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Watch: Incredible hurricane visualization
Take 2 minutes to watch this stunning NASA timelapse showing sea salt, dust, and smoke flowing around Earth during 2017's active hurricane season.
November 24, 2017
Our nights are brighter, and brighter
The International Dark-Sky Association has campaigned for decades to reduce artificial light at night. Yet a new study shows our night skies still brightening at a rate of 2 percent each year.
November 24, 2017
Do dolphins get Alzheimer’s disease?
In many ways, dolphin brains are a lot like human brains. Researchers report on pathological signs of Alzheimer’s in these awesome creatures.
November 22, 2017
What monarch butterflies prefer
Will our survival strategy for monarchs work? Initiatives emphasize milkweed plantings along roadsides. New research shows egg-laying monarchs much prefer off-road farmlands.
November 21, 2017
Fern, contrail shadow, singing dunes
It was a beautiful day for natural phenomena in the sky, and on the ground.
November 21, 2017
Help astrobiologist find extreme rocks
A scientist launches a hunt for earthly extraterrestrials. Help her find them!
November 19, 2017
Venezuela is losing its last glacier
Venezuela’s last glacier is about to disappear, making it the first country in modern history to lose all of its glaciers.
November 19, 2017
Directions to Struan Point Summit, Pitlochry, Scotland
November 19, 2017
Video: Our living planet from space
“That’s the Earth, breathing every single day, changing with the seasons, responding to the sun, to the changing winds, ocean currents and temperatures."
November 18, 2017
Scientists warn: Soon it will be too late to save Earth
More than 15,000 scientists in 184 countries have signed a letter urging the world to address major environmental concerns. "Soon it will be too late to shift course away from our failing trajectory, and time is running out."
November 16, 2017
