2010 has been dominated by extreme natural phenomena, becoming known as the year of global weirding. Heat waves are just...

Plastic causes a trifecta of problems. We're running out of places to dump our non-biodegradable plastic waste and it's ...

Satellite data indicate that carbon storage by plants is decreasing despite climate warming.

Leading scientists say meat grown in vats may be necessary to feed 9 billion people expected to be alive by middle of century.

As much as 12 percent of the world's human-caused greenhouse gas emissions could be sustainably offset by producing biochar, a charcoal-like substance made from plants and other organic materials. That's more than what could be offset if the same plants and materials were burned to generate energy, concludes a study published today.

...of all the destructive powers in our world, none resembles the ferocity and form of those mythic monsters quite like tornadoes. These storms descend like a dagger from the clouds. They tower over the tallest buildings like titans. And when they lash out at their surroundings, they often seem to act with malicious, mindful intent.

An orange balloon floated 50 feet above California State University, Fresno's small dairy herd last week, helping in the unsavory task of gathering air samples from a plume of pungent gases.

Government and retailers are under pressure to impose a ban on sale of pesticides linked to bee population decline following new research which groups call a 'growing body of evidence'.

Adding biochar to soil might be a good way to cut pollution from agriculture while improving fertility. David Biello reports

Reports saying that 75 percent of the gulf oil spill has either been cleaned up or broken down by natural forces are likely incorrect, and there are still big problems lurking beneath the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, says a Texas A&M scientist who conducted one of the first on-site studies of the spill.