Following the repudiation of a proposed English Channel bridge, a less costly 'Celtic Connection' between Scotland and Northern Ireland gains traction.

The same-sex marriage rulings by the Supreme Court are but the most recent in a long history of cases that reshaped the family structure.

New Zealand's budget will make well-being and equality priorities over the economy.

Through November, customers can redeem specially marked bottles of Finlandia vodka to donate a tree planting in honor of themselves, friends or family through T

BP’s oil spill could hamper the domestic oil industry -- but that doesn’t mean we’ll use less oil.

Louisiana Gov. Jindal puts up Flickr album of gruesome oil creeping into Louisiana wetlands.

Officials will offer money to owners of environmentally sensitive farmland if they idle it in a conservation program instead of growing crops.

USDA and EPA aim to cut food waste in half. But how will they get that food to the hungry?

It may take less of an increase in global temperatures to melt the ice sheet covering Greenland than thought, new research suggests.

As the Arctic warms, meltwater lakes on the Greenland ice sheet are draining to sea more frequently — potentially lubricating the slide of the ice sheet into

On Aug. 8, the Greenland ice sheet shattered a seasonal record, with more cumulative melting since record-keeping began more than three decades ago, new researc

Could the plight of one Kiribati family foreshadow a future inundated with climate-change castaways?

A new study shows that 20 percent of UNESCO World Heritage Sites are at risk, bringing to light the cultural implications of climate change.

While rising sea levels ultimately influence the entire planet, they pose the greatest threat to the islands sitting at sea level.

According to World Bank data, many countries are losing a sizable percentage of land mass due to various factors, including sea level rise and severe weather.

We know sea levels will rise, and by just looking at the Southeast region, it's easier to see how sea level rise will affect wildlife and culture.

Stone Age villages on the Orkney Islands are older than Stonehenge, but archaeologists fear that they won't be around for much longer.

The island country is currently experiencing a harrowing seasonal infestation of the Malagasy migratory locust.

An unusual spike in auroral activity culminated in this mystical aurora borealis display captured by Jingyi Zhang, a photographer and astronomer.

This year's open category winners of the Sony World Photography competition range from a Chinese shadow puppet show to a mesmerizing underwater dance.

Video: How climate change is impacting freshwater and saltwater marshes.

30 years after its near-calamity, the American nuclear industry is still paying for its inability to tell the truth on its worst day.

Innovative program seeks to match landowners with people who will lease their land for organic farming.

The small Maine-based co-op, which has struggled to gain a hold in the marketplace, received $3 million in much-need investment.

Decades after the world's two biggest previous nuclear disasters, NBC's Jeff Rossen and Michelle Kosinski look back at the impact of the meltdowns.

Portland authorities faced a tough decision this week: Drain a reservoir or provide residents with tap water that a teen peed into?

Long before modern countries like China and Dubai began making artificial islands, the Calusa people built a kingdom on seashells.

Outdoor Photographer of the Year honors the best images from 2018 that highlight landscapes, wildlife and nature.

Fortuitous timing gives photographer Sarah Bethea a stunning view of an ice cave in Iceland, the 'Land of Fire and Ice.'

For the first time, organizers moved the first 3 stages of the Tour de France across the English Channel.

Let your hair down and party like it's 1899 in a converted Victorian sea fort off of the Isle of Wight.

Beyond making way for ducklings, the new lanes are also meant to help humans slow down and be more polite.

Preservationists suspect warmer-than-normal weather is to blame for the pests' proliferation.

Now melting away in London, Olafur Eliasson's 'Ice Watch' is a public art installation with a dire message.

Lost to a violent volcanic eruption in 1886, the remains of the Pink and White Terraces may have been located again.

Parts of Niagara Falls appear frozen, creating a stunning wintry landscape.

Scientists have found a massive deposit inside the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the moon, and it's having a significant impact on the moon's gravitational field.

Divers enjoy a swim alongside a human-sized jellyfish near Cornwall, England.

Strong winds make for a great place to operate a wind turbine but a lousy location to put one up.

Soundtracked by Sigur Rós, the ultra-mellow trek was broadcast live on national television.

He may not have won an Oscar, but the director of "Gasland" isn’t backing off the natural gas industry.

Director Josh Fox lands deal with network to premiere next film in what could become a trilogy of docs on the natural gas industry.

Documentary filmmaker Josh Fox just won an Emmy for his film "Gasland" which exposes fracking for the dangerous boondoggle that it is.

Film tells the fictional story of one small town's dealings with the natural gas industry — and the environmentalist out to stop it all from happening.

The school plans to fund a study on the effects of fracking by allowing the controversial extraction process to take place on 8,000 acres in Cumberland Forest.

Director Josh Fox's follow-up to his 2010 documentary on the natural gas industry sparks drama at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Director Josh Fox accuses the energy industry and politicians of failing the American people.

A student and his fellow surfers used their skills to ride the giant waves to safety after a deadly tsunami struck Samoa.

Scientists discover that massive volcanic landslides have caused megatsunamis to strike the coasts of Hawaii throughout history, causing widespread destruction

The deadly earthquake and tsunami that hit the Solomon Islands today struck along a subduction zone.