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Gorgeous Satellite Image Reveals Galloping Antarctic GlacierPine Island Glacier in West Antarctica flowed about 325 feet (100 meters) between March 3 and March 15, 2015.
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Snow Melting 16 Days Earlier in Wyoming MountainsThe spring snowmelt comes more than two weeks earlier than it did in the 1970s in Wyoming's Wind River Range, a new study finds.
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Shape-Shifting Frog Can Change Its Skin TextureA fingernail-size frog that can morph its skin texture from spiny to smooth in just minutes is the first shape-shifting amphibian ever found, according to a new report.
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El Niño Can Predict Tornado Season's SeverityThis year's El Niño may deliver a quiet tornado season.
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Forged in a Flash: Volcanic Lightning Forms Glass BallsStunning lightning storms inside of towering volcanic ash clouds created tiny glass balls.
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Rescued Leatherback Turtle Released Today in South CarolinaA rare leatherback turtle stranded on a remote South Carolina beach was released back into the wild today (March 12).
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Photos of the Incredible Leatherback Turtle RescueSee photos of wildlife experts in South Carolina rescuing a stranded leatherback turtle on March 7, 2015.
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More Big Earthquakes Coming to California, Forecast Saysearthquakes -
Arctic Glacier Has Its Own AquiferIsolated glaciers can store liquid water in their upper layers for years, similar to firn aquifers found in Greenland.
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US Weather Blew Hot and Cold in FebruaryWeather patterns drew a dividing line between West and East in the United States in February, according to NASA.
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Photo First: Rare Tiger Family PortraitFor the first time, conservationists have spotted an Amur tiger dad leading his family along a snowy trail in Russia's Far East forests.
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Toxic Lead Pollution Left Its Mark in Andes MountainsToxic lead buried in icy layers of an Andes glacier reveals that leaded gasoline was the region's worst polluter in the last 2,000 years.
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Cold Comfort: Winter Was No Record-Breaker, NOAA SaysThe bone-chilling cold weather that blasted the eastern United States in winter 2014-2015 was miserable, but no record-breaker.
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Geologists Climb Into Iceland Volcano, Come Out With Stunning ImagesFour geologists in Iceland had the hottest job on Earth this week. To capture accurate measurements of toxic volcanic gases, the scientists climbed directly into Baugur crater on Wednesday.
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Amazing Images from Scientists' Dive into Toxic VolcanoAmazing photos from a climb into Iceland's recently active Baugur crater to measure volcanic gases.
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6 Ways Albert Einstein Fought for Civil RightsMost people know that Einstein was an anti-war activist, but after moving to the United States in 1933 and becoming a U.S. citizen, Einstein also confronted American racism.
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Double the Trouble Found Under Hawaii's Kilauea VolcanoHawaii's big, booming eruptions are born from a pair of two relatively small magma chambers under Kilauea volcano's peak.
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Fireworks at Chile's Villarrica Volcano Light Up Night SkyA small early morning eruption at Chile's Villarrica volcano lit the night sky with a spectacular display glowing ash and sputtering lava.
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Penguins Rapidly Conquered New Zealand After Humans Ate RivalsFossils left behind by a penguin that was hunted to extinction reveal a remarkably fast turnover in species occurred after Polynesians settlers wiped out New Zealand's weird island wildlife.
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Global Warming Brought on California's Severe DroughtCalifornia's severe drought is just a taste of the dry years to come, thanks to global warming, a new study finds.
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Iceland's Largest Eruption Ends…MaybeIceland's biggest volcanic eruption in more than 200 years has ended for now.
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Cool Pacific Ocean Slowed Global WarmingThe Pacific was a planetary air conditioner for the past two decades, but the relief may soon end, a new study finds.
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Greenhouse Effect Is Witnessed…and Getting WorseThe climate-changing greenhouse effect exists and has been directly measured in the United States.
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Confirmed: Space Rock Created Swedish LakeAfter two centuries of arguing about its origin, geologists have finally confirmed that Hummeln Lake in southern Sweden is an impact crater.
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