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Chile: New volcanic ashes contaminate drinking water

Ashes from the latest Calbuco volcanic eruption got to Chile's southeast Cochamo and Ensenada towns by wind and contaminated drinking water there.

Mississippi megafloods wiped out biggest ancient Native American civilisation of Cahokia

Rise and decline of 1,500-year-old civilisation linked to huge flooding of Mississippi River.

Sea level: Past and present melting rates point to 3m rise by end of century

Accelerated rate of West Antarctica's land ice and computer simulations of the past warn of irreversible sea level rise.

Fracking fears: Drinking water foams with chemicals used in shale gas drilling

The chemicals traveled from shale gas wells more than two kilometers in the subsurface to drinking water wells.

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World at risk of 'empty landscape' as biggest herbivores face extinction

Rhinos, elephants and hippos face being wiped off the face of the planet if current trends continue.

Dinosaur-killing asteroid 'triggered most immense lava eruptions ever seen on Earth'

Huge asteroid 66 million years ago could have triggered the Deccan Traps in India.

Nepal earthquake: Aerial photos of devastated villages clinging to remote terraced hillsides

People in remote regions of Nepal have had to walk 20 miles or more over mountainous paths to get help.

Tesla unveils Tesla Energy: batteries for homes and business

Tesla Motors on unveiled Tesla Energy, a storage systems or batteries for homes, companies and utilities.

Iowa: 4 more facilities initially test positive for bird flu infection

The new cases would bring the number of Iowa birds that have been or will be euthanised to 10 million.

Climate change to drive sixth of world's species to extinction if global warming is not curbed

Around 16% of species are at risk of extinction if global warming continues on current trajectory.

World's thinnest transistor promises ultrathin electronics and next generation solar cells

Three-atom thick semiconducting film holds potential to transform electronics.

Nepal earthquake rescues: Survivors pulled out of rubble in Kathmandu and Bhaktapur [Graphic images]

A teenager has been rescued from the rubble of a hotel in Kathmandu, five days after the earthquake.

Global cooling caused crops to die and ancient civilisation to collapse

Millets the staple crop died out to be replaced by wheat and barley.

Tesla set to announce battery capable of powering entire homes

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has called the company's home battery 'the missing piece'.

Global warming: Man-made pollutants increase the cooling effect of Saharan dust

The presence of human pollutants increased the cooling effect, finds study.

Diesel cars could be banned from British city centres after Supreme Court ruling

Government must present new air quality rules by 31 December.

Nepal Earthquake: Nepalese man dies as fight breaks out between tourists, local people over evacuation

Israeli rescuer: 'Villagers think the tourists are taking too much of the food'

China: Unofficial weather reports banned

China to fine anyone found publicizing false weather reports that create 'a negative impact on society'.

Nepal earthquake: Aerial photos of remote Gorkha district show entire villages reduced to rubble

Entire villages have been reduced to piles of stone and splintered wood.

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano: Lava lake at Overlook crater overflows after reaching highest level

BREAKING: Lava lake at Kilauea volcano reached its highest point and exploded earlier in April.

Canada: Warm weather brings groggy grizzly bears out of hibernation [Photos]

Photos show grizzly bears emerge from hibernation at Grouse Mountain.

Geoengineering: Artificially whitening Arctic cannot restore climate

Plan to limit global warming would not reduce temperatures enough, study finds.

Antarctica: Vast network of salty, liquid water filled with life discovered under Dry Valleys

The region is similar to the valleys found on Mars raising hopes of similar salt water networks on the planet.

Nepal earthquake: Landslide threat in coming weeks high in many locations says assessment

The computer analysis looked at earthquake shaking, slope steepness and the strength of rock types.

Vatican calls for urgent action on climate change: Wealthiest have moral obligation to find solutions

Cardinal Peter Turkson addresses participants of international conference on climate change.

Pollination interrupted: How the bumblebee genome study can help

Researchers hope to study the different pressures exerted by pathogens and pesticides on the bee.

Global warming: 2C rise in temperature could see 5 fold increase in heat extremes

Extreme weather conditions can be attributed to man-made warming.

Predicting earthquakes: A mixed outcome, but improving with data crunching

Precursors of quakes are being measured to deliver almost 90% accuracy.

Nepal earthquake: Sedimentary basin on which Kathmandu sits 'amplified ground motion'

Berkeley report looks into reasons behind far-flung effects of the quake.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announces state's involvement in Lights Out Initiative to reduce light pollution

The initiative hopes to reduce light distractions for nighttime migratory birds.

Former Nasa engineer to use drones to plant one billion trees a year

Environmental engineer plans to use drones to drop pods with pre-germinated seeds to battle deforestation.

Isthmus of Panama: Land linking North and South America formed millions of years earlier than thought

Scientists find the Isthmus of Panama closed in waves started over 20 million years ago.

Dame Vivienne Westwood: Fracking is 'a crime against humanity'

British fashion designer Westwood craddles a "fracked baby of the future" in Mayfair fracking protest.

Thailand: Customs make second biggest seizure of illegal ivory tusks

Thai customs displayed over three tonnes of confiscated African ivory worth $6m (£3.96m) in Thailand.

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