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In optics-obsessed Washington, where a necktie color hints at partisan loyalty and flag pins are de rigueur, the climate-themed lapel pin has arrived.

A partial solar eclipse will be visible today across a swathe of the Northern Hemisphere, with amateur astronomers warned to take care watching the rare phenomenon.

It happens when the Moon passes in between the Earth and the Sun, creating a spectacular sight in the sky.

Half-Earth is a proposal by the late naturalist and “father of biodiversity”, EO Wilson. In its original context, it proposes that half of the Earth’s surface should be designated a human-free nature reserve to preserve biodiversity.

The natural phenomenon, which occurs when the moon passes between the sun and the Earth, is a rarity for Irish stargazers.

Crystal Patterson shared a picture of the alleged extraterrestrial she spotted when trying to scope out the location of a garage sale.

In 2011, a 9.0-magnitude earthquake caused tidal waves to smash into Fukushima, where they flooded the nuclear power plant's reactor cooling systems and triggered one of the world's worst ever nuclear disasters

Heat waves, droughts and extreme weather are endangering people and ecosystems somewhere in the world almost every day. These extremes are exacerbated by climate change, driven primarily by increasing emissions of greenhouse gases that build up in the atmosphere and trap heat at the Earth’s surface.

Scientists use old fashioned detective work to figure out that humans are responsible for climate change