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Massive icebergs once drifted to Florida
New research suggests that during Earth's last ice age - about 21,000 years ago - icebergs regularly reached South Carolina and even southern Florida.
October 14, 2014
Typhoon Vongfong approaching Okinawa
Typhoon Vongfong will push into Okinawa later today (October 10, 2014) as a Category 2 or 3 storm with winds greater than 100 mph.
October 10, 2014
This small hot spot produces largest U.S. methane concentration
Satellite data show that one small “hot spot” in the U.S. Southwest produces the largest concentration of the greenhouse gas methane seen over the United States.
October 9, 2014
Video: How can sea ice be melting at one pole and increasing at the other?
If global warming is real, shouldn’t sea ice be declining at both of Earth’s poles? Here's an explanation of what's happening - in under two minutes.
October 9, 2014
6.8-magnitude earthquake in South Pacific
Powerful earthquake in the S. Pacific last night. No Pacific-wide tsunami warning, and only a small tsunami wave at Easter Island. No injuries or damages.
October 9, 2014
Video: Gulf of Mexico jellyfish swarms
Jellyfish swarms in the Gulf of Mexico can be 100 miles (160 km) long. At their thickest, there can be more jellyfish than there is water.
October 8, 2014
Diverse microbes found deep beneath Antarctic ice sheet
Nearly 4,000 species of microorganisms were found in the cold, dark waters of Lake Whillans, which sits about half a mile below Antarctica’s ice sheet.
October 8, 2014
Large section of Aral Sea completely dried up for first time in modern history
The Aral Sea - once the fourth largest inland sea in the world - has been shrinking markedly since the 1960s. Now its eastern basin has completely dried.
October 3, 2014
35,000 walrus come ashore in Alaska
Pacific walrus that can't find sea ice for resting in Arctic waters are coming ashore in record numbers on a beach in northwest Alaska.
October 2, 2014
Lifeform of the week: Fishing cats
Boldly going where few cats have gone before: into the water.
October 1, 2014
