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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
Fog rolling into San Francisco in video of the day
Cool view of fog rolling in from a San Francisco rooftop.
August 12, 2011
First successful forecast of underwater volcano
Columbia University and Oregon State University researchers made the first successful forecast of the eruption of an underwater volcano.
August 11, 2011
Wildfire in Virginia’s Dismal Swamp
A satellite image of southern Virginia shows dense smoke as fire burns peat in the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge.
August 10, 2011
Baboon beauties are more likely to get bullied
Being a good-looking female baboon might bag you the most handsome male, but the latest study suggests that beauty has its drawbacks.
August 9, 2011
