Mount Tambora in Indonesia 1815 was the planet’s last massive eruption and it ushered in global disaster. Scientists warn the world may be due another and it is not prepared

The common murre, a large black-and-white seabird native to northern waters, has become far less common in Alaska over the past decade due to climate change.

NASA has announced that the world as we know it may be facing significant existential threats, lining up with physicist Stephen Hawking's prediction.

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Failing to curb emissions of nitrous oxide will make it impossible to meet the main goal of the Paris climate agreement to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, according to the first major global assessment of the pollutant released on Thursday. WHY IT'S IMPORTANT Nitrous oxide is the third most prevalent greenhouse gas and the worst

Global warming during the Last Interglacial period caused so much Arctic ice to melt that Atlantic currents collapsed — and scientists say these are the conditions we could be heading toward.

The "finger of death" is a fast-growing brinicle that kills anything it touches and has baffled scientists since its discovery.

Our species is especially vulnerable.

Humanity risks losing the beautiful, complex reefs that have existed on Earth for millennia. Governments and officials have now acknowledged this devastating fact.

"If it's taken us 18 years just to get ready to do the first people in orbit, we've got to improve our rate of innovation."

For U.S. seismologists, Japan’s “megaquake” warning last week renewed discussion about when and how to warn people on the West Coast if they find elevated risk of a major earthquake.

Research found signs of ancient viruses in Neanderthal DNA that they may have gotten from ancient humans and could have contributed to their extinction.

A surge of sick sea lions are washing up along a popular coast for beachgoers, experts say. Teams rescue affected sea lions, but for many their condition may be too advanced to help.

Housing policies may be becoming more pet inclusive, but housing insecurity is getting worse, finds a new study that examined the housing issues that led to owners turning their pets over to an animal shelter.

Cholera, a waterborne disease that has been eradicated in the UK since 1893, could see 'unusually large outbreaks' due to increasing climate 'anomalies'

It's a slightly confusing state of affairs. New research suggests major change in China's air pollution may have kick-started bizarre effects: 'It will give us surprises' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Kamala Harris has changed her Left-wing stance on several key policy issues after her previous liberal views were attacked by Donald Trump. The Vice-President, who is the presumptive Democratic nominee for November’s election, has abandoned her opposition to fracking and private healthcare, and is claiming a tough record on crime and the illegal mi...

Experts warn that the sun's next "solar maximum" could be more powerful and arrive sooner than expected.

The quake was felt across Lubbock.

Temperatures across the western U.S. will continue to soar as we get into the new workweek, and millions of people from the Pacific Northwest to Southern California and Las Vegas have been placed under a heat alert because of the potential health risks.

Our planet’s coral reefs have been in trouble for a while, with mass bleaching events becoming more common every year. However, after record high ocean temperatures occurred all over the planet last year, experts now say that the 4th mass global bleaching event is underway and it could spell doom for these natural wonders.

Doug McIntyre and Dave Calloway discuss whether the tipping point for climate change has been surpassed. Calloway believes it has, noting that climate conditions are worsening rapidly. He cites Phoenix’s 54 days over 110 degrees last year, which resulted in 660 deaths. Calloway warns that the number of heat-related illnesses and deaths in the U.S....