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Researchers spent 5 years studying dust devils in earthly deserts. They said their research has implications for climate and weather on both Earth and Mars and for human health.

Wow. Check out these satellite images of Caribbean islands before and after Hurricane Irma

These maps show how the deluge of fresh rainwater and ocean mixing from hurricane Harvey combined to dramatically alter the surface waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

Can you imagine a sky so laden with soot that all of Earth stayed dark for 2 years? New research suggests it happened, at the end of the age of the dinosaurs.

Two 160 million-year-old fossils discovered in China are the oldest known mammal gliders. “These Jurassic mammals are truly ‘the first in glide.’”

“Ice, by itself, is only capable of flowing at velocities of no more than tens of meters per year. That means the ice is being helped along. It’s sliding on water or mud or both.”

Multi-decade study reveals changes in Antarctica’s Dry Valleys and suggests “significant transformations of Antarctic ecosystems are underway now and will continue to be affected by future climate events.”