For the first time, carbon dioxide emissions from an electric power plant have been captured, pumped underground and solidified —the first step toward safe carbon capture and storage, according to a paper published Thursday in the journal Science. “This opens another door for getting rid of carbon dioxide or storing carbon dioxide in the subsurface that really wasn’t seen as a serious alternative in the past,” said study co-author Martin Stute, a hydrologist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia...

Government scientists expect the biological ‘dead zone’ in the Gulf of Mexico to grow to some 68-hundred square miles this summer. ...

France on Wednesday became the first of the Group of Seven advanced economies and the second European country to ratify the Paris Agreement, a deal on curbing global warming reached last year by 195 countries. The ratification was formally authorized by the French parliament last week. Hungary was the first nation to ratify the agreement. The Paris agreement aims to keep the global temperature rise below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) compared with preindustrial times. It enters into force...

May 2016 was the warmest May on record. Meteorologist Ari Sarsalari explains. ...

This animated image shows the disappearing glaciers at Montana's Blackfoot-Jackson Basin in Glacier National Park. The first image was taken on Aug. 17, 1984, while the second image was taken on Aug. 23, 2015. (NASA) Soon, we'll have our answer to the question, "What happens when Glacier National Park no longer has glaciers?" In the animated image above, you can see major glacial changes in Montana's Blackfoot-Jackson Basin from the summer of 1984 through August 2015. From one image to...

With all of the studies showing that plastic bags wreak havoc on our ecosystems, one would think that banning the bags would do wonders for solving the issue. However, it turns out getting rid of them isn’t as effective as you’d think. More than, according to a 2011 report from NOAA.These bags impact more than 267 species of marine wildlife by infecting them with harmful toxins, entangling them, choking them, and artificially filling their stomachs so that they cannot consume...

Climate change is already damaging America's national parks, with rising temperatures causing Yosemite's meadows to dry out and raising the prospect of a glacier preserve without its glaciers someday, President Barack Obama said over the weekend during a trip to the park. "Make no mistake. Climate change is no longer just a threat. It's already a reality," Obama said from a podium, with Yosemite Falls, one of the world's tallest at 2,425 feet, as a backdrop. At the California park,...

Snow and ice with a pink hue have been observed in the Arctic. (Liane G. Benning/GFZ) It might resemble a shaved ice dessert, but the pink snow that has been found in the Arctic spells even more doom for a fragile region, a new study revealed. Published Wednesday in the journal Nature Communications, the study concluded that the snow and ice a pink algae that's melting the Arctic even faster. It has been given a playful name– "watermelon snow"– but...

Adidas partners with environmental group to make a running shoe made from illegal nets and ocean garbage. It plans to start a shoe line with it. ...

A sinkhole has suddenly drained away the water in a popular Russian lake ...

A sheen is seen on the water near Fitzpatrick Nuclear Power Plant in Scriba, New York, on June 26, 2016. (U.S. Coast Guard) An unknown sheen has appeared in Lake Ontario, and the Coast Guard is investigating the area. The sheen was reported to officials Sunday when it was seen near the Fitzpatrick Nuclear Power Plant in Scriba, New York, some 40 miles north of Syracuse. A Coast Guard Auxiliary air crew had noticed it during a flight and reported...

Device aimed at cleaning up floating garbage in Pacific to be tested by Dutch researchers. ...

A sheen is seen on the water near Fitzpatrick Nuclear Power Plant in Scriba, New York, on June 26, 2016. (U.S. Coast Guard) The source of the mysterious sheen on Lake Ontario has been discovered. Turns out, it's lubrication oil spilledby the Fitzpatrick Nuclear Power Plant, officials say. The oil reportedly isn't hazardous and has low potential health effects. The U.S. Coast Guard observed the sheen Sunday near the plant in Scriba, New York, about 40 miles north of Syracuse....