangered species aren't lost. The coral can be grown in the lab, and then implanted on the reefs....
Sustainable seafood labels becoming common, but do they mean what they say?
Popular retailers like Target, Costco and Walmart have started to sell fish labeled as certified sustainable. But there's disagreement on what these labels mean....
'Green magician' uses magic to show power of recycling
CJ May is a green magician, trying to use magic and performances to show how by recycling, we can perform magic in our everyday lives....
Congressmen seek changes to environmental protection law
In the wake of an investigation into a well-known Tennessee guitar manufacturer, Gibson Guitar, two Tennessee lawmakers are seeking to loosen the environmental regulations that enabled the federal government to raid the company....
European Union turning to science to help find, stop illegal fishing
A genetic study of fish and fishing in the European Union is aiming to help scientist determine whether fish were pulled from sustainable populations or areas that are under threat....
Giant gold, copper deposits discovered in Alaska — digging them out the trouble
About 200 miles from Anchorage, in a remote corner of a remote state, there's hundreds of billions of dollars of minerals laying underground. Getting them out, however, could endanger an important natural ecosystem....
Deadly bat disease kills entire colonies
Scientists have recently determined that a European fungus is decimating whole colonies of bats in New England....
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Mark Elliot (24 May, 2012 12:35:17)'Accidents' aren't keeping people from riding a bike; collisions owing to reckless operation of a motor vehicle indeed to keep folks in four wheels instead ... -
Ferrit (23 May, 2012 09:02:08)The whole judicial system is corrupt, I have been trying to settle a case in Rawalpindi court for the last 7 years with no success. The ...
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Ana (23 May, 2012 06:31:34)Who Could Refuse to Protect the Rainforest of Brazil and Feed 9 Billion People? Anyone looking at Brazil on the map sees a huge swath of ...
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john2397 (23 May, 2012 04:50:31)Looks like the major powers are ready for the new and the most deadly WAR on false ground and unwise premises. If Iran is ready ...
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Brian Adams (23 May, 2012 03:27:25)I'm surprised tourism hasn't increased to see the wreck!