Railroad track in Turkey, deformed by the quake’s ground shaking and liquefaction. The track in this shot has shifted about 6.5 feet (2 meters).
Glucose is an incredibly annoying bodily component to work with.
Starting in early spring, Lake Erie's algae situation gets so toxic that officials make sure to monitor it—but it seems far from enough.
Researchers have identified a previously unknown type of earthquake that can begin as deep as 55 miles underground.
As the Sandy fire burns through Ventura County, firefighters are desperate to keep the blaze away from the defunct Santa Susana Field Laboratory.
Representing the longest continuous record of the Earth’s climate, the giant ice core may soon unlock some much-wanted data into Earth's climate history.
Several models predict Pacific sea surface temperatures will rise more than 7.2 degrees Fahrenheit (4 degrees Celsius) above average by the fall, suggesting this El Niño could be the strongest on record.
Photo: Jiannan Meng 
