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No signs of life on New Zealand volcanic island after eruption
A volcanic island in New Zealand erupted Monday in a tower of ash and steam while dozens of tourists were exploring the moon-like surface, killing five people and leaving more missing.
Climate scientists struggle with cutting their own carbon footprints
Some climate scientists and activists are limiting their flying, their consumption of meat and their overall carbon footprints to avoid adding to the global warming they study. But that comes at a cost, and the issue divides the scientific community.
Iran protests 'a prelude to collapse of regime,' Nobel laureate predicts
The newest wave of unrest that has seized Iran in recent weeks has sparked an exceptionally brutal response that left thousands of victims in its wake.
Earth's frozen 'water towers' threatened by warming, population growth, report says
Water frozen at the tops of mountains that helps sustain up to a quarter of the human population is under threat from climate change, population growth and lack of proper management, according to a new international study.
Paul Volcker, U.S. Federal Reserve's former chief, dead at 92
Paul Volcker, the towering former U.S. Federal Reserve chair who tamed inflation in the 1980s and decades later inspired tough Wall Street reforms in the wake of the global financial crisis, died Monday at age 92, according to the New York Times, which quoted his daughter.
