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Ramped-up production of flat-panel displays means the material to make them will be 'extinct' by 2017.

Scientists Surprised to Find Earth's Biosphere Booming

A Waterloo teenager has found a way to make plastic bags degrade faster -- in three months, he thinks.

Currently, it is estimated that the ocean is uptaking nearly one-third of all human-produced CO2, which is slowly lowering its overall pH.

European researchers using a high-power laser deliberately triggered electrical activity in two passing thunderstorms.

The price of beer in and around Australia is going to be under increasing upward pressure.

How the Chinese plan to modify the weather in Beijing during the Olympics, using supercomputers and artillery.

The builders of the world's biggest particle collider are being sued in federal court over fears that the experiment might create black holes or never-before-seen strains of matter.

How many people will inhabit the planet before population growth levels off? The figure most commonly used is 9 billion by 2050, up from 6.7 billion today. There were only 1 billion humans in 1830.

Investigation on the vast array of pharmaceuticals present in US drinking water.

The U.S. hasn't produced plutonium since 1988, instead preferring to purchase it from Russia.

A small Alaskan village has sued two dozen oil, power, and coal companies, blaming them for contributing to global warming.

A lamp powered by gravity has won the second prize at the Greener Gadgets Conference in NYC.

Almost all biofuels used today cause more greenhouse-gas emissions than conventional fuels if the full emissions costs of producing these "green" fuels are taken into account, two studies published have concluded.

Patrick Moore, a founder of Greenpeace, now says he was wrong about opposing nuclear power 30 years ago. In the article he addresses common myths about nuclear power, and puts forth the position that nuclear power is the only feasible, affordable power source that can solve today's growing environmental and energy policy issues.