A major rescue operation is under way after four miners became trapped in a flooded colliery. Three other staff managed
The final US government report into last year's Gulf of Mexico oil spill has blamed the companies involved in
A considerable amount of volcanic ash both from the eruption in Eyjafjallajökull in 2010 and Grímsvötn in 2011, combined

Pakistani authorities, already under pressure to help hundreds of thousands of flood victims, are struggling to contain dengue fever

Europe's seas are changing at an unprecedented rate as ice sheets melt, temperatures rise and marine life migrates due
Monsoon rain crippled Pakistan's biggest city Karachi on Tuesday, and the unpopular government came under pressure to provide relief
Japanese police say there have been hundreds of burglaries inside the exclusion zone around the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant.

A simple phone call about dead sea otters washing up on the shores of Alaska after US nuclear tests
DUBLIN – Tropical Storm Katia shut down roads, bridges and sporting events Monday in Ireland and Britain, where residents
An explosion in a furnace at a French nuclear waste reprocessing plant has killed one worker, but authorities insist