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Tonga’s newest island: Before and after views
Last December, an undersea volcano exploded to life in the Polynesian island kingdom of Tonga. The eruption created a new island.
May 4, 2015
Who loves rainbows?
April showers brought these rainbows. Enjoy these awesome photos from our friends!
April 30, 2015
Why do global temperature records differ?
NASA, NOAA, and the Japanese Meteorological Agency all publish slightly different global temperature measurements. Why?
April 28, 2015
Huge magma reservoir discovered under Yellowstone supervolcano
It's below the magma chamber they knew about before and contains enough hot, partly molten rock to fill the Grand Canyon 11 times over.
April 27, 2015
Imagine you are diving, and suddenly …
Amazing video of whales surfacing - open-mouthed - under a diving expedition.
April 27, 2015
Carbon from melting permafrost goes back to atmosphere
According to a new study, microbes eat the carbon and release it as CO2, where ends up back in the atmosphere and contributes to further warming.
April 27, 2015
Powerful 7.9-magnitude earthquake rocks Nepal
The quake's epicenter less than 50 miles from capital city of Kathmandu. Hundreds dead and many historic buildings collapsed.
April 25, 2015
Biggest five – or six? – mass extinctions ever
Over 99% of all the animal species that have ever lived are now extinct. Here are Earth's biggest extinctions, in under 5 minutes. New video from AsapSCIENCE.
April 24, 2015
Calbuco volcano in Chile erupts
Amazing photos and videos of Chile's Calbuco volcano, which began erupting Wednesday for the first time in over 42 years.
April 23, 2015
More earthquakes due to human activities, says USGS
Of the eastern and central U.S. states studied so far, Oklahoma is by far the worst-hit in recent years. Texas, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico and Ohio all have had more earthquakes in the past year.
April 23, 2015
