Mayan demise caused by severe droughts, says study
Researchers have studied minerals extracted from a Belize underwater water cave, the Blue Hole, revealing that there was a severe drought between year 800...
Signatures submitted against California’s plastic bag ban
There are enough signatures for a referendum against California’s plastic bag ban, SB 270.
Several counties and cities in California have approved the prohibition of single-use...
TransCanada buys eighth solar facility from Canadian Solar
TransCanada Corporation announced on Monday that it has bought its eighth Ontario solar facility, the newly built Liskeard 1 facility, from Canadian Solar Solutions Inc....
NASA releases International Space Station mobile app
NASA has released a new mobile app for those interested in the hundreds of experiments that are conducted on the International Space Station.
It provides...
Lava flow from Kilauea advances toward Pahoa Marketplace
A river of molten lava from an erupting volcano on Hawaii's Big Island has advanced 10 yards toward a shopping center since Saturday afternoon.
The...
Mussel shells become more brittle due to climate change
Mussel’s shells become more brittle as climate change causes oceans to become increasingly acidic, a team of scientists from the University of Glasgow wrote...
Sea snail “Pinto Abalone” denied federal protection status
The National Marine Fisheries Service has decided not to add the pinto abalone, a highly valued six-inch Pacific Ocean marine snail, to the endangered...
European fire ants may wreak havoc on North American ecosystems
The European fire ant, Myrmica rubra, is an invasive ant species that is becoming increasingly common in eastern North America. It not only infests...
Spectacular time-lapse video of Earth from the ISS by German astronaut
A German astronaut, Alexander Gerst, created a spectacular high-resolution time-lapse video showing what our planet looks like from the International Space Station (the video...
First time ‘supergiant’ amphipod was filmed alive 5 miles underwater
In the Mariana Trench, the deepest place on Earth, a mysterious ‘supergiant’ amphipod was filmed alive for the first time, five miles underwater by...