'Busy' hurricane season is about to get a whole lot busier, NOAA says By Mindy Weisberger NOAA experts predict an "extremely active" hurricane season, with as many as 25 named storms.
Heavy atom spills its guts in decade-long experiment By Rafi Letzter A new experiment on ultra-rare astatine could open the door to cancer treatments and new research into super-heavy atoms.
The Congo River Basin: Home of the deepest river in the world By Holly Secon The Congo River is a long, arcing river in West-Central Africa, featuring a rainforest and providing food and transport for 75 million people.
Here is the best place on Earth to see stars, according to science By Brandon Specktor Scientists confirm that ‘Dome A’ in Antarctica is the best place on Earth to see stars.
Isaias treks up the East Coast, threatening strong winds, tornadoes By Yasemin Saplakoglu Tropical storm Isaias strengthened into a category 1 hurricane before hitting North Carolina last night, bringing rapid flooding
Two Canadian ice caps have completely vanished from the Arctic, NASA imagery shows By Brandon Specktor New NASA imagery shows that the St. Patrick bay ice caps have vanished from Arctic Canada, two years sooner than scientists predicted
Tropical storm Isaias forecast to strengthen into a hurricane before hitting the Carolinas By Yasemin Saplakoglu Isaias is expected to bring strong winds and heavy rainfall from the Carolinas to the Mid-Atlantic coast
Great white fatally attacks woman in Maine. How common is this? By Stephanie Pappas A woman swimming in Maine was fatally attacked by a white shark.
Hanna weakens to tropical storm, wallops southeast Texas with heavy rains, flash flooding By Jeanna Bryner Hanna, the first hurricane of the Atlantic season, is walloping southeast Texas and northeast Mexico with heavy rains and dangerous flash flooding, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Hanna becomes 1st Atlantic hurricane of the season, as it treks toward Texas By Jeanna Bryner Tropical Storm Hanna, now packing maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h), has become the first Atlantic hurricane of the season, as it treks west toward the coast of Texas
First underwater methane leak discovered near Antarctica By Brandon Specktor Researchers detected the first underwater methane leak in Antarctica, and the microbes responsible for eating it aren't doing their job.
Are Earth's magnetic poles about to swap places? Strange anomaly gives clues. By Yael Annemiek Engbers, Andrew Biggin A strange magnetic anomaly at St. Helena could shed light on whether Earth's magnetic poles are about to swap places.
Steaming river of black sludge floods through Arizona By Rafi Letzter After the Bighorn Fire burned a large area near Pima County, Arizona, a river of dark sludge rushed toward town.
Weird, Z-shaped faults could trigger a large earthquake on California's San Andreas Fault By Laura Geggel A big earthquake at Ridgecrest could trigger the Garlock fault, which would in turn trigger the San Andreas.
Satellite sees 'Godzilla' dust plume sweep across the Atlantic Ocean By Meghan Bartels Each year, dust from the Sahara Desert blows off Africa and across the Atlantic, but most years that plume isn't so massive it's nicknamed "Godzilla."
Pink 'watermelon snow' threatens major Italian glacier By Rafi Letzter The high Presena glacier has turned pink in a major bloom of dangerous, ice-melting algae.
Earth's magnetic field changes 10 times faster than once thought By Mindy Weisberger Directional changes in Earth's magnetic field happen far more rapidly than previous calculations suggested, according to new simulations.
The Arctic Circle: Polar portal to the Arctic By Tiffany Means Located about 66.5 degrees north of the Equator lies the Arctic Circle — a line of latitude that outlines the border of Earth's northernmost region known as the Arctic.
How a hidden ocean circulates beneath the Antarctic ice By Craig Stevens, Christina Hulbe Thick ice isolates a hidden ocean cavity from the furious winds and freezing air temperatures of Antarctica. But nothing stops the tides.
