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Witness the birth of an iceberg
This iceberg broke off Greenland’s Helheim Glacier on June 22. If laid atop New York City, it'd stretch from lower Manhattan to Midtown.
July 19, 2018
Volcano discovered under fastest-melting Antarctic glacier
Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier is melting, thanks to warming waters from below. What’s more, a recent study has discovered a volcano beneath the glacier.
July 19, 2018
Volcanic mood rings
The crater lakes at the summit of Kelimutu volcano in Indonesia change colors from day to day. The colors can change from white, green, blue and brown to black.
July 18, 2018
June 2018 ties for 3rd-warmest June on record
June 2018 continued the warming trend of the past 40 years. Plus, a word about the climate change myth that there's been no warming since 1998.
July 17, 2018
Whoa! Flash flood footage from Utah
Amazing flash flood footage from Utah, July 16, 2018.
July 17, 2018
T. Rex couldn’t stick out its tongue
You've seen the picture: a fearsome T. Rex, baring its teeth, tongue stretching out of its mouth. But new research says there's a problem with this classic image. Dinosaurs couldn’t stick out their tongues.
July 6, 2018
Scientists listen to ocean bubbles
A research team recorded the sound of methane bubbles seeping from the seafloor off the Oregon coast, with the aim of using acoustics to identify – and perhaps measure – this important greenhouse gas in the ocean.
July 4, 2018
Dust from Africa spreads into the Americas
This past weekend, a massive dust cloud from Africa's Sahara Desert swept across the Atlantic and caused hazy skies across Texas, Mexico and parts of Central America.
July 3, 2018
Mapping the threat of small near-Earth asteroids
65 million years ago, a monster asteroid wiped out 2/3 of all life on Earth, including the dinosaurs. But an astrophysicist explains why it’s the smaller near-Earth objects (NEOs) that pose a greater imminent threat.
June 30, 2018
Great white sharks dive deep into warm-water whirlpools
Researchers tracked 2 great white sharks to find out where they spend their time. Watch a cool video of the tricky job of tagging Lydia, a great white swimming in Florida waters.
June 27, 2018
