Human : Science World Report

Jun 08, 2012 03:17 PM EDT

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

A huge island of trash floats in the North Pacific Gyre, and demonstrates exactly how much waste we produce as humans.

Jun 06, 2012 03:50 PM EDT

Earth Could Be Close To A Tipping Point

Major stresses on our environment could lead to a loss of biodiversity and irreversible changes in the environment.

Jun 02, 2012 11:23 AM EDT

New "Cool Blue" Compound Can Increase Energy Efficiency In Buildings

A new pigment could help reduce cooling costs and scale up energy efficiency in buildings.

May 31, 2012 01:54 PM EDT

Sunscreen The Planet: A New Way To Fight Global Warming

To offset our increasing carbon emissions, scientists are turning to particle-dispersion systems to use in our atmosphere.

May 31, 2012 12:18 PM EDT

Supervolcanoes Erupt In Incredibly Short Times

Previously thought to take hundreds of thousands of years to form, supervolcano eruptions can happen in as few as 500 years.

May 30, 2012 02:28 PM EDT

New materials could slash energy costs for CO2 capture

Study IDs â€˜zeoliteâ€™ minerals that are one-third more efficient for carbon capture.

May 30, 2012 02:25 PM EDT

New observations on the San Andreas Fault in Santa Cruz Mountains, Seattle Fault Zone

The research, conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey, with assistance from the California Geological Survey, suggests an average recurrence rate of 125 years, indicating the seismic hazard for the area may be significantly higher than currently recognized.

May 30, 2012 02:23 PM EDT

Landslides linked to plate tectonics create the steepest mountain terrain

Some of the steepest mountain slopes in the world got that way because of the interplay between terrain uplift associated with plate tectonics and powerful streams cutting into hillsides, leading to erosion in the form of large landslides, new research shows.

May 29, 2012 10:03 AM EDT

Food Security In The U.S. Threatened By Groundwater Depletion

A study found that irrigated agriculture might be putting too severe a strain on our nation's groundwater reserves.

May 28, 2012 02:07 PM EDT

New Computer Model Helps Identify Best Materials For Carbon Capture

A new computer model developed by a team of scientists allows for the cross-referencing of efficient carbon-capturing molecules.

May 28, 2012 10:53 AM EDT

It Took 10 Million Years For The Earth To Recover From The Greatest Mass Extinction

Thanks to repeated environmental shocks that are similar to what is going on today, biological life took 10 million years to recover.

May 25, 2012 02:57 PM EDT

NASA sees Hurricane Bud threaten western Mexico's coast

NASA satellites are providing rainfall, temperature, pressure, visible and infrared data to forecasters as Hurricane Bud is expected to make a quick landfall in western Mexico this weekend before turning back to sea. NASA's TRMM and Aqua satellites have been flying over Bud as it nears the Mexican c...