Science & Environment
Antarctic high temp records will take months to verify: UN
Record high temperatures reportedly measured in Antarctica will take months to verify, the U.N. weather agency said Sunday. A spokesman for the ...Hurricane-force winds pound UK and Europe, upend travel
Storm Ciara battered the U.K. and northern Europe with hurricane-force winds and heavy rains Sunday, halting flights and trains and producing heaving ...UK to ban new petrol car sales from 2035
Britain will bring forward a ban on sales of new petrol and diesel vehicles to 2035, including hybrids, Prime Minister Boris Johnson ...Wildfire creates state of emergency in Australian capital
The Australian capital region declared a state of emergency on Friday because of an out-of-control forest fire burning erratically to its south. ...New telescope reveals sun’s surface in closest detail yet
Images from a powerful new telescope installed on top of a volcano in Hawaii show the surface of the sun in the ...Major quake shakes Miami and the Caribbean, tsunami threat passes
A major 7.7 magnitude quake struck Tuesday in the Caribbean northwest of Jamaica, the US Geological Survey reported, raising the risk of ...Philippine volcano alert lowered, thousands return home
Philippine authorities on Sunday lowered the alert level at Taal Volcano, two weeks after it began spewing ash, steam and rocks, a ...Pyrenees glaciers ‘doomed’, experts warn
Glaciers nestled in the lofty crags of the Pyrenees mountains separating France and Spain could disappear within 30 years as temperatures rise, ...Australia: Authorities kill 5,000 camels over environmental concerns
Helicopter-borne marksmen killed more than 5,000 camels in a five-day cull of feral herds that were threatening indigenous communities in drought-stricken areas ...Rumbling volcano shuts down Philippine capital
Schools and businesses shut across the Philippine capital on Monday as a volcano belched clouds of ash across the city and seismologists ...














