Planet Earth - Page 410

August 28, 2018

The 'Great Dying': What made Earth's deadliest mass extinction so disastrous?

Around 252 million years ago, Earth’s most severe extinction incident wiped out all living things on the planet.

August 28, 2018

'Hunger stones' with dire warnings have been surfacing in Europe

“If you see me, weep.”

August 27, 2018

'Killer robots' are coming and the world is trying to figure out what to do with them

Experts from a host of countries are trying to figure out exactly what “killer robots” are and how to deal with them.

August 27, 2018

Hurricane Lane created a steamy white-out at Hawaii's Kilauea volcano

Torrential rain from Hurricane Lane created steamy white-out conditions Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano this weekend.

August 27, 2018

Glowing NASA map shows huge dust clouds swirling across Earth

We live our whole lives wandering from one cloud of dust to the next. The air is full of the stuff: salt wafting in from the sea, black carbon soot from wildfires and all sorts of dusty emissions from heavy industry.

August 25, 2018

PETA billboard in Maryland encourages people to 'go vegan,' stop eating crabs

A new billboard in Baltimore, Maryland, has gotten a crabby response from some of the city’s seafood-lovers.

August 24, 2018

Saharan dust contributing to 'less active' hurricane season

The peak of hurricane season is only a few weeks away. However, so far, there have been no major storms in the tropical Atlantic. Meteorologists cite several reasons for the slower than normal season, including dust plumes from the world's largest desert.

August 24, 2018

Incredible drone footage shows isolated Amazon tribe

Remarkable drone footage offers a rare glimpse of an isolated tribe in Brazilian Amazon.

August 24, 2018

NASA will launch a laser into space next month to track Earth's melting ice

NASA is preparing to launch a cutting-edge, laser-armed satellite that will spend three years studying Earth's changing ice sheets from above.

August 23, 2018

Tons of major quakes have rattled the world recently. Does that mean anything?

This August is shaping up to be a pretty shaky month, thanks to several large earthquakes across the globe. These earthquakes have spurred reports that California is more likely to experience a catastrophic earthquake, colloquially known as "the big one," very soon. But experts say that's not how earthquakes work.