- How Climate Change May Help Penguin Colony LiveScience.com - 21 hours ago
Antarctic warming has been a boon for one large colony of Adélie penguins, a finding that's surprising scientists. More »How Climate Change May Help Penguin Colony
- Live Fish Found In Likely Tsunami Debris LiveScience.com - Fri, Apr 5, 2013 8:25 AM EDT
The strangest stowaways yet have arrived on U.S. shores via debris possibly from the 2011 Japan tsunami: Live fish. More »Live Fish Found In Likely Tsunami Debris
- Radar Plane Scans South American Landscapes LiveScience.com - Fri, Apr 5, 2013 10:18 AM EDT
NASA's globe-trotting, remote-sensing plane wrapped up a month-long trip to Central and South America in March, returning with images of volcanoes, Amazon floods and … More »Radar Plane Scans South American Landscapes
- Vole Population Booms on the Decline in Europe LiveScience.com - Fri, Apr 5, 2013 8:25 AM EDT
The fate of a major European ecosystem depends on populations of a tiny, mouse-like creature: the vole. More »Vole Population Booms on the Decline in Europe
- China kills market birds as flu found in pigeons AP - Fri, Apr 5, 2013 8:01 AM EDT
BEIJING (AP) — China announced a sixth death from a new bird flu strain Friday, while authorities in Shanghai halted the sale of live fowl and slaughtered all poultry … More »China kills market birds as flu found in pigeons
BEIJING (AP) — China announced a sixth death from a new bird flu strain Friday, while authorities in Shanghai halted the sale of live fowl and slaughtered all poultry at a market where the virus was detected in pigeons being sold for meat.
- Legal wrangles delay sea defenses in New Jersey towns hit by Sandy Reuters - Fri, Apr 5, 2013 7:03 AM EDT
By Philip Barbara SHIP BOTTOM, New Jersey (Reuters) - A temporary flashing sign on the causeway to New Jersey's Long Beach Island thanks owners of oceanfront properties … More »Legal wrangles delay sea defenses in New Jersey towns hit by Sandy
By Philip Barbara SHIP BOTTOM, New Jersey (Reuters) - A temporary flashing sign on the causeway to New Jersey's Long Beach Island thanks owners of oceanfront properties who have accepted a plan to build new barriers to protect them from storms like Sandy, which ravaged the U.S. northeast coast last year. And to pressure …
- NASA Sees Curiosity Rover's Parachute Flapping in Martian Wind (Video) SPACE.com - Fri, Apr 5, 2013 6:25 AM EDT
NASA's most powerful spacecraft orbiting Mars has captured amazing new images of the huge parachute used by the agency's Curiosity rover when it safely landed on the … More »NASA Sees Curiosity Rover's Parachute Flapping in Martian Wind (Video)
- Tropical Ice Reveals Rare Climate Record LiveScience.com - Thu, Apr 4, 2013 2:03 PM EDT
A new and rare ice core record of tropical temperatures highlights changes in the of world climate, the El Niño/La Niña–Southern Oscillation. More »Tropical Ice Reveals Rare Climate Record
- Isolated Coral Reefs Can Heal Themselves LiveScience.com - Thu, Apr 4, 2013 2:03 PM EDT
Coral reefs may be more independent and resilient than previously thought. More »Isolated Coral Reefs Can Heal Themselves
- Manatee death toll rises in Florida even as toxic algae ebbs Reuters - Thu, Apr 4, 2013 1:00 PM EDT
By Saundra Amrhein TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - A deadly algae bloom that killed a record number of manatees has dissipated, though the death toll for the endangered sea … More »Manatee death toll rises in Florida even as toxic algae ebbs
By Saundra Amrhein TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - A deadly algae bloom that killed a record number of manatees has dissipated, though the death toll for the endangered sea mammals continues to rise, Florida wildlife officials said on Thursday. Red Tide has killed 241 manatees this year as of Wednesday, said Kevin Baxter, spokesman …
- Where Are All The Tornadoes? LiveScience.com - Thu, Apr 4, 2013 11:12 AM EDT
March is typically when tornado season ramps up, with spring's unstable weather giving rise to thunderstorms and twisters. But this year has been relatively quiet so … More »Where Are All The Tornadoes?
- 1 Calif. hiker still lost, 1 found and recovering AP - Thu, Apr 4, 2013 10:22 AM EDT
RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif. (AP) — Crews resumed the search for one of two teenage hikers missing in Southern California's Cleveland National Forest, the morning after … More »1 Calif. hiker still lost, 1 found and recovering
- Fargo, North Dakota, braces for major Red River flooding Reuters - Wed, Apr 3, 2013 10:07 PM EDT
By Alicia Underlee Nelson FARGO, North Dakota (Reuters) - Fargo residents began filling 1 million sandbags on Wednesday as the North Dakota city braced for major flooding … More »Fargo, North Dakota, braces for major Red River flooding
By Alicia Underlee Nelson FARGO, North Dakota (Reuters) - Fargo residents began filling 1 million sandbags on Wednesday as the North Dakota city braced for major flooding along the Red River for the fourth time in the past five years. Preparing the sandbags is a volunteer effort in Fargo, which wants to reach its goal by …
- Arctic Going Green from Warming, Study Finds LiveScience.com - Wed, Apr 3, 2013 7:50 PM EDT
Large swaths of the Arctic tundra will be warm enough to support lush vegetation and trees by 2050, suggests a new study. More »Arctic Going Green from Warming, Study Finds
- Few El Niño problems in N. Hemisphere forecast into summer: CPC Reuters - Thu, Apr 4, 2013 10:13 AM EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. national weather forecaster reiterated on Thursday its forecast that the much-feared El Niño phenomenon is unlikely to affect the Northern … More »Few El Niño problems in N. Hemisphere forecast into summer: CPC
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. national weather forecaster reiterated on Thursday its forecast that the much-feared El Niño phenomenon is unlikely to affect the Northern Hemisphere weather into the summer months. In its monthly report, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Prediction Center (CPC) …




