ENVIRONMENT

Innovations can make solar energy more affordable and user friendly.

The invasion of red imported fire ants in NSW port has been contained, but further investigation is being done to find out how and when did they came to Sydney.

Research by the Met Office showed that human influence had a major role to play in climate change.

There are conflicting numbers as to the number of people who have died because of the fury of typhoon Ruby (Hagupit) which slammed Eastern Visayas on Saturday night, destroying more than 1,500 homes. It took the same path as super typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) that battered the country in November 2013.

A pod of sperm whales were washed ashore the beach of Yorke Peninsula. Possible reasons for the stranding is being probed by environment authorities.

Four teeth of an endangered whale were sawed off.

The man cut the dead shark only to find out that it was pregnant with three live baby sharks.

Scientists have invented a multi-layered ultrathin material than can keep indoor air cool by radiating heat from the building and by reflecting incoming sunlight to space.

Engravings were found by Dr Stephen Munro on fossilised shells from Java.

The world’s untainted region is now being polluted with trace elements in pharmaceutical products.

An amateur photographer caught a shark photobombing surfers during a surfing competition.

A mineral that was referred to as perovskite has been named Bridgmanite.

Darren Jew captured an image for which he was waiting for, for a span of two decades.

According to scientists, there was going to be more infectious outbreaks in the ocean that could be because of environmental changes.

Global Warming explained with the help of pictorial representation. Interested readers can check out their own streets getting flooded.

The Netherlands plans to use its aquatic resource to develop a viable system that could produce renewable power source.

Two new species of dinosaurs were discovered by Dr Nick Longrich, from the Department of Biology and Biochemistry at the University of Bath.

Canada's East Coast is in for an onslaught of snow, ice and rain.

A weak El Niño will have Canadians feel anew 2013's winter conditions, though possibly not as frigid.

SeaBed, an autonomous underwater vehicle, was used to measure the thickness of the sea ice in the Antarctic Sea.

A sword from the 12th century was found in 1975 and it is said that the sword could have belonged to Tsar Ivan the Terrible

Environmental authorities are still looking into the probable causes for deaths of sea animals along Peruvian coasts.

Thousands in Ontario have no access to power supply following a deluge of strong winds.

World Bank’s latest assessment on climate change prompts world leaders to act more determinedly.

Scientists explain how agricultural production affects CO2 levels in the Northern Hemisphere.

A study done by Nice de Bruyn and his team found that seals attempted to force themselves on king penguins.

A study by scientists and researchers from Canada and the United States found that, from 2004 to 2006, the survival rates of polar bear was low.

Climatologist John L. Casey's new book counters the global warming theorists and predicts a severe, 30-year-old cold spell due to solar hibernation.

More than 50 percent of US was covered in snow on Nov. 17 and it is the first time that it has happened since they began estimating snow cover in 2008.