This series of images shows aerosols (particles in the air) over the Amazon each September, the peak of the fire seasons, from 2005 through 2008. The amount of aerosols was unusually high in 2007, and unusually low in 2008.
Beetles Add New Dynamic to Forest Fire Control Efforts
More than 7 million acres of trees have been killed by the tiny insects, complicating experts’ efforts to reduce wildfires.
Sediment Yields Climate Record For Past Half-million Years
Researchers here have used sediment from the deep ocean bottom to reconstruct a record of ancient climate that dates back more than the last half-million years.
Is The Sky The Limit For Wind Power? High-flying Kites Could Light Up New York
In the future, will wind power tapped by high-flying kites light up New York? A new study identifies New York as a prime location for exploiting high-altitude winds, which globally contain enough energy to meet world demand 100 times over.
Shell Settles Lawsuit Over Nigerian Executions for $15.5 Million
After legal battles lasting nearly 14 years, oil giant Royal Dutch Shell paid a $15.5 million out-of-court settlement to plaintiffs from the Ogoni region of Nigeria.
What Is Killing Chile's Coastal Wildlife?
No one knows exactly what has caused four apparently unrelated Chilean environmental disasters in as many months.
Three Gorges Dam, China
The Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River—the world’s largest dam—was completed in 2006, and the river is filling up its valley behind the dam.
Ocean trash problem 'far from being solved,' U.N. says
The world’s oceans are full of trash, causing “tremendous” negative impacts on coastal life and ecology, according to a U.N. report released Monday.
Democracy Bridge Damaged by Earthquake
The Honduran city of El Progreso was among the cities most affected when a magnitude 7.3 earthquake rattled Central America on May 28, 2009.
Genetically modified crops get the Vatican's blessing
The Pontifical Academy of Sciences to back oft-demonised genetically modified crops as an answer to world hunger and poverty may come as a surprise.