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April 20, 2017

Town suddenly dwarfed by massive iceberg

A small town on the coast of Newfoundland is—in the words of one local—suddenly "swarming with people" after a huge iceberg recently set up shop there, the CBC reports.

April 7, 2017

Stunning images show rare purple lightning

A photographer has managed to capture shots of purple lightning.

March 1, 2017

Scientists to transport ice from Bolivian melting glacier to Antarctica, preserve its ‘memory’

Glaciers accumulate caps of snow for thousands of years and, in Illimani's case, they date back 18,000 years.

February 24, 2017

Pacific Ocean iron particles can travel thousands of miles, study finds

Can a better understanding of iron particles that are carried vast distances across the Pacific Ocean help scientists predict how our oceans can reduce carbon emissions?

February 21, 2017

Scientists plan to trap a ship in Arctic ice

The nearly 400-foot-long Polarstern is designed to break through ice in frigid waters—but for an upcoming trip to study climate change, Germany is going to purposely let its ship become stuck in the middle of the floes, per the BBC.

February 16, 2017

Vast lake of molten carbon discovered under western US

Scientists have discovered a huge reservoir of molten carbon deep beneath the western U.S.

January 6, 2017

Beijing's snow is so dirty, it advises use of umbrellas

"The snow is very dirty! The snow is very dirty! The snow is very dirty!"

December 23, 2016

NASA climate scientist and astronaut Sellers dies at 61

Piers Sellers, a climate scientist and former astronaut who gained fame late in life for his eloquent commentary about the earth's fragility and his own cancer diagnosis, has died. He was 61.

December 20, 2016

Mysterious 'crater' in Antarctica has ominous cause

A "crater" in Antarctica once thought to be the work of a meteorite impact is actually the result of ice melt, new research finds.

November 22, 2016

Trump seems to be changing his mind on climate change

Donald Trump on Tuesday backed away from his earlier statements that climate change was a “hoax” invented by the Chinese and said there was some connection between the climate and human activity.