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Tornado caught on video in Venice, Italy
Three videos from June 12 tornado, which narrowly missed Venice, Italy.
June 13, 2012
Personality is determined by Bird’s head color
The personality of red-headed Gouldian finches have aggressive tendencies, while birds with black heads are bold and take more risks than their peers.
June 12, 2012
High Park Fire in Colorado spread fast, still burning
Roughly 400 firefighters are fighting the High Park Fire today, which started two days ago and has spread fast about 15 miles west of Fort Collins.
June 11, 2012
United States records the warmest spring on record
The United States broke the record set back in 1910 for the warmest spring (March/April/May) ever recorded since record keeping began in 1895.
June 8, 2012
Joan Kleypas on ocean acidification
Joan Kleypas on ocean acidification is a change in ocean pH that's happening due to increased emissions of CO2 in our modern world.
June 8, 2012
Global Map of Life demo version released
In May 2012, scientists released an online demonstration version of a new global Map of Life, and they want you to help them test drive it.
June 7, 2012
Wildfire still burning in New Mexico
The largest wildfire ever recorded in New Mexico state history continues to burn as dry and windy conditions create more issues for firefighters.
June 5, 2012
Anatomy of a thunderstorm in a cool photo
Here's a photo that really shows anatomy of a thunderstorm is constructed. The image was taken by was taken by researchers on NASA’s DC-8, a flying laboratory.
May 31, 2012
Aquatic invasive species in Lake Huron
In only three years, Lake Huron went from a salmon fishing Mecca to a ghost of its former self from an aquatic invasive species. The economic loss huge.
May 30, 2012
Strong earthquake in northern Italy on May 29
Northern Italy, which suffered a strong earthquake nine days ago, has had another slightly-less-strong quake. Today's earthquake magnitude was 5.8.
May 29, 2012
