ENVIRONMENT

'Great earthquakes' of magnitude 8 or more strike on average once a year.

The sixth anniversary of the massive earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that devastated swathes of Japan on 11 March 2011.

Keystone and Dakota Access pipelines were actioned in one of Trump's first acts as president.

Scientists say failure to understand this basic fact makes him incapable of running EPA.

The 'wall of water' was 21m high from crest to trough.

At least 16 million people are facing hunger due to a drought that has hit several countries in southern Africa.

Apes too have been decimated by the Ebola virus and scientists are trying to find vaccines to protect them.

As the world's population grows, the vault serves as a 'backup' system for crops from genebanks around the world.

Little is known about how and when the Silk Route emerged but this study offers new clues on the subject.

The evacuation order for several towns in the shadow of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is set to be lifted on 31 March.

The faults run beneath San Diego, Orange County and the LA basin.

The mitigation efforts promised in the Paris Agreement could buy time for marine life to adapt to changing seas.

Councils across England foot £50m bill to clear up nearly a million rubbish dumping instances a year.

Scientists just doubled the number of materials that could be used in solar fuels.

Abdoul Salam Sidibe accused of selling live animals, including endangered chimpanzees, rare birds and parrots.

Limiting climate change to 2C warming still would not stop the Arctic ice from melting away.

Cold water sinks – but in in the polar seas, what goes down must come up.

WHO claims quarter of all global deaths of children under five caused by filthy environment.

Car manufacturer pledged to cut its emissions following the scandal

Arrival of the gas also leaves questions over fracking in the UK

IBTimes UK visits Tete province, where World Vision is assisting a drought-stricken population.

The forests include abundant populations of many species including tigers, leopards, elephants, bears.

The Batagaika crater is a megaslump that continues growing.

Supercontinents are fascinating subjects for scientists, but remain a source of intense debate.

The world's wildlife is under threat - but you can help.

The polar region is seen as a 'canary in the coal mine' for global climate change.

The new plastic will be made from waste such as sawdust, farm crop residues or old cardboard instead of petroleum.

Pyrethroids are used in many household bug sprays, lice treatments and agricultural insecticides.

Humans have inadvertently created hundreds of new minerals. As we aren't anywhere else in the universe, they probably aren't either.