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Fossil evidence of Earth’s oldest sea turtle
Fossilized shells and bones uncovered at two sites in Colombia. Scientists date this ancient sea turtle's remains at 120 million years old.
September 30, 2015
Wildfires continue to plague US West
A satellite view from Monday shows wildfires still burning in Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. The fires started in August.
September 29, 2015
High ‘supermoon tides’ strike coasts
Sunday's supermoon, combined with an 18.6-year lunar cycle, caused high tides on both sides of the Atlantic this week. There were many flood warnings and alerts in effect in the UK on Tuesday night. In eastern North America, Tropical Storm Joaquin might combine with high tides to cause flooding.
September 29, 2015
Video: Greenland’s ice melt
Scientists are studying the increasingly fast rate of summertime ice melt in Greenland. See a new NASA video, plus illustrations of the 2015 melt season.
September 29, 2015
Newly discovered dinosaur roamed northern Alaska
Hadrosaur was a truly polar dinosaur that endured months of winter darkness and probably experienced snow.
September 28, 2015
New tree of life for 2.3 million species
An initial draft, a collaborative effort from scientists at 11 institutions, of a new, comprehensive evolutionary tree of life. Plus ...
September 21, 2015
2015 wildfire season a record-breaker
Worst recorded years for U.S. wildfires are 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011 and 2012. This year has already joined that list, and wildfire season is still going strong.
September 21, 2015
India’s monsoon not bringing enough rain
“Right now, the monsoon is 12 percent below average and dropping, and [India is] headed for a pretty serious dry season,” said a researcher.
September 17, 2015
Powerful earthquakes off Chile’s coast
At least five people killed and 1 million evacuated, after a powerful 8.3-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Chile last night. Tsunami waves and many strong aftershocks followed. Tsunami advisory for California and Hawaii.
September 17, 2015
Video: This year’s El Niño compared to 1997-98
Wow! Check out this visual comparison of the emerging El Niño with the record-breaking El Niño of 1997-98, which created weather extremes around the globe.
September 17, 2015
