ENVIRONMENT

Where Is the Hottest Place on Earth?

It gets much, much worse than Phoenix.

Teen Inspires Law Requiring Solar Panels on New South Miami Houses

A 17-year-old kick-started a municipal ordinance that will change how homes get built.

The Roomba's Creator Invented an Underwater Vacuum That Sucks Up Invasive Lionfish

The Guardian is designed to capture the hordes of lionfish devastating reefs and fish populations in the Atlantic Ocean.

Climate Change Could Resurrect the Dust Bowl

Deadly dust storms could return to the Great Plains by the end of the century.

Greenland’s Melting Ice Could Be Triggering Mountain Collapses

Warmer temperatures melt the ice that helps stabilize mountains.

Just How Hot Is Lava?

The burning question, answered.

NOAA Suomi-NPP/University of Oxford/Simon Proud

As Predicted, a Massive Iceberg Just Broke Off in Antarctica

The rift in the Larsen C ice shelf has been growing for years.

London Unveils New Electric-Powered Black Cabs

Up to 150 cabs are set to hit the road by 2018.

Restaurants Recycle Oyster Shells to Revitalize Ocean Reefs

Those oysters on the half shell you're slurping down could have a second life cleaning waterways and protecting coastal ecosystems.

China Is Now Home to a Panda-Shaped Solar Farm

Sustainable energy can sometimes also be adorable.

Artists Transform the Polar Bear Capital of the World Into Massive Mural Gallery

The Sea Walls project works with “artivists” from around the world to raise awareness of environmental issues.

An Iceberg the Size of Delaware Is About to Break Away From Antarctica

If the entire Larsen C ice shelf collapses, worldwide sea levels could go up by four inches.

Meet the Man Cloning Ancient Redwood Trees

Reforestation promises to bring back old-growth trees...very slowly.

Dive Into a 60,000-Year-Old Forest In the Gulf of Mexico With a New Documentary

It's a one-of-a-kind Ice Age relic.

Baseball-Sized Hail Is Set to Shower North America

Climate change is leading to an increase in the size of the hail that could hit the northern and central plains.

Bright Street Lights Can Be Bad for Your Health, Doctors Say

LED street lights are good for the environment, but not so much for people's health, the American Medical Association said in a new policy statement.

Seagulls Eat Garbage in Landfills and Then Poop Pollution Into Our Waters

What goes around comes around.

Watch Weevils Invade California Palm Trees

The South American palm weevil is eating palms' hearts out.

Sequoia Sent to Idaho by John Muir Will Be Uprooted and Moved Two Blocks

The tree was planted in Boise more than a century ago.

Seeing Trees Can Make You Feel Healthier

A Canadian study finds that 10 extra trees per city block made people feel as healthy as if they were seven years younger.

A Plankton Bloom Turns the Bosphorus Strait Turquoise

Clouds of reflective microbes paint swirls of aquamarine into the blue.

Ansgar Walk, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY 2.5

Polar Bears Are Consuming Less Mercury—But There's a Downside

Scientists say climate change in the Arctic has forced the bears to change their eating habits.

Hans Peters / Anefo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

5 Surprising Facts About Jacques Cousteau

French naval officer, explorer, and filmmaker Jacques-Yves Cousteau helped millions of people learn about what goes on under the ocean's surface—but he originally wanted to fly.

A Hawksbill sea turtle swimming in the ocean.

25 Things You Didn't Know About the World's Oceans

The ocean is a mysterious place. Dive into some lesser-known facts about the deep.

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