As GDC 2012 continues, a new SimCity 5 game unveiled with a trailer video Tuesday by EA Maxis, and due to come out in 2013, has been one of the most significant announcements so far.
Sim City is going back to its roots. The classic city building game that first came out in 1989, is returning next year in a new version that has a modern-day look and feel but is being built by those who worked on the original.
Plants and animals hitching on the clothes of tourists and scientists are invading Antarctica, according to a new study.
In the pristine frozen continent of Antarctica scientists fear an alien invasion -- not from outer space, but carried in people's pockets and bags.
When at least 80 tornadoes rampaged across the United States, from the Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico, last Friday, it was more than is typically observed during the entire month of March, tracking firm AccuWeather.com reported on Monday.
Climate change could cause up to 900 species of birds to go extinct, according to a new study.
Thicker sea ice is melting faster than thinner ice, a finding that brings new worry over the future of the Arctic.
Outdoor ice hockey - long a staple of growing up in Canada - is shrinking in season length thanks to global warming, researchers said Monday.
A Humboldt penguin escaped from Tokyo's Sea Life Park zoo over the weekend and was last photographed swimming in a city river.
Heavy snowfall covered Jerusalem on Friday, March 2 for the first time in four years. Three centimeters of snow were reported, turning parts of Israel’s capital white and also blanketing Ramot, Givat Ze’ev and Har Gilo. Snow also fell in the Golan Heights, a hilly region that borders with Syria. Check out the best reactions on Twitter.
The world's oceans are turning acidic at what could be the fastest pace of any time in the past 300 million years, even more rapidly than during a monster emission of planet-warming carbon 56 million years ago, scientists said on Thursday.
It was an ordinary blue felt pen, and not a bullet, that killed Mohamed Nasheed's term as the first democratically elected president of the Maldives.
Want to enjoy the Great Barrier Reef, but afraid of diving into the sea? Google seems to come for your help once again! Google's latest information program will take you under the ocean while you sit in front of your computer monitor.
The prestigious California-based Pacific Institute climate research group has launched an investigation of its president and founder, Peter Gleick, after he admitted fraudulently obtaining documents from global warming skeptics challenging his work.
The World Bank announced on Friday a global alliance to better manage and protect the world's oceans, which are under threat from over-fishing, pollution and climate change.
The World Bank announced on Friday a global alliance to better manage and protect the world's oceans, which are under threat from over-fishing, pollution and climate change.
Soon you can travel to the Great Barrier Reef from the comfort of your home computer as Google teams up with marine biologists to put the world's largest coral reef system online.
Finding Nemo is about to get a lot easier with the launch of a scientific survey that will allow anyone with access to the internet to take a virtual tour of Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
Faith has pervaded Rick Santorum's political career, informing his views on issues ranging from abortion to gay rights -- and also, it turns out, the environment.
Scientists looking to reduce the environmental impact that comes from raising animals for slaughter aim to produce a test-tube hamburger by the end of this year.
BRIC countries have not become less vulnerable to global shocks despite their strong economic growth over the past four years, a survey showed on Monday.
Generation Investment Management, the investment firm run by Al Gore and David Blood, released a white paper encouraging financial companies to adopt sustainable capitalism guidelines.
