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Climate May 2, 2016

Happy Earth Day! 5 ways to get kids to help the planet

Earth is a constant marvel, especially for children who enjoy learning about its wonders

Climate May 2, 2016

How to celebrate Earth Day 2015 with NASA

Today (April 22) is the 45th anniversary of Earth Day, and NASA has a series of activities planned to celebrate the beauty of our home planet.

Science Education May 2, 2016

For Earth Day, Levi Strauss & Co. wants consumers to pledge to wash less

Did you know that about 3,800 liters of water are used over the course of the lifetime of a pair of jeans? What about this statistic – consumer care, like washing, contributes 37 percent of the roughly 74 pounds of carbon dioxide emitted during a pair of jeans’ use. The figures come from a recent Levi Strauss & Co. study on the impact that jeans have on the environment, an update on a similar 2007 report from the company. The goal was to shed light on the fairly large-scale impact that wearing a pair of jeans – something most people just take for granted – can have.

Spaceflight May 2, 2016

Aral Sea looks like a painting from space

The Aral Sea is shrinking, leaving a dried-up white lakebed where there used to be blue water.

Energy May 2, 2016

SunEdison touts renewable energy generator, aims to bring power to 20 million people by 2020

SunEdison unveiled its ambitious plan to bring power to 20 million people by 2020 at an event in New York this week, touting new renewable energy technology for remote areas.

Science Education May 2, 2016

Study: Global warming skeptics know more about climate science

Are global warming skeptics simply ignorant about climate science? Not so, says a forthcoming paper in the journal Advances in Political Psychology by Yale professor Dan Kahan. He finds that skeptics score about the same (in fact slightly better) on climate science questions.

Plants May 2, 2016

Golden mussel poses threat to Amazon River

The world's mightiest waterway, the Amazon River, is threatened by the most diminutive of foes — a tiny mussel invading from China.

AIR AND SPACE May 2, 2016

Solar Impulse 2 takes off from California, starts solar-powered trek across US

Solar Impulse 2 has taken off from California on the tenth leg of its record-breaking solar-powered journey around the world.

Energy April 29, 2016

Solar Impulse 2 set to resume epic solar-powered journey around the world

Solar Impulse 2 will resume its record-breaking solar-powered journey around the world Thursday when it takes off from Hawaii on a 62-hour flight to California.

Pollution April 28, 2016

Surfers invent floating trash bin to clean up world's oceans

Two Australian surfers are trying to tackle the planet's water pollution problem head-on, by developing a device that functions as an automated floating trash bin for the world's oceans

AIR AND SPACE April 21, 2016

From high above the Pacific, Solar Impulse 2 pilot spreads Earth Day message

Speaking from the cockpit of Solar Impulse 2 as it makes its journey over the Pacific, pilot Bertrand Piccard told FoxNews.com that the solar-powered plane proves the immense potential of clean technology.