Environment

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Water samples taken by Greenpeace in Russia’s Arctic at the site of a wastewater dump by mining giant Norilsk Nickel contained 50 times the permitted level of...

LOS ANGELES — Actress Portia de Rossi defended Ellen DeGeneres on Monday after a social media campaign called for the talk show host to step down following reports of a...

The experimental herd. Credit: Gustavo E. Monti Like humans, cattle are social creatures with complex relationships that change as group dynamics evolve. A study published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s top steelmaker Nippon Steel could hasten and extend restructuring measures to contend with the tough business environment created by the Covid-19 pandemic, it said after posting...

* Books Y42 bln Q1 net loss vs Y33 bln profit a year before * Steel demand recovery seen as slower than after financial crisis * Annual crude steel output...

By Mark Kaufman2020-08-03 19:46:32 UTC When wildfires grow hot and large enough, they can spawn towering, smoky clouds. The Apple Fire burning in Southern California’s San Bernardino National Forest produced...

Educators gathered Monday in demonstrations across the country addressing twin concerns of a safe and equitable school environment amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the nationwide reckoning around racial justice after...

SARS-CoV-2 was detected on a minority of environmental samples from an exam room where asymptomatic patients underwent a routine ophthalmology exam, a small study from Turkey found. Of the seven...

Scientists and environmental groups have expressed alarm after new data revealed there were 28 percent more fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest this July compared with the same time last year.Satellite...

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Royal Dutch Shell is seen at a petrol station in Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Belgium January 30, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo(Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell’s Australia unit (RDSa.L)...