What happens when a 9.0 earthquake hits off the northwest coast.

Lawns receive more pesticide use per acre and may account for a third of residential water use.

"A Russian team searching for signs of life beneath a 14-million-year-old frozen Antarctic lake has had to halt drilling just a few meters from water, potentially damaging 20 years of work in the process."

Interesting information revealed by WikiLeaks about the relation between the U.S. and Japan in regard to whaling.

From Super Soakers to solar electricity.

Russia has large nuclear ambitions and aims to become the leading energy supplier.

The floods in Pakistan are devastating for an already fragile infrastructure.

A quick look at the politics and current situation for climate change legislation.

How the Senate and the White House missed their best chance to deal with climate change.

Researchers in the Pacific Northwest are trying to see if there are any signs left of grizzlies living in the Cascades.

The environmental impacts that may cause Hoover Dam to shut down as soon as 2011.

"Archaeologists, many of them Americans, say the opposite is true: This patch of forest, and many others across the Amazon, was instead home to an advanced, even spectacular civilization that managed the forest and enriched infertile soil to feed thousands."

"Disclosure is the 20th Century anachronism of a paper-based age. Transparency and visibility best describe the digitally-enabled high-performance pervasive infrastructures that will define how enterprise operations will be seen."

A project to build the most environmentally-friendly home, and to open source it upon completion.

"Do China’s grand designs promise the transformation,at last, of a star-crossed continent? Or merely its exploitation?"

Partly due to isolationist policies under Saddam the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates in Iraq is withering.

"Three experts discuss the Gordian Knot of wealth, fertility, and environmental impact – and why making do with less stuff matters so much."

And the incompetency of BP in this oil spill mess seems to know no bounds.

China is making a big push for environmentally-friendly energy policies but these must be kept in perspective.

"I do not know the yardstick that determines whether the state is faced with a famine-like situation or not but the fact remains that water trains and water tankers are quenching the thirst in all 33 districts."

Slate looks into what could conceivably happen if a hurricane hit the Gulf with all this oil in it. It's nothing good.

The gaping sinkhole that opened in Guatemala City. Absolutely terrifying.

A controversial drilling proposal passes, only after many top scientists who opposed the plan leave the Minerals Management Service.

A long-standing traditionally revered ginko tree in Japan has fallen.