Could We Move the Entire Planet Earth to a New Orbit? By Matteo Ceriotti The big move could help our rocky planet escape the expanding sun and prevent a collision with Jupiter.
Bermuda Was Made by Unexpected Geological Layer Deep in Earth's Mantle By Laura Geggel For the first time, scientists have evidence that a layer deep beneath Earth's surface can create volcanoes.
Scientists Create Tectonic Map of 'Game of Thrones' Continents By Sabin Zahirovic, Jo Condon The breathtaking fictional landscapes of "Game of Thrones" had a tumultuous past that involved volcanic eruptions, mountain-building and entire continents splitting apart, scientists say.
Nearly 25% of West Antarctic Ice in Danger of Collapse By Mindy Weisberger Decades of climate change have severely weakened 24% of western Antarctica's ice.
Violent Tornadoes and Flooding Are Expected in Oklahoma and Texas Tonight By Rafi Letzter Oklahoma, northwest Texas and the Texas panhandle are bracing for a day of extreme weather, including dangerous tornadoes, flooding and thunderstorms.
Scientists Went to One of the World's Most Remote Island Atolls. They Found 414 Million Pieces of Plastic By Yasemin Saplakoglu Researchers dug holes in the sand. The holes were filled with plastic.
When Chernobyl Blew, They Dumped Boron and Sand into the Breach. What Would We Do Today? By Rafi Letzter In 1986, the Soviets dumped sand and boron from helicopters onto the exposed Chernobyl uranium core. How would we handle it today?
First-Ever Image of a Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Burst Shows Light Exploding Out of a Thundercloud in Asia By Brandon Specktor Researchers just created the world's first image of a terrestrial gamma-ray burst.
King Tut Wore Ancient, Meteor-Blasted Yellow Glass By Yasemin Saplakoglu The sands of the western Egyptian desert melted and created tiny pieces of canary yellow glass
The Green New Deal Doesn't Go Far Enough. Here's Why (Op-Ed) By Peter Fiekowsky, President of Healthy Climate Alliance The Green New Deal is not enough; we need to set a specific target for carbon dioxide levels here on Earth.
A Massive 'Blob' of Rock Stretching Under Asia Might Be Triggering Hundreds of Earthquakes By Brandon Specktor A massive, underground "blob" might be triggering hundreds of earthquakes in the Hindu Kush mountains.
Bill Nye Brings Out the F-Bombs and a Blowtorch to Talk Climate Change By Elizabeth Howell Science popularizer Bill Nye told viewers of a popular late-night show that Earth is "on [expletive] fire" while lighting a globe with a blowtorch.
Carbon Dioxide Soars to Record-Breaking Levels Not Seen in at Least 800,000 Years By Yasemin Saplakoglu "If you do the math, well, it's pretty sobering"
Explorer Reaches Bottom of the Mariana Trench, Breaks Record for Deepest Dive Ever By Yasemin Saplakoglu It was chilly; it was quiet; and "it was so very peaceful"
'Bomb Carbon' from Cold War Nuclear Tests Found in the Ocean's Deepest Trenches By Mindy Weisberger Long-ago nuclear tests left their mark on deep-sea animals alive today.
Retracted Study: How a Volcano in Japan Halted an Earthquake By Mindy Weisberger Falsified data suggested that an earthquake was terminated by one of the most active volcanoes in Japan.
Scientists Discovered a 2,624-Year-Old Tree in a North Carolina Swamp. Climate Change Could Kill It. By Brandon Specktor A tree grows in North Carolina, and it has been growing there for a long, looooooong time.
Drones Find Unexpected Radiation 'Hotspots' in Forest Near Chernobyl By Mindy Weisberger This is the first time that fixed-wing drones were used for radiation mapping.
Off the Coast of Portugal, the Earth's Crust Might Be Peeling in Two By Yasemin Saplakoglu It might explain the massive earthquake of 1755 which destroyed the city of Lisbon
