By Leo Hickman The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the U.S. space agency, has released an “eye-popping” three-dimensional animation showing carbon dioxide emissions moving through the Earth’s atmosphere over the course of a year. It says the 3-D visualization is “one of the most realistic views yet” of the “complex patterns in which carbon […]
Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking is one of the most intelligent individuals on the planet, which is why his assertion that humanity has only 1,000 years left on Earth and must find another place to colonize is incredibly frightening. “[W]e must … continue to go into space for the future of humanity,” professor Hawking said in […]
The November supermoon has gained attention around the world for its beauty, but is also bringing high water to flood-prone regions from South Florida to Maine. Kevin Baird/Flickr The moon, which follows an elliptical orbit, is at its closest approach to the Earth since 1948. The full moon, in alignment with the Earth and sun, […]
By Kelly Kizer Whitt, SIERRA Magazine The Supermoon The full moon in November will be super-sized, the largest of 2016. “Supermoon” is a recently coined term for when the moon is full and at perigee—its closest point to the earth in its elliptical orbit. Perigee will take place on Nov. 14 when the moon passes […]
Have scientists figured out the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle? That’s the claim that is going viral on the internet following the discovery of strange, hexagonal clouds at the western tip of the triangle. Science Channel screenshot According to a Science Channel documentary, the clouds were captured by satellites over the Bahamas peaking meteorologists’ interest. […]
A 13-year-old student from Ohio won the top prize at the 2016 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge Tuesday for developing a cost-effective device that uses solar and wind power to create energy. Grand prize winner Maanasa Mendu with 3M scientist mentor Margaux Mitera at the 2016 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge in St. […]
By Leo Hickman Before the Flood, a new feature-length documentary presented and produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, is released in cinemas today. The Oscar-winning actor and environmentalist has spent the past three years asking a wide variety of people around the world about climate change. His collection of interviews in the film—ranging from President Obama and […]
By Phillip Smith Archeologists in China have uncovered a 2,500-year-old gravesite that contains the bones of a man draped in freshly harvested marijuana plants—with the budding tops lopped off. As first reported in National Geographic, researchers say the “extraordinary cache” helps deepen our understanding of the plant’s ritual and medicinal use in ancient Eurasian cultures. […]
As if worrying about whether or not the massive San Andreas Fault would erupt after a swarm of 200 earthquakes hit the nearby Salton Sea wasn’t enough for Californians, a new fault line was discovered this week in the same area. Researchers are calling it the Salton Trough Fault (STF). The fault, which lies along […]
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