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Extreme weather lowers global crop yield
Researchers found that extreme heat and drought between 1964 and 2007 account for about a 10% decline in global cereal crop production.
January 18, 2016
Lifeform of the week: Puffer fish
Killer sushi, stoned dolphins, and zombies; the puffer fish is an animal steeped in scandal.
January 13, 2016
2015 worst US wildfire year on record
Wildfires burned more than 10 million acres of land in the United States in 2015, a year marked by intense drought across much of the west.
January 12, 2016
What to expect from El Niño
The third-recorded super El Niño is underway. Top climate expert Kevin Trenberth reports.
January 10, 2016
Gorgeous timelapse of California skies
Southern California night skies ... looking from inside massive sea caves and across miles of inland desert. Wonder Endlessly timelapse by Jack Fusco.
January 9, 2016
Four new elements added to periodic table
The new elements - elements 113, 115, 117 and 118 - complete the periodic table's seventh row and make science textbooks around the world instantly out-of-date.
January 6, 2016
New glimpse of geology under Antarctic ice
Using technology built to withstand the harsh winters, scientists have managed to map the volcanos, rifts, and basins hidden under West Antarctica's ice sheet.
January 5, 2016
What is the Anthropocene?
Soon, scientists will decide whether the word Anthropocene should be formally added to the Geologic Time Scale. It indicates a world shaped by human beings.
January 4, 2016
Earth ABCs from space
HNY - Happy New Year! All 26 letters of the alphabet, spelled out in Earth's features as seen from orbit.
January 1, 2016
Why does the new year begin on January 1?
New Year's Day is a civil event. Its date isn't precisely fixed by any natural seasonal marker.
January 1, 2016
