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Arctic Is Heating Up Twice as Quickly as Rest of World

December 17, 2014 | Article

Bad news for polar bears: the Arctic is still warming at twice the pace as the rest of the planet, according to a new federal report.
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Reinventing How Chemicals are Made

December 16, 2014 | Article

Researchers are busy building the scaffolding for next-generation chemistry.
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Strange Rock from Russia Contains 30,000 Diamonds

December 16, 2014 | Article

The most diamond-rich rock ever found was discovered in Russia's Udachnaya diamond mine.
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Deadly Cholera Outbreaks Could Increase with Climate Change

December 16, 2014 | Article

Regions of the world that experience extreme weather shifts due to climate change may become more vulnerable to the spread of cholera, scientists report.
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Greenland's Ice-Melt Models May Be Too Sunny

December 16, 2014 | Article

The vast ice sheet covering Greenland could melt more quickly in the future than existing models predict, new research suggests.
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Coral Thrive Off U.S. Atlantic Coast, But Threatened (Op-Ed)

December 09, 2014 | Article

Mysterious Atlantic coast ocean oases host newfound marine life, and vibrant and diverse corals, but these environments are under threat.
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California Drought Linked to Natural Causes, Not Climate Change

December 08, 2014 | Article

Natural temperature swings in the ocean, not global warming, are driving California's extreme drought, according to a new government study.
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California Drought Map Time-Lapse Shows Distressing Trend | Video

December 08, 2014 | Video

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Did Deadly Gamma-Ray Burst Cause a Mass Extinction on Earth?

December 08, 2014 | Article

A gamma-ray burst, the most powerful kind of explosion known in the universe, may have triggered a mass extinction on Earth within the past billion years, researchers say.
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California's Worst Drought Ever Is 1st Taste of Future

December 05, 2014 | Article

The 2012-2014 California drought is the worst to parch central and southern California in the past 1,200 years.
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