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Scientists track new giant iceberg
Experts are watching an enormous iceberg that is separating from the Antarctica continent. Roughly the size of Manhattan, the iceberg could threaten shipping lanes.
November 14, 2013
Computer model offers daily forecasts of wildfire growth
Updated with new observations every 12 hours, the computer model predicts critical details such as the extent of the blaze and changes in its behavior.
November 14, 2013
Video: Home at the shore
A thanks to those working on the Jersey shore to restore damage wrought by Hurricane Sandy in 2012. This video shows the beauty that's still there.
November 13, 2013
Oldest big cat fossil ever found
Four-million-year-old skull of relative of snow leopard fleshes out fossil record of big cats and challenges suppositions about how and where they evolved
November 13, 2013
Video: Zombie coral reefs
What corals are, and how some species of coral can seemingly come back... from the dead!
November 13, 2013
Virus killing dolphins, and now whales, along U.S. east coast
The disease has spread from New York to Florida, with a total of 753 bottlenose dolphins washed ashore from July 1 until November 3.
November 12, 2013
Deadly tropical cyclone hit Somalia on November 10-11
Even as the devastating impact of Typhoon Haiyan began to emerge in the Philippines, Somalia too experienced one of the deadliest tropical cyclones in its history
November 12, 2013
Super Typhoon Haiyan: How intense and how do we know?
The death toll for Super Typhoon Haiyan is expected to climb over 10,000. Here is an in-depth look at the power of Super Typhoon Haiyan.
November 12, 2013
Shock veins in Russian meteorite helped it break up
Damage from the February 15, 2013 meteor explosion over Chelyabinsk, Russia would have been more severe if the rock hadn’t fragmented high up in the atmosphere.
November 11, 2013
Waste could help fuel low carbon energy and transport
"The type of fuels must change, and we have to reverse the trend of increasing traffic volumes; but that doesn’t mean the way we transport ourselves has to change drastically.” - Göran Finnveden
November 11, 2013
