by Agence France-Presse. PARIS — Climate change could reduce key harvests in China by a fifth if the gloomiest scenarios prove true, according to a study on Wednesday. Publishing in the journal Nature , a team of Chinese scientists... 

by Randy Rieland. Once upon a time in the wonderful world of oil, the crude guys took care of the government guys. They gave them expensive presents. They partied with them. They were a team, a family. Not … any … more.... 

by Randy Rieland. The federal government doesn’t do simple — which make its latest idea for rating auto fuel efficiency a thing of rare beauty. Simple  Read More →

by Agence France-Presse. MOSCOW — Russia lost forests with an economic value of at least $300 billion in the wildfires during its worst ever heatwave, environmentalists said on Thursday. The economic damage amounted to $25,000... 

by Randy Rieland. Just what the Senate needs: another climate change denier. Joe Miller’s potential upset of Sen. Lisa Murkowski in Alaska’s Republican primary could mean another diehard climate skeptic in the mix.  Read More →

by Jonathan Hiskes. The New Jersey-New York-Philadelphia Amtrak mess that left commuters stranded this week just goes to show you that widespread passenger rails will never be a viable competitor to America’s highway system.... 

Scientists studying the massive earthquake that struck the South Pacific on September 29, 2009, have found that it actually involved two great earthquakes: an initial one with magnitude 8.1, which then triggered another magnitude 8... 

by Agence France-Presse. PARIS — A giant iceberg that snapped away from Greenland last week is a signal that global warming is causing the island’s continent-sized ice cap to melt faster than expected, scientists say.... 

by Jonathan Hiskes. The Cordoba House in lower Manhattan will be the nation’s first “green” LEED-certified mosque, Ibrahim Abdul-Matin reports at Daily Beast . It’s also been rechristened as ” Park51... 

Biochar is charcoal type created by the pyrolysis of biomass, and differs from ordinary charcoal only in the sense that its primary use is not for fuel, but for biosequestration or atmospheric carbon capture and storage. As much as... 

Earth’s solid inner core may be continually inching eastward relative to its liquid outer core, renewing itself by shedding its front while solidifying its back, a team of French scientists suggests. The idea counters traditional... 

by Agence France-Presse. NEW ORLEANS — Hopes for an end to the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster rose Wednesday as BP prepared to permanently seal its runaway well with cement and U.S. officials said that three-quarters of the toxic... 

Only since we invented lawn pesticides have we tried to kill white clover. Here’s are six reasons you should invite “nature’s fertilizer factory” into your lawn, and stop thinking of it as a weed. See all 21... 

Tiny marine algae, known as phytoplankton, are the backbone of the marine food chain, yet a new study in Nature has found that this backbone is disintegrating. Researchers discovered that since 1950 phytoplankton has declined by approximately... 

by Agence France-Presse. NEW ORLEANS — Incoming BP boss Bob Dudley vowed on Friday that the British energy giant would not abandon Gulf residents for years to come, as engineers fine-tuned plans to kill a ruptured well for good.... 

A green myth is on the march. It wants to blame the world’s over-breeding poor people for the planet’s peril. It stinks. And on World Population Day, I encourage fellow environmentalists not to be seduced. The actor Jeremy... 

A green myth is on the march. It wants to blame the world’s over-breeding poor people for the planet’s peril. It stinks. And on World Population Day, I encourage fellow environmentalists not to be seduced. The actor Jeremy... 

by Randy Rieland. Crack open the flat seltzer. The U.S. is no longer the world’s top energy hog. That dubious distinction now goes to China , although China insists there’s been a terrible mistake . We actually have a... 

We asked you for your (very) short stories about your worst nature experiences. Here are the best of the worst. Visit link: The Best Worst Nature Experiences in 140 Characters  Read More →

We asked you for your worst nature experiences. Here they are. Continue reading here: Your Worst Nature Experiences  Read More →