Antarctica could melt 'irreversibly' due to climate change, study warns By Brandon Specktor Antarctica could be completely ice-free one day if we allow climate change to continue unabated.
It's not magic: Mysterious 'fairy circles' are built by grasses By Stephanie Pappas The most detailed monitoring effort ever shows that fairy circles are engineered by the grasses themselves.
Could the Sahara ever be green again? By Donavyn Coffey The Sahara was once a grass and shrub-covered steppe. Could this ever happen again?
Zombie storms are rising from the dead thanks to climate change By Yasemin Saplakoglu Wildfires are burning the West Coast, hurricanes are flooding the Southeast — and some of those storms are rising from the dead.
Climate scientists uncover new record-low temperature in Greenland By Brandon Specktor Climate archivists have found the coldest day ever in the Northern Hemisphere, set by Greenland in 1991
Wee, single-celled creatures may chow down on viruses By Nicoletta Lanese However, one expert says we need more proof these organisms actually eat viruses.
Gold miners discover 100 million-year-old meteorite crater Down Under By Laura Geggel About 100 million years ago, a gigantic meteorite collided with Australia, creating a 3-mile-wide impact crater.
Tropical storm Beta floods Houston, and days of heavy rainfall are still to come By Rafi Letzter Roads are flooded again. Protective dunes destroyed. Louisiana is bracing for another impact. And the season still has much more than a month left to go.
Hello fall! Equinox kicks off autumn on Sept. 22 By Laura Geggel Going forward, the North Pole will be plunged into twilight and then darkness.
Hurricane season is so active in 2020, we ran out of names By Mindy Weisberger With the formation of Tropical Storm Wilfred on Sept. 18, the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season reached the end of its storm names list and will now "go Greek."
Melting ice sheets will add over 15 inches to global sea level rise by 2100 By Chelsea Gohd A new, international study shows the significant impact that melting ice sheets will have on global sea levels.
Climate fires and hurricanes collide in this shocking NASA satellite image By Brandon Specktor An epic series of satellite images shows smokes from the California wildfires clashing with hurricanes in the Eastern United States and Gulf Coast.
What if Earth had rings? By Charles Q. Choi What might Earth be like crowned with rings? Space and science- fiction illustrator Ron Miller created extraordinary images of how the sky might look if Earth possessed such rings.
What is glyphosate? By Jen Monnier Glyphosate is the most commonly used herbicide chemical in the world, sprayed everywhere from farms to backyards.
Scientists find 'secret molecule' that allows bacteria to exhale electricity By Brandon Specktor Scientists found the 'secret molecule' that allows Geobacter microbes to exhale electrons over vast distances underground
Hidden rivers of warm water threaten vast Antarctic glacier By Rafi Letzter Thwaites Glacier holds enough ice to drive up sea levels more than 2 feet. These hidden ducts lubricate its collapse into the ocean.
Hurricane Sally makes landfall as Category 2 storm, bringing extreme winds and flooding By Yasemin Saplakoglu The slow-moving storm is toppling trees, cutting power and dropping extreme amounts of rain.
Hurricane Sally expected to bring 'historic flooding' to the Gulf Coast By Yasemin Saplakoglu "Extreme life-threatening" flash flooding is likely through Wednesday along the central Gulf Coast.
Hurricane Sally set to batter a Louisiana still reeling from Hurricane Laura By Rafi Letzter Louisiana already has 23,000 climate refugees living in shelters following Hurricane Laura. Hurricane Sally will flood the region beginning today.
