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Billion-dollar disasters in US in 2011 so far
Disasters such as snowstorms, tornadoes, flooding and droughts in 2011 have affected millions and cost billions. Here's the list so far.
August 18, 2011
Agave featured on Lifeform of the Week
Sobriety? Energy crises? Whatever the problem, agave can lend a prickly hand.
August 17, 2011
NASA confirms Earth isn’t expanding
The average change in Earth's radius is 0.004 inches per year, or about the thickness of a human hair, a rate considered statistically insignificant.
August 16, 2011
Fukushima reactor radiation release calculated
Measuring radioactive sulfur in California let researchers calculate how much radiation released from Fukushima reactors. Read more.
August 15, 2011
Indiana State Fair tragedy and heeding weather warnings
Can we use the Indiana State Fair tragedy to learn from our mistakes? Read more about the incident and weather conditions here.
August 15, 2011
Ben Horton: Sea level rise faster now than in 2,000 years
A team has direct physical evidence - microscopic fossils from a North Carolina salt marsh - that sea level rise is faster now than in the past 2,000 years.
August 15, 2011
2011 Gulf of Mexico dead zone smaller than scientists predicted
Tropical Storm Don might have disrupted the Gulf of Mexico dead zone in the summer of 2011, making it smaller than scientists originally predicted.
August 14, 2011
Typhoon Muifa: A photographer’s perspective
See dramatic images of Typhoon Muifa - 9th named storm of the 2011 Pacific typhoon season - as it struck Okinawa, Japan on August 5.
August 14, 2011
Fish success story in Baja, Mexico, but development looms
At an undersea park in Baja, Mexico, the fish population rebounded by 460 percent in 10 years. Developers now want to build a resort a few miles north.
August 13, 2011
After quiet week, tropics in Atlantic Ocean becoming active
Here in mid-August 2011, the tropics in the Atlantic Ocean are now heating up and models are showing development of numerous storms.
August 12, 2011
