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Great green blob covers Chinese waters (+video)
For years, China has talked about promoting “green growth.” But this probably isn’t what they had in mind. For the…
Just In – Amazing aurora above Antarctica
This amazing photo has just come in from Tim Delany, who is Winter Technical Support, working at Antarctica New Zealand’s…
Deadly U.S. wildfire 8% contained
Firefighters determined to snuff out a wildfire that killed 19 of their colleagues scoured the scorched earth near Prescott, Arizona,…
Unmanned Russian rocket explodes after liftoff (+ Video)
An unmanned Russian rocket veered off course and exploded in a fireball, seconds after liftoff from a launch pad in…
Opinion: Is Obama right on Climate Change?
Editor’s note: Chris Field is the director of the Department of Global Ecology of the Carnegie Institution for Science and…
Record-setting heat wave turns fatal in US Southwest
Death Valley resident Mike Wood says he’s used to the heat. But when his running shoes begin to melt, he…
NASA – Why the sun gets so hot
How do the outer reaches of the sun get so hot? That’s one of the questions that NASA has set…
4th Boeing Dreamliner grounded in 10 days
An All Nippon Airways 787 Dreamliner was held in Tokyo after a mechanical problem, the fourth such incident for Dreamliners…
Researchers: Newly found planets might support life
Our everyday concerns — what’s for dinner, what to update on Facebook — seem small when we consider that there’s…
India Floods — 17 killed in rescue chopper crash
The death toll in a helicopter crash that occurred amid rescue efforts in the wake of massive flooding in India…
