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Like the super volcano in Yellowstone National Park, experts have been preparing for the eruption of the Campi Flegrei volcano near the Bay of Naples, in Italy for some time...

Dozens of cities and towns in Japan have quietly shifted from traditional utility-based grid power system to a more local, resilient model of generating and storing energy where it is used. After significant damage caused...

While Hurricane Irma barrels through the Caribbean towards the United States mainland, another two potentially powerful storms are waiting in the wings...

Melting Arctic ice and spiking temperatures don't just affect the northernmost part of Earth. According to Cornell University professor Charles Greene, they can also impact storms, like Hurricane Harvey, that are thousands...

Tropical Storm Harvey is battering the Houston area, affecting over 6.8 million people. With so many people and pets displaced and suffering, you may be wondering how you can help. Whether you live close to the disaster area...

Hurricane Harvey didn’t just devastate homes and businesses - it may also have totaled up to half a million cars. An estimated 500,000 Texan vehicles will likely be scrapped, leading to a massive sales wave of new and used...

By now everyone knows that Texas is still suffering from the aftermath of the potent Category 4 Hurricane Harvey that swept into the region over the weekend...

Tropical Storm Harvey is battering the Houston area, affecting over 6.8 million people. With so many people and pets displaced and suffering, you may be wondering how you can help. Whether you live close to the disaster area...

In addition to aiding digestion, it turns out saliva can also power batteries. Researchers at Binghamton University discovered this while inventing a small, paper-based battery that generates energy when mixed with a drop...

For eighteen months, scientists and concerned citizens waited for a giant iceberg to break off the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica. On July 12, the highly-anticipated event finally occurred. Because the iceberg, named A68,...

Due to global warming and rising temperatures, glaciers are slowly melting - and, in some cases, breaking apart. A massive 8-mile crack is steadily growing along Antarctica's Larsen C Ice Shelf - and when it splits, the resulting...

Due to global warming and rising temperatures, glaciers are slowly melting - and, in some cases, breaking apart. A massive 8-mile crack is steadily growing along Antarctica's Larsen C Ice Shelf - and when it splits, the resulting...

A series of heavy rainstorms has caused severe flooding near San Jose, California, forcing a mandatory evacuation of at least 14,000 residents overnight...

Wildfires in southern California are once again forcing residents to evacuate their homes, with more than 18 homes reportedly destroyed so far in the Santa Clarita Valley in Los Angeles county...

Predicting the date and time of an earthquake is impossible, but seismologists can use trends in tectonic activity to suggest where a big tremor might occur...