The deadly Moore, Okla., tornado has people asking: Just what is a tornado? And how do these dangerous storms form? The National Oceanographic and ...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced last week that carbon dioxide concentrations at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii surpassed the milestone 400 parts per million for a sustained period.
Although we've made remarkable progress toward ending overfishing and restoring depleted populations, we have been missing the bigger picture by focusing on individual species -- the marine version of missing the forest for the trees.
The thermometers got it right. The Earth is warming, another study is reporting. Climate scientists recognize that changes in weather observation sta...
What would the Earth look like through a colossal pair of binoculars? Just watch NASA's newly released earth-from-space video above to find out. T...
It's not every day that fishermen and environmentalists agree. But in a significant move, the American Bluefin Tuna Association and the International ...
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WASHINGTON -- Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Tuesday released his budget proposal calling for approval of the Keystone XL pipeline and slashing the discre...
As a result of climate change, by mid-century, ships could sail directly over the North Pole, according to a new study. The Northwest Passage is now only accessible to a few icebreaker ships on average one summer of every seven years.
The next Commerce Secretary will have the challenge and opportunity to view the two in a more synergistic manner. After all, the nation's weather and climate agency was placed in Commerce for a reason, right?
Why are cod and many other species of groundfish, or bottom dwellers, struggling to recover? Decades of heavy fishing depleted their numbers and damaged the ocean ecosystem. These fish now face additional challenges from climate change as New England waters hit record high temperatures in 2012.
The globally-averaged temperature for January 2013 tied with 1995 as the ninth-warmest January since record keeping began in 1880, according to a news...
Climate change may or may not have helped generate the nor'easter lashing the East Coast this weekend. Such storms happen with some regularity, after ...
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK, Jan 26 (Reuters) - The carcass of a dolphin that died after becoming mired in a notoriously toxic New York...
Ever wonder how squid have sex? Now you can find out, thanks to a deep-sea "sex tape" that's being called the first of its kind. The squid sex vid...
Just days after the announcement that last year was the warmest in history for the continental United States, NASA and NOAA found global temperatures are rising too.
By: Charles Q. Choi Published: 01/17/2013 07:56 AM EST on SPACE.com Even small changes in solar activity can impact Earth's climate in significant...
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Emissions from oil and natural gas operations account for more than half of the pollutants -- such as propane and butane -- that contribute to ozone f...
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By: Douglas Main, OurAmazingPlanet Staff Writer Published: 01/14/2013 10:26 AM EST on OurAmazingPlanet On this day (Jan. 11) in 1863, a Union wars...
The world's coolest laboratory may be saved after all. Florida International University president Mark B. Rosenberg announced in a spring "welcome...
They are among aviation's greatest mysteries, vanishing decades ago without a trace. But experts say technology now exists to find both Flight 19, th...
The Mayans said the world was ending today. But I have a feeling that tomorrow, we'll still be here. Let's work together and curb this climate change so that our calendar doesn't run out.
From Accuweather.com: The administrator of NOAA, Dr. Jane Lubchenco, announced that she will step down from her position at the end of February 201...
