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Volcanoes in Art: A Gallery of Climate Change Clues
March 25, 2014 | Image AlbumBy measuring the amount of red and green in paintings, researchers have estimated past aerosol pollution levels.
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Colorful Sunset Paintings Reveal Climate Change Secrets
March 25, 2014 | ArticleThrough an artist's eye, scientists are tracking the climate swings caused by volcanic eruptions.
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Images: Chernobyl, Frozen in Time
March 24, 2014 | Image AlbumThe world has moved on since the 1986 nuclear catastrophe at Chernobyl, but at the heavily contaminated site, things haven't changed very much.
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Dinosaur Era Had 5 Times Today's CO2
March 24, 2014 | ArticleDinosaurs that roamed the Earth 250 million years ago had five times more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere than we have today
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Exxon Valdez 25th Anniversary: 5 Facts About the Historic Spill
March 24, 2014 | ArticleMonday (March 24) marks the 25th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, which spewed 11 million gallons (40 million liters) of crude oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound. Live Science brings you five facts about the historic spill.
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In Photos: Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
March 24, 2014 | Image AlbumThe Exxon Valdez tanker ran aground on Bligh Reef in Alaska on March 24, 1989, releasing nearly 11 million gallons of crude oil into Prince William Sound. It was the worst oil spill in U.S. history until the 2011 Deepwater Horizon spill.
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When Did Earth's First Whiffs of Oxygen Emerge?
March 23, 2014 | ArticleA new picture has emerged of the rise of oxygen on Earth. A growing body of data suggests the earliest photosynthesis evolved 600 million years before the Great Oxidation Event.
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Subduction Zones Drive Continent Growth | Animation
March 21, 2014 | VideoThese two models show the margins of continents incorporating new material as one plate drives into another. (looped)
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Animation Explaining the International Date Line | Video
March 20, 2014 | VideoNever understood the International Date Line? This informative animation shows how the IDL works.
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Immortalized Fossil Fern Reveals Evolutionary Standstill
March 20, 2014 | ArticleAn exquisitely preserved, 180-million-year-old fossil fern has been unearthed in Sweden, and an analysis of its subcellular parts reveal not much has changed for the plant since then.
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