June 21, 2018 A guide to summer solstice, from Stonehenge to the earth's tilt If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, rejoice! The summer season officially kicks off on Thursday, thanks to the summer solstice.
June 21, 2018 Blue whale carcass carved into, stomped on by tourists taking selfies on top of the creature Authorities were appalled to discover a 66-foot-long, beached blue whale along the coast of Punta Delgada, Chile, desecrated with graffiti and surrounded by dozens of tourists.
June 20, 2018 Hammerhead shark fights tarpon as Florida boaters watch in shock A Florida woman out for a boat ride on Sunday captured shocking footage of what appears to be a hammerhead shark chasing a tarpon.
June 20, 2018 Cotton candy-colored lobster caught off Maine coast: It's the 'rarest of the rare' A Canadian fisherman made a 1-in-100 million catch when he pulled a rainbow-colored lobster out of the water off the coast of Maine.
June 20, 2018 Did plate tectonics set the stage for life on Earth? A new study suggests that rapid cooling within the Earth's mantle through plate tectonics played a major role in the development of the first life forms, which in turn led to the oxygenation of the Earth's atmosphere. The study was published in the March 2018 issue of Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
June 19, 2018 NASA's chilling 30-year-old warning We were warned. On June 23, 1988, a sultry day in Washington, James Hansen told the US Congress and the world that global warming wasn’t approaching — it had already arrived.
June 15, 2018 Jellyfish numbers on the rise along US beaches If you’re heading to the beach this summer like millions of other Americans, scientists say you should be on the lookout for jellyfish.
June 14, 2018 Doomsday warning: It would only take 100 nuclear weapons to wreak global devastation New research argues that 100 nuclear weapons is the “pragmatic limit” for any country to have in its arsenal. Any aggressor nation unleashing more than 100 nuclear weapons could ultimately devastate its own society, scientists warn.
June 14, 2018 Green gems shooting from Kilauea volcano in Hawaii as lava forms new peninsula After weeks of spewing ash and lava, Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano is now shooting green crystals into the air.
June 14, 2018 Antarctica is losing an insane amount of ice. Nothing about this is good. Antarctica has lost 3 trillion tons of ice in the past 25 years, and that ice loss has accelerated rapidly over the last five years.
