As Earth warms, Arctic is warming fastest

The Arctic has been warming about twice as fast as the rest of the globe. A new map from NASA illustrates this uneven warming.

Top ten new species 2013

This list includes a glow-in-the-dark cockroach, a harp-shaped carnivorous sponge and the smallest vertebrate on Earth.

Four amazing tornado videos in May 2013

Always go to your safe spot and avoid filming the storm, if you are in harms way. Always keep your path of travel from intersecting that of a tornado!

Scientific campaigns to reduce the incidental catch of seabirds

The incidental catch of seabirds, a common phenomenon bound to some types of fisheries, is one of the main threats suffered by seabird populations.

Severe weather across U.S. Plains likely week of May 27

Severe weather looks likely all week long from May 27 through June 1. Be weather ready if you live in any of the slight or moderate risk areas.

NOAA expects an active 2013 Atlantic hurricane season

I'm not a fan of long-term weather projections. But all of the signs that typically make an Atlantic season active are present in 2013.

8.3-magnitude earthquake in Sea of Okhotsk, in Russia’s Far East

Emergency agencies in the Far East issued a tsunami warning for Sakhalin and the Kuril islands, but lifted it soon afterwards.

5.7-magnitude earthquake in northern California last night

This is a relatively large quake, even for California, but there are no reports of injuries or damages so far from the May 23, 2013 quake.

Small, speedy plant-eater extends knowledge of dinosaur ecosystems

A team of paleontologists have described a new dinosaur, the smallest plant-eating dinosaur species known from Canada.

New insights on climate change and species interactions

Scientists provide important new details on how climate change will affect interactions between species as temperatures continue to rise.

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