Tornados, among the most violent of atmospheric storms, rarely reach the size and brutality of the twister that swept through an Oklahoma City suburb on Monday, experts say.

Space & Earth - Environment

May 21, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 5

(Phys.org) —Because of its vastness, complexity, and indispensability, the American power grid presents a number of different challenges to state utility commissions, legislators, energy utilities and researchers ...

Technology - Software

May 01, 2013 not rated yet 0

The mountain ranges of the North American Cordillera are made up of dozens of distinct crustal blocks. A new study clarifies their mode of origin and identifies a previously unknown oceanic plate that contributed ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Apr 03, 2013 not rated yet 0

Turning on new satellite instruments is like opening new eyes. This week, the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) released its first images of Earth, collected at 1:40 p.m. EDT on March 18. The first image ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Mar 21, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

It's time to "get real" about naming exoplanets, says Uwingu CEO and scientist Dr. Alan Stern. And so the latest project from the space funding startup company is a contest to name the nearest exoplanet, ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Mar 20, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 1

After experiencing years of population decline on the West Coast, a recent study examining fisher populations found that—at least in the southern Sierra Nevada—the animal's numbers appear to be stable.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 28, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—During the past 13,000 years, Wyoming's Bighorn Basin has experienced significant increases in population growth—due primarily to periods of high effective moisture and moderate temperatures—according ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Jan 04, 2013 4 / 5 (1) 1 |

Beargrass is an ecologically, culturally, and economically important plant in the Western United States and, for the first time, landowners, managers, and harvesters now have a comprehensive report about the species.

Biology - Ecology

Nov 19, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0

A new University of Colorado Boulder study shows for the first time that episodes of reduced precipitation in the southern Rocky Mountains, especially during the 2001-02 drought, greatly accelerated development ...

Biology - Ecology

Nov 05, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

Researchers from the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom have uncovered the mystery behind the rapid sea level rise in the past by using climate and ice sheet models. Funded in part by a Marie Curie ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Sep 20, 2012 5 / 5 (7) 8

Native butterflies are vanishing from parts of the Northeast, a Harvard University study finds, while warmer-natured southerners are increasingly invading their turf. This coincides with a half-century warming trend in the ...

Biology - Ecology

Aug 27, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0

Climate change is causing a late wake-up call from hibernation for a species of Rocky Mountain ground squirrel and the effect is deadly.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Aug 08, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 1 |

The rise of the Rocky Mountains and the appearance of a major seaway that divided North America may have boosted the evolution of new dinosaur species, according to a new Ohio University-led study.

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Aug 02, 2012 4.8 / 5 (5) 1 |

The cause of rapid sea level rise in the past has been found by scientists at the University of Bristol using climate and ice sheet models.

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Jul 11, 2012 4.8 / 5 (23) 89 |

As Americans observed Independence Day, wildfires continued to burn across the western United States, including wildfires in Colorado and the Fontenelle Fire in Wyoming. Wildfire smoke affected large parts ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Jul 09, 2012 not rated yet 0