Chernobyl’s toll on nature (Video) 6/5/2014

Biologist Timothy Mousseau has been studying the lasting effects of radiation on the flora and fauna of Chernobyl, Ukraine. ...more

Dubai’s MENASOL conference unites solar energy in the Middle East 5/5/2014

Over 400 senior executives will descend on Dubai this week to learn how best to develop and construct photovoltaic (PV) and concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) plants in the region’s top markets including Jordan, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Morocco. ...more

This restaurant hasn't taken out the trash in nearly two years (Video) 5/5/2014

A restaurant owner in Chicago who hasn't emptied the trash in nearly two years has a simple explanation: There isn't anything to take out. ...more

East Antarctica more at risk than thought to long-term thaw: study 5/5/2014

The Wilkes Basin in East Antarctica, stretching more than 1,000 km (600 miles) inland, has enough ice to raise sea levels by 3 to 4 meters (10-13 feet) if it were to melt as an effect of global warming, the report said. ...more

Bicycles can change the world 5/5/2014

Saying that bicycles can change the world might sound like an oversimplification of things, but when you start to break it down, it’s easy to see that the bicycle has an effect on a lot more than just how we get from point A to point B. ...more

First standardized global land cover map released 5/5/2014

The first map of detailed information on worldwide land cover collected using uniform international standards, the Global Land Cover-SHARE database, was released in March by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). ...more

U.N.'s Ban urges climate action ahead of New York summit 5/5/2014

"We have to ask the leaders to commit to bold ambitious targets and we will ask them to accelerate their actions on the ground," Ban told a two-day conference on climate change in the United Arab Emirates capital Abu Dhabi. ...more

New environmental police to arrest wildlife poachers 2/5/2014

Saudi Arabia will soon have an environmental police unit to arrest poachers and others who harm the environment, according to Prince Bandar bin Saud, president of the Saudi Wildlife Commission (SWC). ...more

Chinese man seeks divorce after smog drives family apart 2/5/2014

A Beijing man is seeking to divorce his wife after she took their son to a tropical island province to escape the capital's notorious smog, saying the long-distance relationship had destroyed their marriage, state media said on Thursday. ...more

Group to sue U.S. over changes to eagle protection rules 2/5/2014

Conservationists plan to sue the U.S. government over new rules they say loosen protection for eagles killed by wind farm turbines, arguing they threaten decades of protection that saved the bald eagle, America's national emblem, from extinction. ...more