Thousands of emails and other electronic documents from one of the leading climate charge research centers have been posted online. The content of these emails is said to draw into question the validity of global warming and the claims that have been made by climate change researchers.The emails were sent by some of the top climate change ...

In case you missed it last night, the annual Leonid meteor shower continues tonight through to November 20 in the skies over the world. If you plan on doing some meteor gazing, you have three more nights to catch them, and the best time to see the meteor shower is after 1:30am. Last night from an urban park at midnight, friends and I saw no ...

The Leonid meteor shower is on full display tonight after midnight EST, so be ready to see some amazing meteor action in the skies over North America! While the Leonid meteor shower typically lasts from November 13 to 20, tonight is pegged as the peak of the annual  meteor shower, and skywatchers anticipate ideal viewing conditions with ...

Carbon dioxide is the most prevalent greenhouse gas in the Earth’s atmosphere, so reducing production and trapping any existing CO2 is something on the agenda for everyone looking to fight climate change. Conventional ideas for doing this included planting more trees, but a recent study has been looking at intentionally storing carbon in cities as ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are worried that the H1N1 virus or swine flu may be responsible for anywhere from 30,000 to 90,000 deaths this winter. Estimates from the World Health Organization include projections of 1 in 3 people becoming infected before the expected pandemic runs its course to the tune of about two ...

  The all-white humpback whale named Migaloo was spotted after a two year abscence off the coast of Australia. A fan favorite among whale watchers and scientists, many consider Migaloo to be the only albino humpback whale in the world, which has earned the 20-year-old whale the honor of being called the 8th wonder of the world among ...

NOAA - the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (also responsible for the recent NOAA Hurricane forecast of reduced hurricanes this year) declared that this past July broke previous records for the warmest global ocean surface temperature.  The previous record was established in 1998. However, the combined average global land and ...

Must-see award-winning documentary The Cove stirs up dark waters around dolphin capture and slaughter. Action-packed dolphin doc The Cove follows activists as they attempt to infiltrate a highly guarded cove in Taji, Japan where more than 20,000 dolphins a year are caught and killed for their mercury contaminated meat (often passed off as whale ...

Stargazers will be in for a treat Tuesday night when the annual Perseid meteor shower occurs. Unlike the July 2009 solar eclipse, this meteor shower will be visible from anywhere in the world; with the possibility of seeing up to 80 meteors per hour flash across the sky.The highest concentration of meteors will occur on Wednesday during the ...

Scientists have created a mutant strain of corn that can signal when it’s under attack according to a new study. This feat has been achieved by augmenting natural defenses that are already present in the corn to emit a sort of ‘distress call’ when beetle larvae attack. The corn releases a gassy chemical compound into the soil that alerts ...