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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.
Deborah Byrd
May 24, 2013
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.
Deborah Byrd
May 24, 2013
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.
Editors of EarthSky
May 22, 2013
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.
Editors of EarthSky
May 22, 2013
Video: Earth’s atmosphere is escaping
It'll be billions of years before it's gone, but this video explains it in two short minutes!
Eleanor Imster
May 22, 2013
View from space: Four satellites views of Moore tornado
Four images from space, from NASA and NOAA satellites, of the Moore, Oklahoma tornado on May 20, 2013.
Deborah Byrd
May 21, 2013
New method for producing clean hydrogen
Engineers have developed a novel method for producing clean hydrogen, which could prove essential to weaning society off of fossil fuels and their environmental implications.
Editors of EarthSky
May 21, 2013
Great white sharks supplement a seal diet with dead whales
Great white sharks, apex ocean predators, are also mega scavengers of the largest of ocean carrion, dead whales.
Shireen Gonzaga
May 21, 2013
Official death toll lowered in Moore, OK tornado tragedy
Officials have lowered the death toll to 24 confirmed deaths and hundreds of injuries from the massive tornado that struck Moore, Oklahoma yesterday.
Deborah Byrd
Matt Daniel
May 21, 2013
What are the 10 deadliest U.S. tornadoes?
These are the 10 deadliest U.S. tornadoes since 1900.
Deborah Byrd
May 21, 2013
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