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The shrinking Aral Sea
The Aral Sea was once the world's 4th-largest lake. But in the 1960s, the Soviet Union diverted 2 major rivers to irrigate farmland, and the Aral Sea has been slowly disappearing ever since.
January 13, 2019
Black carbon from Gulf War shows up in Tibet glacier
A study traces black carbon from 1991 Kuwait oil fires to ice in northern Tibet. Researchers say this soot could affect glacier melt at the Tibetan plateau, considered the "Water Tower of Asia."
January 11, 2019
Watch hummingbirds feed – and fight – in slo-mo
Turns out some hummingbird bills have evolved for fencing as well as sipping nectar.
January 11, 2019
More East Antarctica glaciers are waking up
Researchers have said that Totten Glacier, a behemoth with enough ice to raise sea levels by 11 feet (3.4 meters), appears to be melting. Now, they say 4 glaciers west of Totten, and a handful farther east, are also losing ice.
January 5, 2019
EarthSky’s top 5 stories of 2018
From the months-long eruption of Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano to a strange object discovered on the surface of Mars - and more - here's a quick roundup of the stories our readers enjoyed most in 2018.
December 28, 2018
Animal world is awesome: 3 essential reads
The elusive fossa, deepsea corals and a tropical frog which has developed resistance to a deadly fungus. Here are 3 stories from 2018 that remind us how awesome the animal world is.
December 28, 2018
What are your chances for a white Christmas?
For people in the continental United States, here’s your historic probability of getting a white Christmas in 2018.
December 21, 2018
Did a supernova kill off the megalodon?
A new study suggests that a tsunami of cosmic energy from a supernova killed off large ocean animals - including the huge megalodon shark - 2.6 million years ago.
December 19, 2018
NOAA releases 2018 Arctic Report Card
This year’s report shows that the Arctic region experienced the 2nd-warmest air temperatures ever recorded, the 2nd-lowest overall sea-ice coverage, and lowest recorded winter ice in the Bering Sea.
December 17, 2018
Huge previously-undetected coral reef off US East Coast
Earlier this year, scientists were surprised to discover a huge forest of coldwater corals off the coast of South Carolina. A scientist aboard the expedition discusses the find.
December 14, 2018
