ENVIRONMENT

The WHO has declared the Ebola outbreak in Central Africa a global health emergency, urging immediate international action to contain the virus's rapid spread and high fatality rate.

A burst of seismic activity shook northwest Louisiana early Monday when four earthquakes struck within a 10-minute window near the small village of Edgefield, intensifying concerns in a region that has seen unusual tremors in recent weeks.

Research from the University of Sydney has shown that organic farming, which often utilizes organic carbon fertilizers, can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 50%.

A humpback found itself in a crocodile-infested river and Australian authorities are working on leading it back to open water. 

Our beaches are our summer playgrounds, yet beach litter and marine debris injures one-fifth of beach users, particularly children and older people.

Last week, President Tommy Remengesau Jr signed the legislation to ban “reef-toxic” sunscreen from 2020.

When major disasters hit, the first priority is to keep people safe. This process can involve dramatic evacuations, rescues and searches.

On Saturday night, Australians who switch over to daylight saving time will get an hour less of sleep as they move their clocks forward.

Earthquakes in the central and eastern United States have increased dramatically in the last decade as a result of human activities.

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Lunar eclipses have fascinated cultures across the globe, and inspired several striking myths and legends, many of which portray the event as an omen.

The 2016 marine heatwave that killed vast amounts of coral on the Great Barrier Reef also caused significant changes to fishes and other animals that live on these reefs.

The Gulf Stream, which curves along the southern shore of Newfoundland, is saturated with plastics. Fish that feed from the surface waters, where plastics tend to accumulate, are in an ideal position to ingest plastics.

The next fortnight will be a real treat for stargazers - there are five planets to see in the evening sky, Mars is looking the best we’ve seen in 15 years, and on the morning of July 28 there will be a total lunar eclipse.

The soaring temperatures in Europe and North America have seen a rise in reports of dogs being rescued from hot cars. Police across England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, and Canada have all saved dogs from certain death.

The Turnbull government has pledged $500 million in the May budget for the rehabilitation of the Great Barrier Reef.

Scientists have known for a long time that as climate change started to heat up the Earth, its effects would be most pronounced in the Arctic. This expectation has become a reality.

Scientists have warned that Earth’s sixth mass extinction is already underway. This means that three quarter of the planet’s species could soon disappear.

Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf is cracking, and once it gives way, it will set adrift one of the largest icebergs on record. Thus, all eyes are on the ice shelf as the deep crack continues to cut across its surface.

Scientists have recently discovered that after a global catastrophe killed off the dinosaurs, frogs began taking advantage of the catastrophe. The new study has claimed that 88 percent of frog species alive today owe their existence to the meteor impact 66 million years ago.

Researchers at the University of Zurich may finally have an answer to the mysterious disappearance of the Megalodon, which was once the world’s biggest shark, at least three times the size of a Great White.

Australian and international researchers have found out that the rate at which global sea levels have risen in a little over two decades has increased by 50 percent. Researchers involved in the study used refined satellite estimates to come to this shocking discovery.

Technology blackouts could become commonplace on Earth as scientists stated that solar flares are difficult to predict than previously thought. Solar winds may lead to tech blackouts, and our planet is unprepared for it.

World Heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef in Australia is the largest living structure on this planet, and according to a new study, it is worth $56 billion. It is too big an economic driver and ecosystem to fail, the study revealed.

Gordon Shepherd and his colleague Young-Min Cho, atmospheric scientists at York University, have discovered via a study that waves above planet Earth could have caused a “Nocturnal Sun.”

Museums Australia and a government research organisation recently sponsored an international team of scientists to find out what lives on the ocean floor off the Australian Coast. Their purpose was to know as well how the creatures down there have adapted to survive. They were simply astonished.

Latest reports from Australia suggest that shark nets have been removed from NSW beaches to protect migrating whales. NSW Primary Industries Minister Niall Blair has said that nets at Evans Head Beach, Lennox Head’s Seven Mile Beach, Shelly Beach, Sharpes Beach and Ballina’s Lighthouse Beach will be removed two weeks prior to the end of the six-month trial.

Environmentalists and other experts suggest that the Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching is set to worsen this year. In 2016, the reef faced the most widespread bleaching in history that caused massive outrage across the world.

A giant new species of fossil otter was recently recovered in northeastern Yunnan Province, China.