Distance from Fort McMurray, Alberta, to London, United Kingdom. (Google Maps) Smoke from a wildfire in western Canada traveled across the Atlantic Ocean andintoEurope over the weekend –a distance of more than 4,000 miles. Thedangerous wildfire broke out in Fort McMurray, Alberta, on May 1 and continues to burn. At least two deaths were indirectly attributed to the inferno and more than 2,400 homes and businesses have been lost citywide. (MORE: ) In the three images below, you can see...

The photo above shows Dungeness crabs for sale in Seattle, Washington. Whole populations of the crabs, which are considered a holiday staple in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond, are in jeopardy due to ocean acidification. When it comes to American culinary institutions, the Dungeness crabs that are hauled ashore from California to Washington state every winter season are the crustacean equivalents of apple pie. The bountiful crab meat is a holiday staple in the San Francisco Bay Area...

A blighted Detroit neighborhood is building a self-sustaining community and empowering themselves at the same time. ...

The temperature spiral that took the world by storm has an update. If you think the heat is on in our current climate, you ain’t seen nothing yet. To recap, University of Reading climate scientist Ed Hawkins wrecked the internet a few weeks ago with a revolutionary new way to look at global temperatures. Using a circular graph of every year’s monthly temperatures and animating it, Hawkins’ image showed planetary heat spiraling closer to the 2°C threshold in a way...

A new report by the United Nations Environment Program says that crops such as wheat and maize could produce toxins as a reaction to extreme weather, making them dangerous for humans and animals. (Jes Aznar/Getty Images) A new (UNEP) warned that rising global temperatures have the potential to trigger common grain crops (such asbarley, maize and wheat) to generate harmful toxins. The UN agency's dossier observed that extreme heat conditions could likely induce plants to create chemical compounds in an...

It's the ultimate symbol of freedom in the U.S., but the Statue of Liberty is facing a disturbing future because of rising seas and a warming planet, according to a. And it's not alone. The report, spurred by the "," details just how drastic the effects will be on UNESCO World Heritage sites around the world, and in turn, the tourism industry as a whole. Of the 1,000-plus World Heritage sites, the U.N.'s report takes a thorough look at 31...

Indian men search for coins and gold in the polluted waters of the Ganga river at Sangam after the Kumbh Mela festival, in Allahabad. (Sanjay Kanojia/AFP/Getty Images) The Indian government says it plans to sell the sacred but profusely polluted waters of the Ganges River online. While the 1,569-mile-long river is believed by most Hindus to cause the remission of sins, are dumped into the river daily, overrunning the river’s 55 treatment plants, according to the International Business Times. “I...

In this May 5, 2016 image provided by the state of Hawaii, ocean debris accumulates in Kahuku, Hawaii on the North Shore of Oahu. State officials say a study of the eight main Hawaiian Islands shows that ocean debris regularly accumulates around the archipelago, and that most of it is not linked to the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The aerial survey shows that much of the debris that accumulates on the shores of Hawaii is plastic trash....

A new study reveals that there is virtually no land left untouched by man and humans have been altering the natural world for much longer than we thought. While that may sound grim, it's not all bad news. In a study published Monday, l. In most instances, ancient civilizations created innovativeand sustainable ways to manage soils and landscapes. According to the researchers, the reshaping of species distributions has been key in the creation of landscapes that can support increasingly dense...

Devon Island, Canadian Arctic. (© Arctica: The Vanishing North by Sebastian Copeland, published by teNeues, www.teneues.com. Photo © 2015 Sebastian Copeland. All rights reserved.) Arctic sea ice shrank to its lowest level in 38 years last month, setting a record low for the month of May and setting up conditions for what could become the smallest Arctic ice extent in history, according to National Snow and Ice Data Center data released Tuesday. “We didn’t just break the old May record,...

Phytoplankton swirl in the Atlantic ocean off the coast of Iceland on June 3, 2016. (NASA Worldview) Every year, when the northern waters of the Atlantic Ocean become warmer for springtime, something spectacular happens. Greens, blues and turquoise colors all swirl in a mesmerizing dance through the water. It's as though Vincent Van Gogh himself showed up with a giant paint brush; but the real artists behind these . While the best time of year to view the phytoplankton bloom...

While freediving in Byron Bay off the coast of Australia, one photographer captured a photo of a fish doing what fish do best, swimming in the ocean, but with one catch: this fish was swimminginside a jellyfish. It was the photo of a lifetime. "I found a fish inside a jellyfish!" Tim Samuel wrote when he posted back in December."He was trapped in there, but controlled where the jellyfish was moving." This week, the photo went viral when shared it...

Tons of dead trees line the water at Bass Lake in the Sierra National Forest in California. Ongoing drought conditions have contributed to the 29 million tree deaths in California, a number that is still on the rise. In addition to millions of oak trees in the state being killed off by sudden oak death disease, bark beetles have also played a large role in taking out the timbers. “The tree mortality that we’re experiencing, ," California Department of Forestry...