Around 50,000 years ago, North America was home to a diverse array of megafauna. Mammoths roamed the tundra, while towering ...

Two years ago, Miami-Dade County awoke to a garbage ... waste-to-energy facility that would generate enough electricity for 70,000 homes, pollute less than the old plant and — the mayor said ...

Fossils identified as a new species after being discovered in Wyoming are estimated to be around 230 million years old - making it North ... Lovelace says the climate during that period, lasting from ...

Dr. Lovelace says the climate during that period, lasting from about 234 to 232 million years ago, was much wetter ... is confident they've discovered North America's oldest dinosaur, it's also ...

Several heat waves have killed thousands of people in the last few years in Europe, but one in 2003 is the biggest with about 70,000 ... said. North America is less likely to have such a strong trend, ...

Vicious hurricanes in the southeastern United States. Massive flooding in Ontario and Quebec. Wildfires in Los Angeles. What these events have in common — besides the fact that climate change ...

America's Heartland was hit by an earthquake, sending shockwaves through several US states. Several aftershocks were also detected within hours of the initial quake.

It's most recent volcanic eruption was a lava flow that occurred 70,000 years ago, while the last major ... caldera and it could cover much of the North American continent in up to a foot of ...

The buritis, or moriche palms, are fighting for their lives in the streambed now lined with scorched earth. For two years now ...

As new sea passages open up, the commercial and defence possibilities are becoming irresistible. To take advantage, America desperately needs ships ...