According to the Association of British Engineers, artificial trees are the most promising way to slow down climate change. Artificial trees are currently being studied at Columbia University.
Mental illness will rise due to climate change, The Sydney Morning Herald reports, citing a report by the Sydney Climate Institute, "Climate of Suffering: The True Cost of Living Without Climate Action."
Female tits living near roads and human settlements have to change their sexual habits: usually they prefer low-voiced males, but industrial noise forces them to deal with those who sing high, but can be heard.
Using statistical analysis, American scientists have established a relationship between El Niño cycles and the frequency of civil wars "in many tropical countries," The Independent writes, citing a publication in Nature.
Staghorn coral (Acropora palmata) was once the most common reef builder in the Caribbean, but populations have declined by 90% in the last decade, partly due to a disease called white pox, which exposes the coral's skeleton, killing its soft tissue.
The Sun's exit from maximum activity is likely to increase the risk of radiation exposure to aircraft and spacecraft, according to researchers from the University of Reading in the UK.
Global warming has unexpected consequences: now the main danger comes from fires in the tundra, writes Paolo Virtuani in an article published on the website of the newspaper Corriere della Sera.
A study of food remains from ancient sites along the lower Ica River in Peru has confirmed earlier suggestions that even early humans did not live in harmony with nature.
Recycling the epic amounts of carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere is extremely difficult, but many scientists believe it is not only worth the effort, but necessary.
The Arctic - a mosaic of seas, glaciers and the northern edges of continents - is a place most of us will never see. And for most of us, when we think of the Arctic, one thing comes to mind: ice.
