(CNN) — A heavily glaciated region of the Himalayas is bucking the trend of global ice loss and showing small signs of increasing in mass, according to a new study. Data examining six regions in...
(multimedia) With all the recent earthquake activity in the Pacific Rim, scientists are now looking into the possibility of more in the area known as the ‘Ring of Fire.’
A spate of earthquakes across the middle of the U.S. is “almost certainly” man-made, and may be caused by wastewater from oil or gas drilling injected into the ground, U.S. government scientists said in...
In an unprecedented slap at NASA’s endorsement of global warming science, nearly 50 former astronauts and scientists–including the ex-boss of the Johnson Space Center–claim the agency is on the wrong side of science and...
The Mariana Trench isn’t really the deep, narrow furrow that the word “trench” implies. Rather, the abyss marks the location of a subduction zone. Subduction zones occur where one part of the seabed—in this...
(Reuters) – As weather disasters strike with more frequency, homeowners first get hit with the destruction or total loss of property. Many are then hit with the unexpected loss of homeowners insurance policies as...
Prof. Augusto Mangini of the University of Heidelberg in Germany is an expert for temperature reconstructions usingstalactites and stalagmites. He was allowed to speak a whole 15 minutes at the World Extreme Weather Congress in...
WASHINGTON (AP) — It has been so warm in the United States this year, especially in March, that national records were not just broken, they were deep-fried. Temperatures in the lower 48 states were...
In order to understand the phenomenon called a ‘perigean spring tide,’ you first have to know that the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun cause tides. Tides are actually long-period waves that roll...
HACIENDA HEIGHTS, Calif. (AP) — The ubiquitous backyard citrus tree, symbolic of California’s agricultural abundance, is front and center in the battle now under way to save the state’s nearly $2 billion citrus industry. State bug...
