Science & Environment
Pope Francis calls for urgent action on climate change in White House speech
President Barack Obama and Pope Francis married their political and spiritual power to urge action on immigration and the environment Wednesday, during ...EU agrees Paris climate talks stance
The EU on Friday unveiled its stance on the upcoming climate negotiations in Paris, recommitting to its own greenhouse gas cuts for ...Chile rocked by deadly 8.3 magnitude earthquake
A magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck off the coast of Chile on Wednesday, killing at least five people and slamming powerful waves into ...Seven dead in French Alps avalanche
Seven people were killed Tuesday when an avalanche swept them away in the French Alps, a local official told AFP, one of ...Global warming to pick up in 2015, 2016
Man-made global warming is set to produce exceptionally high average temperatures this year and next, boosted by natural weather phenomena such as ...Thousands evacuated as California wildfires sweep on
Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency on Sunday in Northern California areas hit by a fast-expanding wildfire that injured four ...3 space station astronauts safely return to Earth
A Russian space capsule landed safely in Kazakhstan, bringing home a three-person crew from the International Space Station, including a record-breaking Russian ...New human species found in South African cave
The fossilised bones of 15 members of a previously unknown branch of the human family tree have been discovered in a cave ...Japan evacuates 100,000 in floods sparked by rare torrential rains
Japan evacuated about 100,000 people from their homes on Thursday, after rare torrential rains unleashed floods that left at least two people ...Linda becomes major hurricane far off Mexican coast
Hurricane Linda strengthened to a major storm Tuesday as it swirled in the Pacific far off the Mexican coast, US forecasters said.