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Update on 2012-2013 winter in the United States
This upcoming week looks exceedingly cold for the U.S. East. Some areas could see high temperatures only in the teens or perhaps colder by the end of this week.
January 23, 2013
Thousands of microbe species cross Pacific to North America in upper atmosphere
Scientists have identified more than 2,800 bacterial species that were deposited onto Mt. Bachelor, Oregon during two trans-Pacific dust plume events in 2011.
January 22, 2013
Plastic fragments found in fish
Scientists have found tiny fragments of plastic in the digestive systems of fish pulled from the English Channel.
January 21, 2013
Jeffrey Paine: Retreating shoreline along Texas Gulf coast
The Texas Gulf coast is among the most dynamic environments on Earth. Jeffrey Paine talks about the retreating coastline, and the risks and value of human activity there.
January 21, 2013
World’s only recorded dinosaur stampede … maybe not
New research published in January 2013 in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology suggests the dinosaurs were swimming, not stampeding.
January 20, 2013
Earth is undergoing true polar wander, scientists say
Scientists developed a computer model to identify four possible instances of true polar wander in the past. And, they say, true polar wander is happening now.
January 20, 2013
Barnacle sex is even stranger than we thought
Gooseneck barnacles can mate by throwing their sperm into the surf. Commence seamen puns.
January 18, 2013
Video: The deer that thinks it’s a sheep
You will love this video. The deer attached himself to the sheep in early December 2012. He shows no sign of leaving.
January 18, 2013
Video: Breathtaking time-lapse of California’s Yosemite Park
An amazing time-lapse video project that covers Yosemite National Park's 1,200 square miles (about 3,000 square kilometers) of beautiful scenery.
January 17, 2013
Yaks are back
Conservationists find nearly 1,000 wild yaks in remote Tibetan Plateau
January 17, 2013
