A winter storm reached Hawaii over the weekend, bringing dangerous surf conditions and damaging winds. Waves near Waimea Bay on the north shore of Oahu surpassed 60 feet Sunday afternoon, meteorologist Gavin Shigesato with the National Weather Service Honolulu Forecast Office told USA TODAY. Surf heights hit 45 feet on another part of the island, according to observation reports. Gusty […]

As residents of idyllic Eugene, Oregon, with its culture of local food, we might be forgiven for assuming all Americans are “locavores.” The rich volcanic and glacial soil deposits of the Willamette Valley are irrigated by a splendid river system and tilled by farmers who raise everything from goats to hazelnuts. These farmers make Oregon […]

Valentine’s Day is a time to give to the ones you love, celebrate friendship, and remind those special in your life that you are thinking of them but that doesn’t mean you have to buy things that will harm the environment! Check out these 7 great gifts that will show your love as well as […]

You don’t have to spend $20 on a Valentine’s decoration! Here is a great DIY that you can complete with things from your home or for just a couple bucks if you need to get a couple more decks of cards! Decorating for the holidays is always a lot of fun but spending money on […]

Authorities in the Novaya Zemlya islands, home to a few thousand people, said there were cases of bears attacking people and entering residential and public buildings. Polar bears are affected by climate change and are increasingly forced on to land to look for food. Hunting the bears is banned, and the federal environment agency has […]

It was the first nuclear accident of its kind sending a cloud of radioactive material halfway across the world. The world didn’t know how to react. This uncertainty was made worse by the fact that the Soviet Union (now territory belongs to Ukraine), where the Chernobyl Power Plant was located, didn’t disclose the full extent […]

One of the substantial elements for the human beings to survive is oxygen, over 20% of which is produced in the Amazon Rainforest. Nowadays, rainforests around the world are continuously cut down to make room for raising crops, particularly soy, and cattle farming. Cattle pastures occupy 80% of the deforested areas in the Amazon. Pasture […]

In the midst of a worsening environmental crisis, with constant reports of contaminated soil and water and record levels of air pollution, China’s government is appealing to traditional religions for help. The country needs to construct an “ecological civilization,” officials say, and traditional culture has a key role to play. As a member of the […]

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With the help of data from the past 15 years, a new NASA study shows that warming of the tropical oceans due to climate change could lead to a substantial increase in the frequency of extreme rain storms by the end of the century. The research team found that extreme storms formed when the sea […]