Major earthquake in Tokyo metropolitan area may claim 18,000 lives: estimate
TOKYO – A powerful earthquake that has a high chance of occurring beneath Tokyo and nearby areas within…
Canada may approve a new oil pipeline. First Nations tribes fear another ‘worst-case scenario’ | Canada
The distress call went out to the Canadian coast guard station after midnight on an October night. The…
‘The roar of Hurricane Melissa sounded like a devil’
Handout The family lost everything in the storm, including their 100-year-old home A British family who relocated to…
India driving global surge in renewable energy
PURI : India has recorded its highest-ever non-fossil capacity addition of 31.25 Gigawatts (GW), including 24.28 GW of…
Environment Agency faces landfill tax bill worth millions to clear illegal waste | Waste
Millions of pounds in landfill tax owed to the government has to be paid by the Environment Agency…
I spent a nearly silent weekend in a forest cabin in Sweden. Here’s what I learned
In October, Skåne in Sweden launched an unusual tourism campaign. The southern county was looking for travellers interested…
Storms in the Southern Ocean are producing more rain – and the consequences could be global
By Steven Siems and Zhaoyang Kong of Photo taken on Nov. 25, 2018 shows iceberg seen from China’s…
Two kiwi chicks give hope for species once thought extinct on mainland
Two tiny little spotted kiwi chicks have given conservationists proof that a species thought extinct on mainland Aotearoa…
We’ll Be Dumping a Garbage Truck of Plastic Every Second by 2040, Report Warns
Around the world, plastic is falling through the cracks of waste management systems and into our water, land,…
‘I couldn’t believe what I was seeing’
An amateur photographer in southern Spain captured something almost no one expected to see. Ángel Hidalgo managed to…
‘I’d never thought of this before’
Bringing home strawberries or tomatoes often means ending up with a pile of clear plastic clamshell containers. Instead…
Waterloo’s Christmas Tree Lab is trying to save a long-standing tradition from climate change
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a…