The Ticking Time Bomb At The Bottom Of The Baltic Sea
THERE IS something dangerous lurking in the shallow waters of the Baltic Sea. Nearly 70 years after the victorious Allies dumped thousands of tonnes of Nazi chemical weapons and chemical agents into...
View ArticleUN Climate Talks On The 'Brink Of Collapse'
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — U.N. climate talks were deadlocked Saturday as the U.S. and China clashed over what role the Chinese and other fast-growing economies should play in a new pact to fight global...
View ArticleIndonesia Orders Mass Evacuations As Volcano Violently Erupts
More than 15,000 residents have been ordered to evacuate on the island of Sumatra where authorities have raised the emergency alert for volcanic activity to the highest level, Reuters reports. Mount...
View Article18 Powerful Images Of Mother Nature In Action From 2013
2013 was a wild year for weather and other natural phenomena.Wildfires and tornadoes wreaked havoc across the United States, while erupting volcanoes and floods destroyed other parts of the world.Here...
View ArticleGreen Energy Could Crash The US Power Grid
The push for green energy in the United States may be hindered by the limitations of our outdated power grids, which are unsuited for unpredictable energy sources like sunlight and wind, according to...
View ArticleVideo Shows Dozens Of Pilot Whales Stranded In The Everglades
Wildlife officials are trying to rescue a pod of pilot whales stranded in the waters near Florida's Everglades National Park on Wednesday, reports NBC6.com. The whales were originally spotted on...
View ArticleThe Most Amazing Satellite Images Of The Year
DigitalGlobe has compiled the 20 coolest satellite images from 2013, taken by the company's five Earth-imaging satellites.The company is asking fans to vote for their favorite birds-eye views of Earth...
View ArticleMesmerizing Video Of Lava Swallowing A Ravioli Can
A ravioli can is no match for hot flowing lava. The hollow metal cylinder is swallowed by a stream of molten rock in seconds in the video above.The footage was taken by photographer Brian Lowry on...
View ArticleJapan's Month-Old Volcanic Island Is Still Growing
In late November, an underwater volcanic eruption created a new island around 600 miles south of Tokyo in Japanese waters.One of NASA's satellites recently took a snapshot of the tiny island from space...
View ArticleA Tiger Shark Was Photographed With Its Mouth Wide Open
Cat Schultz, an intern with the RJ Dunlap Marine Conservation Program took this picture, showing the inside of a tiger shark's mouth, as part of an ongoing tagging project off the coast of Florida.The...
View Article15 Animals That Are Masters Of Disguise
Camouflage is a wonderful thing. It helps animals hide from predators and catch prey. This built-in protection is key to surviving in the wild. Here are 15 animals who are masters of disguise. A...
View ArticleHow Beer Created Civilization
What led early humans to begin cultivating grain some 10,000 years ago?It was beer — not bread — a growing body of research shows. Archaeologists have long hinted that Neolithic, or Stone Age, people...
View Article100-Year-Old Photo Negatives Were Found In An Antarctic Explorer's Hut
A team from New Zealand's Antarctic Heritage Trust recently discovered 100-year-old photographic negatives left in British explorer Robert Falcon Scott's expedition hut on Cape Evans in Antarctica.The...
View ArticleNew York Is About To Start The Year With Some Horrible Weather
The first major snowstorm of 2014 already looms.The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for New York City, Northeast New Jersey, and Southern Westchester County starting Thursday...
View ArticleDo Dolphins Really Get 'High' On Pufferfish?
A new documentary series by BBC One, called "Dolphins: Spy in the Pod," reportedly shows young dolphins getting "high" off a nerve toxin released by pufferfish and then passing it around.In a...
View ArticleWhat To Expect From The First Major Snowstorm Of 2014
The first major snowstorm of 2014, named Winter Storm Hercules by The Weather Channel, could bring near blizzard conditions and bitter cold temperatures to much of the Northeast starting Thursday night...
View ArticleMajor Snowstorm Barrels Toward The Northeast
A major snowstorm is within a couple hours of sacking New York City and other parts of the eastern United States, with significant accumulations likely to start after 7 p.m. So you might want to start...
View ArticleAtmospheric Pressure Has Entered 'Bomb' Territory And Now It's About To Get...
A heavy snowstorm and dangerously cold temperatures gripped the northeastern United States on Friday, dumping up to two feet of snow in some places. Meteorologist Eric Holthaus described the ferocity...
View ArticleHere's An Incredible Picture Of Sun Shining Through The Windows Of A Building...
Much of the country is experiencing record-low temperatures following a big winter storm. It's so cold that a building that caught fire in Plattmouth, Neb. on Jan. 3, became encased in ice after the...
View ArticleHere's What The 'Polar Vortex' That's Hitting The US Actually Is
As tundra-like temperatures and wind chills as cold as 70 below zero fan out across the country, everyone is blaming the "polar vortex."Polar vortexes, though, are nothing new. They occur seasonally at...
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