International Institute for Species Exploration hopes to raise public awareness of rich, diverse planet we inhabit
The 2014 Atlantic Hurricane Season predictions are due out this week from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), although the accuracy of such long-range forecasts is often criticized.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's fleet includes 16 satellites, some remain set over US while circling globe
Westerly wind belt that circulates continent are stronger now than at any time in past 1000 years
Study finds evolving different sizes was key to success of feathered dinosaur lineage
Microorganisms consume methane and other components in natural gas
About 80 percent of Caribbean corals are dead, as are nearly 75 percent Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, the largest on the planet
$175,000 award recognizes individuals who show courage and initiative to take action to protect the world
Grassroots environmental activists from six regions of the world were awarded with the 2014 Goldman Environmental Prize in San Francisco Monday. Each year the $175,000 award recognizes individuals who have shown courage and initiative against the odds to take action to protect the world. VOA's Rosanne Skirble reports.
'Once Upon a Forest' takes viewers deep into heart of tropical rainforest
French filmmaker Luc Jacquet won worldwide acclaim for his 2005 Academy Award-winning documentary "March of the Penguins". Now Jacquet is back with a new film that takes movie-goers deep into the heart of a tropical rainforest - not only to celebrate its grandeur, but to make the case for its survival. VOA's Rosanne Skirble reports.
A robotic mission to the moon was deliberately crashed onto the lunar surface late last week, but not before scientists had collected data gathered by the spacecraft which was designed to self-destruct. VOA's Rosanne Skirble reports on the preliminary findings of the craft, called LADEE - an acronym for Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer.
A probe, which was programmed to rash, has orbited the moon since December on a mission to study lunar atmosphere and dust
A new United Nations report says the world must switch from fossil fuels to cleaner energy sources to control the effects of climate change. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the report (Sunday) following a meeting of scientists and government representatives in Berlin. The comprehensive review follows two recent IPCC reports that detail the certainty of climate change, its impacts and in this most recent report what to do about it. VOA’s Rosanne Skirble has the details.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says global greenhouse gas emissions must be cut by 40 to 70 percent by mid-century to avoid devastating effects
World's earliest known cardiovascular system found in fossil of shrimp-like creature from more than 500 million years ago
MIT scientists say almost everything on Earth died 252 million years ago in largest mass extinction on the planet
Technology brings fossilized dinosaur chase tracks back together after they were broken up and sent to museums nearly 70 years ago
Rising temperatures will bring more extreme weather, food and water shortages, and irreversible changes to ecosystems that in species extinction, says new report
'The Sound Book' explores singing sand dunes, chirping pyramids, musical road
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