Absorbing more carbon dioxide than they release, these vast forests can be credited with helping to lower levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

The worldwide ban on ozone-depleting chemicals stopped Arctic ozone from disappearing and forming an "ozone hole" similar in size to Antarctica's.

Four years in the making, the Discovery Channel/BBC co-production is a groundbreaking look at the Earth's polar regions.

In order to make its employees more comfortable when they want to take a break from work, a sports marketing company from Sao Paulo, Latin Sports, asked Brazili

Bulldog rides zipline to Costa Rican treehouse home

The O'Neill Passive House, America's first passive house retrofit project, requires as much energy to operate as a standard hair dryer.

Michael Pollan explains how having such a centralized food system can be dangerous to the country.

As the Senate votes to give the FDA more power, read what those in the know are saying about it.

With a major summertime 'drinking holiday' just around the bend, make sure that you have a few libation-related odds and ends on hand for when your thirsty part

Bark beetles that are ravaging Arizona's forests can be deterred by their own 'music,' according to new research.

You can fly! New thrill attraction at London's Archbishop's Park caters to urban adventurers with Peter Pan aspirations.

The technologically advanced Stoosbahn ascends and descends over 2,000 feet in about four minutes.

The story of how a day spent on a frozen Maine lake skating turned into a mildly viral video.

The Danish capital's urban 'parkipelago' will eventually include a sauna, cafe and mussel farm.

Researchers used satellite images and medical records over an almost 20-year period to determine if access to green areas reduces schizophrenia risk.

Markku Lahdesmaki's photo series 'Avanto' illuminates the Finnish hobby of ice swimming.

Some of the proceeds from Lubanzi wines, which are imported South Africa, goes to help the vineyard workers and their families.

The new and highly Instagrammable interactive exhibition in Miami Beach receives a violation for generating marine debris.

The USNS Henry J. Kaiser is carrying 900,000 gallons of biofuel blended with petroleum for evaluation and testing.

Simultaneously burn calories, cut back on your utility bills and do the laundry with a conceptual washing machine-treadmill hybrid dubbed Wheel.

Botanophobics may want to avert their eyes.

Physicist Kenneth Libbrecht, a leading expert on snowflake formation, is proud to have added scientific accuracy to Disney's hit animated musical.

Werner Herzog's investigates our fascination with volcanoes in his latest movie, Netflix's "Into the Inferno."

In the documentary "One Big Home," carpenter Thomas Bena goes behind the scenes to explores the trophy homes and "starter castles" of Martha's Vineyard.

Featured in several Hollywood productions, the arch and its support pillars collapsed after heavy coastal storms.

The Spitzer Space Telescope is so sensitive it can see objects optical telescopes cannot. Here are some incredible images it has helped capture.

Outside of the kitchen, garlic has many potential health, beauty and agricultural benefits.

From Dutch flower fields to Californian slopes, windmills are one of mankind's oldest ( loveliest) energy machines. Here are some windmill photos to celebrate.

You might be surprised at the one thing that can make the task much more bearable.

Out with the old and in with the new — as in a new, healthier perspective on your life and all your stuff.

Moving allows the opportunity to purge stuff and declutter spaces. Here are five tips to purge, pack and move while reducing the stress of it all.

Why bees swarm — and what to do if they swarm in your backyard.

Concern over dwindling pollinator populations trumps worries of apiarian disturbances.

Check out this wonderfully strange music about the Bagger 288, one of the largest mining excavators in the world.

A newly unveiled firm's asteroid-mining plans may be ambitious, but they're not any crazier than some extractive operations already under way here on Earth, com

The 150-foot-wide asteroid 2012 DA14 may harbor $65 billion of recoverable water and $130 billion in metals.

Jaguars used to roam all over the Southwest but now are an extreme rarity. And this unique cat is already threatened by the mining industry.

Farming runoff turns the sea floor into a wet desert and forces species onward or upward.

Dubbed the "Jacuzzi of Despair," this lake on the ocean floor is made of heavy water rich with toxins.

Untreated, unfiltered water is a pricey new trend that many are buying into — even though "raw" water could really cause you some harm.

Direct-to-consumer water filter company Mesopaper removes a variety of contaminants without the mess, waste or high price tag.

Launching of the Dragon capsule will mark a significant step forward in the partnership between NASA and the private sector.

After 467 days in orbit and a ticker-tape parade, a special litte astronaut will live out its days at the National Air and Space Museum.

Space shuttle Endeavour, you're a star. A captivating new time-lapse movie has condensed Endeavour's recent three-day road trip to a Los Angeles museum into mer

Three Chinese astronauts lifted off to spend 15 days in China's Tiangong 1 Module space station.

NASA's far-reaching space probe is still within the sun's sphere of influence, but soon will leave into prediscovered areas.

Eco-conscious Dutch poultry company Kipster wants to revolutionize the egg industry.

The Brock Environmental Center's 'regenerative' design is key to its AIA recognition — it generates 80 percent more energy than it uses.

In the 2 years since the U.K. imposed a 5-pence fee, about a third of shoppers still use plastic bags. What price would change your habits?

On the one-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal tells TODAY that there's still work to be