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El Niño conditions growing stronger
El Niño has strengthened in the past several months. Will this El Niño rival the event of 1997–98?
August 5, 2015
US deserts wet until 8,200 years ago
Research suggests that around 8,200 years ago, the climate of the American West began transitioning from a lush landscape to the desert terrain we know today.
August 3, 2015
California lacking a year’s worth of rain
Drought and more drought in California, whose accumulated rain debt now equals an average year's precipitation, according to a new study.
August 1, 2015
Video: The science of dogs
The newest video from AsapSCIENCE is for dog lovers. That is, for everyone!
July 30, 2015
Impacts of climate change on human health
A new report published in The Lancet finds that “tackling climate change could be the greatest global health opportunity of the 21st century.”
July 29, 2015
Largest dinosaur with birdlike wings and feathers
Discovery of largest-ever winged dino in China, from 125 million years ago. It was sleek and birdlike with feathers on its arms and torso, but it could not fly.
July 29, 2015
Powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake rocks Indonesia
It struck in Indonesia early today. One person dead. Buildings damaged. No tsunami warning issued. This quake follows a strong earthquake in Alaska yesterday.
July 28, 2015
Ant expert gives Ant-Man thumbs up
A Boston University biology professor says the movie is “a turning point for ants in cinema,” although he has a few quibbles with the science.
July 28, 2015
Night thunderstorms: Top things to know
For anyone who's been stirred out of bed in the middle of the night by a clap of thunder: Here's info about those intense storms that happen after the sun sets.
July 27, 2015
6.9-magnitude strikes Alaska’s Aleutian Islands
This region is on the Pacific Ocean's 'ring of fire' - where great land plates meet and one dives beneath another - and so is subject to frequent earthquakes.
July 27, 2015
