The sea lions closest to the inflatable dancers jumped away, while others nearby stubbornly stayed put. (KPTV News) If you ever find yourself in the town of Astoria, Oregon, you may see quite a few of the "wacky inflatable flailing arm" blow-up dancers, but they're not there to sell you anything– they're there to scare the sea lions. Sea lions, while undoubtably cute, flock to Astoria in such large numbers that it actually hurts the local economy. According to the...

A nuclear sub does something pretty cool. It actually breaks through feet of ice in the arctic. ...

In a time when electronic waste (e-waste) is piling up by the millions of tons, Apple has introduced a new technology that makes it easier to recycle its iPhones. The whole process is done by a recycling robot that goes by the name of Liam. According to Apple, Liam can open and remove all the aluminum, copper, tin, tungsten, cobalt, gold and silver parts in an iPhone six– all in 11 seconds flat. But Reuters reports that Liam will only...

Carbon dioxide emissions are rising at a higher rate than any time since the dinosaurs walked the earth, scientists have found in a new study. Published Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience, the findings reveal that our planet's carbon release rates are higher right now than they've been in millions of years, and that's especially bad for our oceans. (MORE:Report Ties Climate Change to Extreme Weather Events) Vehicles drive through the smog on March 17, 2016 in Beijing, China. (ChinaFotoPress...

Meteorologist Ari Sarsalari explains a new study that shows an extremely steep rise in carbon dioxide emissions. ...

The world's glaciers are losing ice at a faster pace so far this century than at any time since record-keeping began more than 120 years ago, according to a new study that says glacial melt is a worldwide phenomenon and will continue even if the world stopped warming any further than it already has. In the study, published last month in the Journal of Glaciology and conducted by the at the University of Zurich, scientists compared observations of tens of...

Devon Island, Canadian Arctic. (© Arctica: The Vanishing North by Sebastian Copeland, published by teNeues, www.teneues.com. Photo © 2015 Sebastian Copeland. All rights reserved.) Photographer and explorer Sebastian Copeland travels to the ends of the Earth for his passions — literally. Through more than 10 years of polar treks, both through the Arctic and Antarctic, he has amassed not only an incredible record as an explorer, but also a stunning collection of images of the animals and environment that make...

The invasive spiny water flea is a voracious predator that feeds on the native Daphina pulicaria zooplankton in Madison, Wisconsin's, Lake Mendota. They first invaded the Laurentian Great Lakes in the 1980s and have since reached unparalleled amounts in Lake Mendota compared to other lakes. (Jake Walsh) A tiny flea with a massive appetite is causing big trouble in the Great Lakes. Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Limnology say that the invasive spiny water flea could leave...

France's vineyards may be short-lived if the warm temperature trend continues. (iStock/maximkabb) Climate change is bringing both good and bad news for lovers of French wine. When it comes to good wine, high quality wines have been associated with early harvests, CNBC reports. Now that warmer-than-average temperatures have become more common and more prolonged, early harvests occur regularly. Whereas before, a drought was necessary to produce hot enough temperatures to make the grapes mature quickly, now climate change has done...

Microbiologists have found that bacteria that traps soot to glaciers will dramatically accelerate their thaw. (Arwyn Edwards) Arctic glaciers are already melting fastdue to climate change, but now scientists believe a frightening new microbiological factor will also speed up their thaw. During the Microbiology Society's Annual Conference in the United Kingdom, Arwyn Edwards, a microbiologistfrom Aberystwyth University, revealed that his research team had found that microbes were darkening ice sheets and accelerating the melt rate of glaciers, an effect unforeseen...

With the push of a button Thursday afternoon, Scotland ended an era. More than a century of coal use abruptly ended, according to Think Progress, when the Longannet power station ceased operations. The energy source that powered Scotland for 115 years will no longer be used as the country shoots for a goal of 100-percent renewable energy for electricity by 2020, the report added. “For a country which virtually invented the Industrial Revolution, this is a hugely significant step, marking...

New maps issued by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) on Monday provide a detailed look at areas not only prone to natural earthquakes, but also now locations where human-caused earthquakes could be a hazard. The new maps also accompany the first ever one-year outlook for earthquake activity across the nation. The one-year outlook is meant to supplement USGS assessments already in circulation that give a 50-year forecast for earthquake hazards. The short timeframe of one year in the new...

The total amount of waste Lauren Singer has produced still fits in a single 16-ounce Mason jar. (Erwin Caluya) On average, the EPA says Americans produce 4.4 pounds of trash per day, but Lauren Singer has managed to fit all her trash from the past three years into a single 16-ounce Mason jar. Singer, an NYU Environmental Studies graduate and former Sustainability Manager at the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, committed to a zero-waste lifestyle and, in turn,...