Planet Earth - Page 437

February 13, 2018

Scientists rush to explore underwater world hidden for 120,000 years

A huge, trillion-ton iceberg about the size of Delaware broke free from Antarctica's Larsen C Ice Shelf in July 2017. As it moved away from its chilly birth mom and into the Weddell Sea, a vast expanse of water saw the light for the first time in up to 120,000 years.

February 12, 2018

Yosemite National Park's 'Firefall' may not appear due to drought

The spectacle of the setting sun in late February that transforms a waterfall in Yosemite National Park into a glowing "firefall" may not happen this year due to a worsening drought in California.

February 12, 2018

Queen Elizabeth has declared war - on plastic

Queen Elizabeth II has declared war — on plastic — with a new waste plan put into place across the royal estates.

February 8, 2018

Science or silence? My battle to question doomsayers about the Great Barrier Reef

Around the world, people have heard about the impending extinction of the Great Barrier Reef: some 133,000 square miles of magnificent coral stretching for 1,400 miles off the north-eastern coast of Australia.

January 31, 2018

Incredible pics show scientists collecting lava from inside active volcanoes

Geologists have captured stunning images of collecting lava from inside live Hawaiian volcanoes, benefiting mankind, but also putting themselves in harms way.

January 30, 2018

Al Gore would have lost global warming bet, academic says

Al Gore is lucky he isn’t a betting man.

January 29, 2018

Cities are turning to beet juice and beer to address the dangers of road salt

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Experts who fear road salt is starting to take a toll on the nation's waterways are turning to beet juice, molasses, and even beer or cheese waste to make them safer.

January 25, 2018

Doomsday Clock reaches 2 minutes to midnight - closest point to nuclear annihilation since Cold War

The Doomsday Clock was moved on Thursday to two minutes to midnight – marking the closest the symbolic point of global Armageddon that the clock represents has reached since 1953.

January 25, 2018

Hurricane Harvey is second-most costly hurricane in US history behind Katrina, report says

Hurricane Harvey's torrential rains that turned streets in the nation's fourth-largest city into rivers navigable only by boat last year made the storm the second-most costly hurricane in U.S. history, according to a new report released Thursday.

January 24, 2018

Flood of garbage hits beach in Lebanon, sparks outrage

Incredible images show a flood of trash on a beach in Lebanon that has sparked outrage in the country.