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Auroras in motion
Sergio Garcia Rill created this video from 4,450 aurora photos! Take 3 minutes to watch this green and ghostly time-lapse of the Alaskan northern lights.
March 31, 2015
Like coastlines? You’ll like this video
Should you spend a glorious summer day - or a cold, windy winter day - collecting beach-cast seabird carcasses in the name of citizen science? Maybe. Watch a video.
March 31, 2015
Shrinking of Antarctic ice shelves is accelerating
A new study shows that not only has Antarctica's ice shelf volume gone down, but losses have accelerated over the past decade.
March 31, 2015
Before and after cyclone Pam
Views from above, before and after cyclone Pam devastated the island nation of Vanuatu earlier this month.
March 30, 2015
Greenland glacier melt increases mercury discharge
As glaciers melt, streams carry more mercury into the ocean, increasing risk of mercury poisoning in humans and wildlife in Greenland and in adjacent coastal countries.
March 30, 2015
Super salamander nearly ate our ancestors
The thing that got us off the hook? A big hot interception 200 million years ago.
March 26, 2015
‘Seeds of Time’ to hit theaters in May
A new documentary film tracks the history and mission of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault - sometimes called the Doomsday Vault - and its founder Cary Fowler.
March 25, 2015
Highest and lowest points on Earth
Ever wonder how high the highest points on Earth are, in contrast to the deepest manmade boreholes and ocean trenches? Check out this fascinating infographic.
March 24, 2015
Largest asteroid impact zone in Australia
Scientists believe a huge impact scar, hundreds of miles wide, came from an asteroid that broke in two moments before slamming into the central Australian outback.
March 24, 2015
Surprise! Arctic sea ice record winter low
2015 Arctic sea ice maximum lowest measured since records began being kept in 1979. Maximum took place in February, 15 days earlier than the 1981-2010 average.
March 22, 2015
