October 1, 2017 Vanuatu volcano erupts; 11,000 prepare to evacuate A flotilla of boats was headed to the Pacific island of Ambae, Vanuatu, on Sunday as efforts got underway to evacuate all 11,000 residents because of an erupting volcano.
September 29, 2017 Japan tsunami caused something unprecedented to happen in Pacific Every spring, "pulses" of floating garbage from the Pacific trash vortex arrive on the US West Coast—and every year since 2011, more unwanted visitors from Japan arrive.
September 29, 2017 Sunken 8th continent reveals its buried secrets A journey to plumb the remote ocean depths has revealed that Earth does indeed have an eighth continent.
September 28, 2017 Historic gem: World's largest flawless diamond up for auction A 163.41-carat D flawless diamond, described as the largest ever put up for auction, was unveiled in Hong Kong on Thursday.
September 28, 2017 Iceberg 4.5 times the size of Manhattan breaks off Antarctic glacier Breaking news from Pine Island Glacier, which lost 267km2 of icebergs today, after the internal crack resulted in a large calving event 1/n pic.twitter.com/sLwGTyNTfC
September 28, 2017 Shocking 'blue hole' discovered in the Great Barrier Reef The Great Barrier Reef has just gotten even cooler thanks to a fresh discovery.
September 27, 2017 Elon Musk is trying to help Australia with its big energy crisis Elon Musk and Tesla have made good on their promise to help Australia with its energy crisis, installing the world's largest lithium ion battery.
September 27, 2017 Stephen Hawking: Earth could turn into hothouse planet like Venus Earth could turn into a hothouse planet like Venus, with boiling oceans and acid rain, if humans don't curb irreversible climate change, physicist Stephen Hawking claimed in a recent interview.
September 27, 2017 Scientists warn of 'biological annihilation,' say mass extinction event is currently happening on Earth When you hear the term "mass extinction" you probably imagine something like the space rock that smacked Earth and led to the demise of the dinosaurs, but according to a new research paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, we're currently experiencing an extinction event of our very own.
September 27, 2017 World's largest flawless diamond ever to be auctioned will be unveiled this week A 163-carat D flawless diamond, described as the largest ever put up for auction, will be unveiled in Hong Kong on Thursday.