Tropical storm Pilar causes heavy rains as it scrapes past Central America
Tropical storm Pilar scraped past Central America Tuesday, causing heavy rains along the Pacific coast but growing less likely to make landfall.
Tropical storm Pilar scraped past Central America Tuesday, causing heavy rains along the Pacific coast but growing less likely to make landfall.
Environment
Oct 31, 2023
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The anecdotes abound this year—friends reporting magical clusters of monarch butterflies on their walks, dozens of organizations offering free giveaways of native milkweed, and projects to restore habitat, even a lone monarch ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 31, 2023
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Reports this week suggest a near-collision between an Australian satellite and a suspected Chinese military satellite.
Space Exploration
Oct 26, 2023
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Meltwater that runs along the east coast of Greenland, hardly enters the open ocean before reaching the western side of the island. That is one of the conclusions NIOZ Ph.D.-candidate Elodie Duyck draws in the thesis that ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 24, 2023
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People ducked under desks and tables in California and other earthquake-prone areas around the world for an annual drill held Thursday to practice ways to stay safe during quakes.
Environment
Oct 19, 2023
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El Niño, a weather phenomenon associated with warmer temperatures in the northern U.S. and wetter weather in the South, has arrived.
Environment
Oct 13, 2023
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In the wake of thousands of Florida manatee deaths in recent years, federal wildlife officials announced they will launch a new scientific review to determine whether the animal should be reclassified as an endangered species.
Plants & Animals
Oct 12, 2023
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Hurricane Lidia gained strength Tuesday as it headed toward Mexico's Pacific coast, threatening to bring flooding and mudslides to a region that is home to a string of beach resorts, forecasters said.
Environment
Oct 10, 2023
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A renowned oceanographer who has studied the California coast for decades says new research challenges a well-established notion about how sand flows within the surf and long-shore currents that constantly shape the state's ...
Environment
Oct 10, 2023
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The Gulf Stream is intrinsic to the global climate system, bringing warm waters from the Caribbean up the East Coast of the United States. As it flows along the coast and then across the Atlantic Ocean, this powerful ocean ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 9, 2023
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