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Got a minute? Climate change/sea level rise
How is climate change connected to sea level rise? One-minute video explains.
August 28, 2015
New images from Dawn mission to Ceres
Dawn spacecraft has now moved to within about 900 miles (1,500 km) from the dwarf planet Ceres. See some early images from its new, closer orbit.
August 28, 2015
Want to see Earth’s super predator? Look in the mirror.
Our efficient killing technologies have given rise to the human super predator. Our impacts are as extreme as our behavior, says study.
August 28, 2015
Did glaciers lure wolves back to California?
More than 90 years after California's last wolf was killed, a pack has been observed near Mt. Shasta. Are the mountain's glaciers a reason the wolves chose this location?
August 28, 2015
Liquid water elsewhere in our solar system?
If so, where are we likely to find it? Could we ever get to it? Would we be able to drink it? A planetary geoscientist explains.
August 26, 2015
Rediscovering a rare South Pacific nautilus
In July, scientists spotted a rare South Pacific nautilus - considered to be one of the rarest animals on Earth - for the first time in three decades.
August 25, 2015
Cosmic neutrinos confirmed at South Pole
Researchers say these high-energy neutrinos come from sources beyond our Milky Way galaxy. They say the ability to discover them heralds a new form of astronomy.
August 25, 2015
No end in sight for western US wildfires
Satellite images capture the ongoing onslaught of wildfires in the U.S. West.
August 25, 2015
Fire fountains on moon mystery solved
A new explanation for the driving force behind ancient fire fountain eruptions on the moon. Plus ... do some volatiles on the moon and Earth have a common origin?
August 24, 2015
Captures of elusive red sprites from ISS
Why are sprites elusive? It doesn’t help that they flash on millisecond timescales. Also, they're above thunderstorms, usually blocked from view on the ground.
August 24, 2015
