A new study suggests that humans, not climate change, were the primary cause of extinction of the huge and astonishing creatures that roamed Australia 45,000 years ago.
"The majority of primate species are endangered now. We are at a turning point where we must take action or lose many species during the next 50 years."
The satellite's 1st images since its launch a few months ago. GOES-16 provides 4 times the image resolution - 4 times more detail - than earlier GOES satellites. Weather forecasters are excited!
The probability of another event like the 1859 Carrington event is - at any given time - low. But many believe it's "almost inevitable" one will occur, eventually. A new study explores the risks.
NASA and NOAA announced today that 2016 was the hottest year on record globally - and the 3rd year in a row of record warming - continuing a decades-long warming trend.