Now that the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage plan has been scrapped, a nuclear commission needs to find a town that wants to host the repository.

Transocean isn’t legally responsible for some of the pollution from the Deepwater Horizon spill.

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Scientists mapped the Amazon in 3-D.

The plan for protecting New Orleans from hurricanes requires restoring wetlands.

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Romania got more than a three feet of snow in 24 hours, leaving people trapped in their cars and shutting down trains.

Here is the perfect dwelling: a treehouse in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest.