When oil started gushing into the Gulf of Mexico in late April 2010, friends asked George Haller whether he was tracking its movement. That's because the…
Global climate trend since Nov. 16, 1978: +0.13 C per decadeFebruary temperatures (preliminary)Global composite temp.: -0.12 C (about 0.22 degrees Fahrenheit)…
The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite passed directly above an intensifying tropical storm in the South Indian Ocean called Koji on March 8,…
Earth’s crust is the outermost solid shell of our planet. Even though it makes up less than 1% of the volume of the planet, the crust is exceptionally…
A team of scientists, led by the Institute for Ocean Conservation Science at Stony Brook University, used video cameras to count Caribbean reef sharks…
Smithsonian scientists have discovered that this was not always the case. According to the fossil record of these marine mammals, which dates back 50 million…