Category: Americas

Climate catastrophe to bring mass migration

Climate change is provoking mass human migration. According to scientists, 50 million people worldwide will be displaced this year

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Oil will impact Gulf for years to come

As BP works to finally kill its runaway well and anxious coastal residents breathe a sigh of relief, experts

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Rapid Warming of Permafrost

Permafrost warming continues throughout a wide swath of the Northern Hemisphere, according to a team of scientists assembled during

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Ice island breaks from Greenland

An ice island measuring 260 square kilometres broke off from one of Greenland's two main glaciers, scientists say, the

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Bubonic and Pneumonic plagues in Peru

An outbreak of bubonic and pneumonic plague in Peru has killed a 14-year-old boy and infected at least 31

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Methane seeping from sea bed at capped BP Site

Video Report: In the short video below, methane gas can be seen seeping from the sea bed at the

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BP cements Gulf oil well and sets up for permanent kill

BP pumped cement down its blown-out Gulf of Mexico well on Thursday, sealing it off and setting up a

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10 hurricanes forecast in 2010

MIAMI (Reuters) – The Colorado State University hurricane forecasting team on Wednesday maintained its 2010 Atlantic hurricane season forecast

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BP prepares to seal well

Engineers Saturday readied a plan to permanently seal a damaged Gulf of Mexico well, despite delays to the process

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Largest hailstone falls on Dakota

A hailstone weighing almost 2 pounds that fell on central South Dakota last Friday is the largest ever recovered

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