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White-nose syndrome likely caused by invasive fungal species
New research suggests that the fungus that causes the bat-killing white-nose syndrome is likely an invasive species introduced to North America from Europe.
April 13, 2012
ALMA reveals workings of nearby planetary system
Scientists used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to discover planets orbiting the star Fomalhaut are smaller than originally thought.
April 12, 2012
Fomalhaut: Ongoing comet massacre around bright star
Each day, the equivalent of either two 10 kilometer-sized comets - or 2,000 1 kilometer-sized comets - might be crushed into dust particles around Fomalhaut.
April 11, 2012
Climate change boosts then quickly stunts plants
Global warming and climate change may initially make the grass greener, but not for long, according to new research results.
April 11, 2012
Tsunami watch cancelled in Indian Ocean
These quakes were off the coast of northern Sumatra in Indonesia, where a 9.1-magnitude quake on December 26, 2004 triggered a tsunami that killed 230,000 people.
April 11, 2012
Texas tornadoes in 3D: View from space:
Watch an animation of the fierce April 3, 2012 Texas thunderstorms that was created from satellite data.
April 10, 2012
Calories to reach childhood obesity prevention goals
Researchers predict that without changes to calories from eating and activity, more than one in five young people will be obese by 2020
April 10, 2012
In March 2012, 15,000 warm temperature records broken in US
Some parts of the United States saw temperatures 20 to 40 degrees above average in March 2012.
April 10, 2012
Anchorage, Alaska sets new snow record
To say Alaska has been snowy this winter is an understatement. Anchorage, Alaska has received a 2011-2012 seasonal snowfall total of 134.5 inches.
April 10, 2012
Carbon dioxide increase in air helped end last Ice Age
A supercomputer and a global dataset of paleoclimate records helped show that carbon dioxide drove the global warming that ended the last Ice Age.
April 9, 2012
