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2016 Great Backyard Bird Count starts February 12
This year’s Great Backyard Bird Count runs from February 12–15. It’s free and easy to participate. Find out how.
February 9, 2016
Ice sheet releasing Mississippi River’s worth of phosphorus
Every year, Greenland’s ice sheet releases as much of this key marine nutrient as the mighty Mississippi releases into the Gulf of Mexico, says a new study.
February 8, 2016
U.S. Southwest is drying
Researchers identified 12 weather patterns across the region. Over the past 30 years, the 3 patterns bringing rain to the U.S. Southwest became less frequent.
February 7, 2016
The politico-economics of King Corn
Scott Fausti talks with EarthSky's Ben Duval about the potential future of corn agriculture and its implications for environmental sustainability.
February 3, 2016
Extremely loud, very close lightning strike
Caution! At full volume, the sound of the strike is so loud that it could damage speakers or affect hearing if headphones are used. Story and video by Peter Lowenstein in Mutare, Zimbabwe.
January 30, 2016
Extraordinary fossil find sheds light on duck-billed dinosaurs
Duck-billed dinosaurs lived 83 million years ago. They are sometimes called 'the cows of the Cretaceous.' A new fossil find reveals their origins.
January 29, 2016
Is El Niño at its peak?
This year's El Niño has likely reached its peak, say scientists, but given that Earth is hotter than in 135 years, there are no guarantees.
January 27, 2016
X-ray view of Earth’s aurora
An ESA space observatory was looking for something else when it caught these X-ray images of an aurora.
January 26, 2016
Ancient diamonds hold clues to primeval Earth
New insights into ancient Earth’s early structure from diamonds formed 3.5 billion years ago. A scientist called diamonds "the perfect little time capsules."
January 24, 2016
