Can corals adapt to climate change?

A new study has uncovered evidence that corals may be adapting to climate change, but the response may not persist if CO2 emissions aren’t reduced.

Major severe weather outbreak likely for Ohio River Valley today

Nearly 120 million people in the U.S, could be affected by severe weather today. Strong tornadoes, damaging winds over 70 mph, and large hail are possible.

How do we balance needs of energy, water, and climate?

A new MIT study underscores the need to examine trade-offs before choosing energy technologies.

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.

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.

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.

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

Video: Zombie coral reefs

What corals are, and how some species of coral can seemingly come back... from the dead!

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.

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