This Remote Atlantic Island Is Being Covered in a 'Crust' of Plastic Trash By Brandon Specktor Researchers have discovered yet another new form of plastic pollution infesting Earth's oceans and beaches — and it's real crusty.
Under Greenland's Glaciers, Dozens of Pristine, Jewel-Like Lakes Have Been Discovered By Laura Geggel Hidden beneath Greenland’s Ice Sheet like an enormous necklace of sparkly blue and oddly shaped beads, scientists have discovered 56 previously unknown and gem-like lakes.
Yellowstone's Steamboat Geyser Is Incredibly Active Right Now, and We Don't Know Why By Rafi Letzter A geyser in Yellowstone National Park has entered a period of extraordinarily frequent activity.
Life on Icy Alien Worlds May Resemble Creatures Under Submerged Hawaiian Volcano By Yasemin Saplakoglu Certain conditions that nurture life deep underwater may also be found elsewhere in the solar system.
Looming 'Climate Apartheid' Could Split the World into the Rich and the Dead, UN Warns By Brandon Specktor Human rights might not survive the climate crisis, a special United Nations report warns.
Massive Blobs of 'Fire Ice' Lurks Beneath the Ocean. We Know Almost Nothing About Them. By Yasemin Saplakoglu There's a huge cache of flammable ice under the ocean's surface, and it plays a key role in climate change. Scientists are only now beginning to understand what it looks like.
Volcano Just Shot Out a Mushroom-Shaped Cloud So Big It Could Be Seen from Orbit By Mindy Weisberger The International Space Station captured a stunning photo of an erupting volcano.
A Massive Freshwater Sea Is Buried Beneath the Atlantic Ocean By Laura Geggel A gigantic freshwater aquifer is hiding under the salty Atlantic Ocean, just off the northeastern coast of the United States, a new study finds.
Philly Refinery Explosion Shoots Fireball Visible from Space By Stephanie Pappas The explosion was so hot and massive, it was picked up by weather satellites.
How Does the Summer Solstice Affect Animals? By Kimberly Hickok Even if humans have trouble telling time in the "land of the midnight sun," many animals can adjust their schedules to the summer solstice.
Greenland's Summer Melts Have Started Early, and They're Very Bad This Year By Rafi Letzter Summer doesn't begin for two more days, but oceanographers and climatologists are already sounding the alarm about stunning ice melts going on now in Greenland.
The Plastic We 'Recycle' Is Actually Horrible for the Environment By Yasemin Saplakoglu When you drop your plastic waste into the recycling bin, where does it go?
Most of the World to Face Record-High Temperatures Every Year Without Serious Climate Action By Brandon Specktor About 60% of the world will face record-high temperatures every year for the next 100 years if we don't tackle climate change now, a new study suggests.
Pea Burgers Taste Fantastic. They Can Also Help Save the Planet. (Op-Ed) By David Wilkie I ate a burger last night and it surprised me. It was delicious. So what was surprising? It was made from peas.
Volcano's Shadow Forms an Eerie, Perfect Triangle By Mindy Weisberger The shadow's pointy tip is a matter of perspective.
Arctic Permafrost Is Going Through a Rapid Meltdown — 70 Years Early By Grant Currin It's all happening way faster than anyone expected.
Glowing 'Blue Tears' in China's Seas Are Incredibly Toxic — And They’re Growing By Isobel Whitcomb Tourists from all over China come to view the toxic twinkling seascape.
The World's Plants Are Going Extinct About 500 Times Faster Than They Should, Study Finds By Brandon Specktor Three new plant species have disappeared from Earth every year since 1900, an alarming new analysis found.
The Pentagon Emits More Greenhouse Gases Than Any Other Part of the US Gov't. By Neta C. Crawford The Defense Department remains the world's single largest consumer of oil, and as a result, one of the world's top greenhouse gas emitters.
