Close to one million people have been affected and more than 100 killed in floods in Myanmar as on Sunday (9 August), with many low-lying areas in the southwestern delta still inundated.

The first decade of the twenty-first century has not been a good one for the planet's climate. Of the 15 warmest years on record, 14 have occurred since 2000.

Scotland is to ban the cultivation of genetically modified (GM) produce, the country's rural ministry has announced.

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck Japan's eastern region on Thursday, but did not prompt tsunami warnings.

Climate change has been taking a toll on different states and cities in the United States.

The United Nations members from 193 nations endorsed a “historic” roadmap Sunday to tackle poverty and hunger, promote well-being and safeguard the environment over the next 15 years.

Legionnaires’ disease has killed four people and sickened at least 71 people in the Bronx, New York. Above, magazine cover story titles related to previous outbreaks of Legionnaires disease.

Cern is developing a "mini Large Hadron Collider" to treat cancer through high-intensity beams produced by the 2m-long machine.

In what is seen as an acknowledgement of its cost-effective technology, India's space agency will launch a US satellite using its polar satellite launch vehicle.

A 5.3-magnitude earthquake shook the coastline of south-east Queensland. The earthquake has unsettled the pets and the wildlife in the region.