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Extreme weather lowers global crop yield
Researchers found that extreme heat and drought between 1964 and 2007 account for about a 10% decline in global cereal crop production.
January 18, 2016
Watch ISS spacewalk live today
Two International Space Station (ISS) astronauts will perform the first spacewalk of the year on Friday. NASA TV will air the spacewalk live. Coverage starts at 6:30 a.m., with spacewalk scheduled to begin at 7:55 a.m.
January 15, 2016
EarthSky News with Deborah Byrd
All the news you can fit into outer space LIVE on Slooh.com Mondays and Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. ET (1530 UTC). Or watch right here!
January 14, 2016
How to see Comet Catalina
Hints on how to perceive the comet's gradual motion across the sky as it sweeps closest - but not too close - around January 17.
January 14, 2016
EarthSky News with Deborah Byrd
All the news you can fit into outer space LIVE on Slooh.com Mondays and Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. ET (1530 UTC). Or watch right here!
January 11, 2016
What to expect from El Niño
The third-recorded super El Niño is underway. Top climate expert Kevin Trenberth reports.
January 10, 2016
EarthSky News with Deborah Byrd
All the news you can fit into outer space LIVE on Slooh.com Mondays and Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. ET (1530 UTC). Or watch right here!
January 7, 2016
Four new elements added to periodic table
The new elements - elements 113, 115, 117 and 118 - complete the periodic table's seventh row and make science textbooks around the world instantly out-of-date.
January 6, 2016
What is the Anthropocene?
Soon, scientists will decide whether the word Anthropocene should be formally added to the Geologic Time Scale. It indicates a world shaped by human beings.
January 4, 2016
