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History of global temperature 1880-2016
Take 14 seconds to watch the change in Earth's surface temperature from 1880 through 2016.
February 2, 2017
Death of Granny, matriarch killer whale
What happens when an endangered whale pod loses its wise old grandma?
January 29, 2017
Shark attacks drop to average in 2016
After 2015’s record year, 2016 saw fewer shark attacks worldwide. Here in the U.S., the most happened in Florida.
January 28, 2017
When lava meets sea
Time-lapse of sea and sky shot on Hawaii in December. Watch what happens as lava flow from the Kilauea Volcano meets the ocean.
January 26, 2017
Early humans wiped out big animals in Australia
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.
January 25, 2017
Extinction threatens 60% of world’s primates
"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."
January 25, 2017
New Earth images from GOES-16
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!
January 23, 2017
$40 billion a day for solar super-storms
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.
January 20, 2017
2016 hottest year for 3rd straight year
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.
January 19, 2017
Watch soap bubbles freeze
A photographer in St. Paul, Minnesota captured this mesmerizing footage of soap bubbles freezing. It looks like time-lapse but it's actually in real time!
January 18, 2017
