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Tyrannosaurus rex: the teen years
Growing up Tyrannosaurus rex: A new study from Oklahoma State University provides details about what life was like for the famous dinosaurs during their juvenile teenage years.
January 12, 2020
Mexico’s Popocatépetl volcano had a spectacular eruption this week
El Popo erupts! Well, it erupts often, but Thursday morning's eruption - which happened at sunrise - was a beauty. El Popo is the nickname for Mexico's most active volcano, Popocatépetl, near Mexico City. The eruption Thursday caused officials to issue a yellow alert.
January 9, 2020
Magnitude 6.4 earthquake shakes Puerto Rico
USGS reports that the strong earthquake in Puerto Rico this morning was "widely felt." Strong to very strong shaking occurred across parts of southern Puerto Rico closest to the event, and moderate shaking occurred across the rest of the island.
January 7, 2020
Ferocious fires in Australia intensified this week
The outlook for the bushfire situation in Australia continues to be grim. This post is an update via NASA, containing NOAA-NASA satellite images of actively burning fires and the resultant billowing smoke.
January 4, 2020
November 2019 was 2nd hottest on record for planet
Last month was the 2nd warmest November in the 140-year global climate record, and polar sea ice coverage shrank to near-record lows, according to a NOAA report. .
December 23, 2019
Remains of Earth’s oldest forest found in New York
Scientists found fossilized root systems of ancient trees - from what's now Earth's oldest known forest - near Cairo, New York. They looked "surprisingly modern," the scientists said.
December 20, 2019
Why are whales big, but not bigger?
How did whales that feed on tiny prey evolve into the largest creatures on Earth? And why don't they get even bigger?
December 18, 2019
2019 Arctic Report Card: Visual highlights
NOAA’s 14th annual Arctic Report Card recounts the ways that climate change continued to alter the north polar region during 2019.
December 17, 2019
Will sea otters return to San Francisco Bay?
A new study shows that, if they can be returned to San Francisco Bay, California's southern sea otter population can be tripled. There are now only about 3,000 of the otters left. But, first, they’ll need some help getting past the great white sharks.
December 16, 2019
Amazon fires quickening glacier melting in Andes
The burning rainforest releases black carbon into the atmosphere, which, according to a growing number of scientific studies, directly contributes to the melting of glaciers.
December 12, 2019
