Daylight saving time 2020: When we change our clocks and why By Jeanna Bryner Here's everything you've ever wanted to know about daylight saving time (often misspelled as "savings"), including times, dates, its history and more.
How to watch rare Halloween 'blue moon' tonight By Rafi Letzter If anyone's trying to wake some dark spirits, tonight's the night. A "blue moon" and "beaver moon" will rise over All Hallow's Eve.
Coral 'tower' taller than the Empire State Building discovered off Australian coast By Brandon Specktor Scientists have discovered a free-standing reef near Australia's Great Barrier Reef, which stands taller than the Empire State Building.
Powerful earthquake strikes off Turkey's coast, killing at least 14 By Yasemin Saplakoglu The earthquake caused the collapse of nearly 20 buildings in the city of Izmir. Search and rescue efforts are underway beneath the rubble.
Rare full moon on Halloween will be seen across the US for the first time in 76 years By Mindy Weisberger Don't miss the rare appearance of a full moon on Halloween, something that hasn't been seen across the US since 1944.
Arctic sea ice goes through 'historic' loss in 2020 By Rafi Letzter Arctic sea ice has been in decline for a while now, but 2020 is turning out to be the second-worst year ever — with implications for the whole planet.
How Hurricane Zeta rapidly strengthened before slamming New Orleans By Rafi Letzter Zeta was a weakened tropical storm just yesterday. Now it threatens a huge swath of the United States.
Trump lifts protections for Tongass National Forest, allowing logging, road development By Yasemin Saplakoglu Alaska's Tongass National Forest was protected from logging and other development for nearly two decades.
Greenland ice melt is changing the shape of its coastline By Stephanie Pappas Greenland's coastline is being altered by ice melt, potentially affecting predictions of what happens to the ice sheet next.
The war against plastic is distracting us from pollution that can't be seen By Thomas Stanton, Matthew Johnson, Paul Kay The war against plastic may be overshadowing greater threats to the environment.
Explosive growth of Colorado wildfire seen from space By Stephanie Pappas The spread of the fire was visible from space.
Fault near Portland could unleash a major earthquake By Stephanie Pappas The Gales Creek Fault in northwest Oregon has set off some temblors before recorded history.
'Lost' tectonic plate called Resurrection hidden under the Pacific By Stephanie Pappas A new computer reconstruction of the tectonic plates of 60 million years ago reveals the existence of a lost plate called Resurrection.
Turbulent environment set the stage for leaps in human evolution 320,000 years ago By Richard Potts People thrive all across the globe, at every temperature, altitude and landscape. How did human beings become so successful at adapting to whatever environment we wind up in?
Ghostly 'UFO cloud' hovering over mountains wows judges in weather photo contest By Brandon Specktor Lenticular clouds look like saucers and form when wind meets mountains. This photo is one of the Royal Meteorological Society's favorites of the year.
'Monster' storms and frozen bison: The most spectacular weather photos of 2020 By Brandon Specktor Here are the winners of the Royal Meteorological Society's 2020 Weather Photo of the Year contest, sponsored by AccuWeather.
Severe burn damage from California wildfires seen from space By Stephanie Pappas New satellite imagery of California reveals not just the extent of its wildfire damage, but the depth of the loss.
Ice melt in Alaska threatens to unleash unprecedented 'mega-tsunami,' scientists warn By Peter Dockrill
Bill Nye to flat Earthers and science deniers: 'It affects all of us' By Chelsea Gohd "The flat earthers, the anti vaxxers, the anti maskers are not on board with the progress of science. And the thing is, it affects all of us," Bill Nye said.
800 years ago, Old Faithful went quiet. Soon, it might happen again. By Peter Dockrill Old Faithful, the famed geyser in Yellowstone National Park that erupts with captivating regularity, could soon go quiet.
