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A new report in the journal Science discovers there are a lot of things about fracking we don’t know. But since we've fracked half the country anyway, we're going to find out.
Exurban development patterns not only worsen climate change, they also make residents more vulnerable to one of its effects.
McDonald's Japan isn't doing well. Bring on the dancing employees.
New research suggests that people in counties with coal-fired power plants are more likely to kill themselves.
Throughout most of human existence, population growth has been so slow as to be imperceptible within a single generation. Reaching...
Melting ice and rising seas are shifting the position of the North Pole by eight inches a year.
There may be fewer tropical cyclones in the Pacific in the future, but those that do form are expected to be stronger and more likely to strike Hawaii.
With a behind-the-scenes accounting change, the Obama administration has justified more government regulation to fight climate change.
Taking away bees' honey and feeding them high-fructose corn syrup instead makes them more vulnerable to pesticides, a new study finds.