EartherClimate ChangeEartherClimate Change'A Wake Up Call': The World Needs to Prepare for Massive Crop FailureClimate change is messing with the jet stream, and it means more extreme weather events in the future.ByAngely MercadoPublishedJuly 5, 2023Comments (56)
EartherNatural DisastersEartherNatural DisastersAt Least 4 Dead and 100,000 Without Power After Texas TornadoesThese storms and outages come as much of the state continues to experience a dangerous heat wave.ByAngely MercadoPublishedJune 22, 2023Comments (12)
EartherClimate ChangeEartherClimate ChangeFeeling More Turbulence During Your Flights? Blame Climate Change.New research has found that turbulence has doubled in the last 4 decades.ByAngely MercadoPublishedJune 13, 2023Comments (5)
EartherExtreme WeatherEartherExtreme WeatherMore Severe Storms Are on the Move Through Central U.S.Less than a week after tornadoes devastated communities in multiple states, another round of dangerous weather is…ByAngely MercadoPublishedApril 5, 2023Comments (3)
EartherExtreme WeatherEartherExtreme WeatherThe Link Between Tornadoes and Climate Change Is ComplicatedThe ingredients for major storms are being fueled by warming, but scientists say there's no clear connection yet.ByAngely MercadoPublishedMarch 31, 2023Comments (3)
EartherExtreme WeatherNow playing EartherExtreme WeatherDeadly Mississippi Tornado Kills More Than 2 Dozen | Extreme EarthThe twister destroyed communities across Western and Central Mississippi.PublishedMarch 28, 2023
ScienceHealthScienceHealthPhysicists Say This Is the Best Place to Hide Indoors From a Nuclear ShockwaveWindows, doorways, and hallways are risky places to be, even if you're far from the blast and lucky enough to be…ByEd CaraPublishedJanuary 17, 2023Comments (130)
EartherNatural DisastersEartherNatural DisastersPhotos: Deadly Tornadoes Pummel LouisianaDevastating storms ripped through the South as part of a huge front of bad weather moving through the U.S. this week.ByMolly TaftPublishedDecember 15, 2022
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceMicrophone on NASA Rover Records Large Dust Devil on MarsA particulate-filled whirlwind swept right over the Perseverance rover, providing some fortuitous scientific data.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedDecember 13, 2022Comments (2)
ScienceSpaceflightScienceSpaceflightData Recorder Malfunction Jeopardizes 30-Year-Old NASA ProbeThe Geotail mission launched in 1992 to study Earth's magnetosphere, but the satellite's future is now in doubt.ByPassant RabiePublishedOctober 20, 2022Comments (9)
EartherEarth ScienceEartherEarth ScienceHere's Why Skies Over Europe Are Orange This WeekA huge dust cloud from the Sahara has people skiing on reddish snow.ByAngely MercadoPublishedMarch 17, 2022Comments (4)
EartherEnergyEartherEnergyCoal-Loving Australia Just Hit Wind and Solar Power RecordsRenewables are catching up in a country where coal is still king.ByMolly TaftPublishedFebruary 8, 2022Comments (8)
EartherExtreme WeatherEartherExtreme WeatherLife-Threatening Cold Grips the Northern Rockies and MidwestWind chills as low as minus-50 are forecast into Thursday, adding another layer of weather-induced suffering to…ByBrian KahnPublishedDecember 29, 2021Comments (5)
EartherExtreme WeatherEartherExtreme WeatherThis Week's Surreal Weather Nightmare, in PhotosA huge portion of the U.S. saw unprecedented December weather, as high winds, dust, and severe thunderstorms spread…ByBrian KahnPublishedDecember 16, 2021Comments (15)
EartherExtreme WeatherEartherExtreme WeatherThe Windstorm Whipping the U.S. Looks TerrifyingDust Bowl-like conditions have spread across the Plains, with dust storms, ferocious fires, and staggering storms…ByBrian KahnPublishedDecember 15, 2021Comments (36)
EartherClimate ChangeEartherClimate ChangeThe Dangerous Influence Climate Change Has on TornadoesThe deadly series of twisters fits with a pattern of more violent clusters of storms.ByBrian KahnPublishedDecember 13, 2021Comments (9)
EartherExtreme WeatherEartherExtreme WeatherPowerful Tornadoes Leave at Least 70 Dead Across 6 StatesA massive outbreak of severe weather tore through states from Arkansas to Illinois overnight on Friday.ByBrian KahnPublishedDecember 11, 2021Comments (41)
EartherExtreme WeatherEartherExtreme WeatherNor'easter Hits East Coast With Dangerous Rain and Hurricane-Force WindsNew York and New Jersey have declared states of emergency as a nor'easter pummels the region.ByBrian KahnPublishedOctober 26, 2021Comments (9)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsAmazing Airborne Microchips are the Tiniest Human-Built Objects to Take FlightThe aerial microchips could eventually track pollution and diseases.ByGeorge DvorskyPublishedSeptember 22, 2021Comments (60)
EartherExtreme WeatherEartherExtreme WeatherWhy Hurricane Ida Is Set to Rapidly Intensify Into a Monster StormIda is expected to emerge over the Gulf of Mexico on Friday night where conditions are set for the storm to explode…ByBrian KahnPublishedAugust 27, 2021Comments (47)