As GDC 2012 continues, a new SimCity 5 game unveiled with a trailer video Tuesday by EA Maxis, and due to come out in 2013, has been one of the most significant announcements so far.
Connor Adams Sheets
Mar 07, 2012
Sim City is going back to its roots. The classic city building game that first came out in 1989, is returning next year in a new version that has a modern-day look and feel but is being built by those who worked on the original.
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Mar 06, 2012
Plants and animals hitching on the clothes of tourists and scientists are invading Antarctica, according to a new study.
Amir Khan
Mar 06, 2012
In the pristine frozen continent of Antarctica scientists fear an alien invasion -- not from outer space, but carried in people's pockets and bags.
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Mar 06, 2012
When at least 80 tornadoes rampaged across the United States, from the Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico, last Friday, it was more than is typically observed during the entire month of March, tracking firm AccuWeather.com reported on Monday.
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Mar 06, 2012
Climate change could cause up to 900 species of birds to go extinct, according to a new study.
Amir Khan
Mar 05, 2012
Thicker sea ice is melting faster than thinner ice, a finding that brings new worry over the future of the Arctic.
Amir Khan
Mar 05, 2012
Outdoor ice hockey - long a staple of growing up in Canada - is shrinking in season length thanks to global warming, researchers said Monday.
Trevor Stokes
Mar 05, 2012
A Humboldt penguin escaped from Tokyo's Sea Life Park zoo over the weekend and was last photographed swimming in a city river.
Mark Johanson
Mar 05, 2012
Heavy snowfall covered Jerusalem on Friday, March 2 for the first time in four years. Three centimeters of snow were reported, turning parts of Israel’s capital white and also blanketing Ramot, Givat Ze’ev and Har Gilo. Snow also fell in the Golan Heights, a hilly region that borders with Syria. Check out the best reactions on Twitter.
Jacob Kleinman
Mar 02, 2012
The world's oceans are turning acidic at what could be the fastest pace of any time in the past 300 million years, even more rapidly than during a monster emission of planet-warming carbon 56 million years ago, scientists said on Thursday.
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Mar 02, 2012
It was an ordinary blue felt pen, and not a bullet, that killed Mohamed Nasheed's term as the first democratically elected president of the Maldives.
Raymond Ronamai
Feb 25, 2012
Want to enjoy the Great Barrier Reef, but afraid of diving into the sea? Google seems to come for your help once again! Google's latest information program will take you under the ocean while you sit in front of your computer monitor.
Akansha Srivastava
Feb 25, 2012
The prestigious California-based Pacific Institute climate research group has launched an investigation of its president and founder, Peter Gleick, after he admitted fraudulently obtaining documents from global warming skeptics challenging his work.
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Feb 24, 2012
The World Bank announced on Friday a global alliance to better manage and protect the world's oceans, which are under threat from over-fishing, pollution and climate change.
Trevor Stokes
Feb 24, 2012
The World Bank announced on Friday a global alliance to better manage and protect the world's oceans, which are under threat from over-fishing, pollution and climate change.
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Feb 24, 2012
Soon you can travel to the Great Barrier Reef from the comfort of your home computer as Google teams up with marine biologists to put the world's largest coral reef system online.
Mark Johanson
Feb 23, 2012
Finding Nemo is about to get a lot easier with the launch of a scientific survey that will allow anyone with access to the internet to take a virtual tour of Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
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Feb 23, 2012
Faith has pervaded Rick Santorum's political career, informing his views on issues ranging from abortion to gay rights -- and also, it turns out, the environment.
Jeremy White
Feb 22, 2012
Scientists looking to reduce the environmental impact that comes from raising animals for slaughter aim to produce a test-tube hamburger by the end of this year.
Amir Khan
Feb 20, 2012
BRIC countries have not become less vulnerable to global shocks despite their strong economic growth over the past four years, a survey showed on Monday.
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 19, 2012
Generation Investment Management, the investment firm run by Al Gore and David Blood, released a white paper encouraging financial companies to adopt sustainable capitalism guidelines.
Ashley Portero
Feb 16, 2012
