ENVIRONMENT

Visitors to the island hosting Singapore's only landfill might expect foul odours and swarms of flies, but instead they are greeted with stunning views of blue waters, lush greenery and wildlife.

Climate observers anticipate a hotter climate will make it harder to work outdoors, raise the cost of electricity, affect the reliability of the food supply and make it harder to insure homes and businesses.

In a way, birds' usage of man-made materials may help us monitor the extent of the problem.

"(T)his shows that even something as delicious as fresh strawberries can come with a cost to the environment," presenting author Ekta Tiwari noted.

A satellite image from NASA's satellite shows smoke from the Canadian wildfires already over Spain and Portugal.

At the current rate, humanity will need almost two planets to sustain the current global population.

The new Vanilla orchid species looks lovely, but it resides in a rather hostile environment.

A "perfect storm" of conditions evidently led to the low oxygen conditions that killed thousands of fish.

Sargassum seaweed recently wreaked havoc along Florida beaches.

The historic summit on May 29, 1953, was many years in the making, and it completely changed the field of mountaineering.

A visit to the seaside is widely promoted as a health treatment among the wealthy.

Plastic waste is notoriously known for not decomposing, or taking even hundreds of years to do so.

A short video comprising images taken by the satellite shows the planet shifting from day to night.

The mysterious swirls in satellite images are actually pine pollen over the Baltic Sea.

Distinguishing between good and bad kilowatts in carbon reporting along with increased tax incentives for buildings that install storage systems is probably the most significant way we will really reduce the huge carbon footprint of buildings.

The view is "considerably greener and more colorful" than last year.

Restoring animals may actually help capture and store carbon, researchers have found.

Wynne was among the places particularly hit hard by tornados.

The tornadoes left a devastating trail of destruction.

The plants catch and digest insects using their sticky leaves so as to compensate for the nutrient deficiency of the substrate that they're growing in.

California residents may need to brace themselves for more rain this week.

Now in its 12th year, International Polar Bear Day, established by Polar Bear International, aims at the conservation of these mammals.

It's about twice the size of New York City.

'The debate on questioning the wise nature of humans is already ongoing," lead researcher Halil Ibrahimi says.

A new study shows that internal research conducted by ExxonMobil accurately predicted the future effects of global warming.

The concentrations were higher indoors than outdoors.

Sneaker waves can reportedly "surge further up the beach than expected, overtaking the unaware."

Be it with lightbulbs or streaming online, a few small changes in the everyday life can go a long way in terms of conserving energy.

Various satellites have caught a glimpse of the Mauna Loa eruption in Hawaii.