But a few physicists weren’t worrying about Al Gore in the 1990s. They were theorizing about another possible factor in climate change: charged subatomic particles from outer space, or “cosmic rays,” whose atmospheric levels...
SPARKS, Okla. – Clouds of dust belched from the corners of almost every room in Joe Reneau’s house as the biggest earthquake in Oklahoma history rocked the two-story building. A roar that sounded like...
Russia has explicitly stated it wants to begin exploration for minerals and hydrocarbons in and around the White Continent. But others, from China to Australia, have already given (and planted) signs that show they...
Researchers realized about five years ago that the area below and around Uturuncu is steadily rising — blowing up like a giant balloon under a wide disc of land some 43 miles (70 kilometers)...
BANGKOK—The Thai capital became two different cities Sunday: one where some relieved residents saw river embankments mostly withstand weekend peak tides, and another where refugees continued to flee a Kuwait-sized, polluted mass of water...
At least nine people have been killed and five others are missing after flash floods hit the Italian Riviera turning roads into rivers and washing cars out to sea.
JAKARTA, Indonesia — A volcano in central Indonesia has erupted, spewing hot smoke and ash thousands of feet into the air. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
COUNTRYWIDE DELUGE: THE GREATER Dublin area may have received the worst of recent heavy rains but several other areas around the country were also coping with the aftermath of floods yesterday.
TENS OF thousands fled the Thai capital yesterday as Bangkok’s Chao Phraya river swelled to a new high, swamping the Grand Palace and prompting prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra to seek new ways and fresh...
Six more bodies had been recovered, he said, pushing the toll to 582. A total of 231 survivors had been rescued from scores of collapsed buildings following last Sunday’s 7.2 magnitude tremor while over...
