1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (771+ words) Today's earthquake underscores yet another reason why a nuclear power plant does not belong in Westchester County." This quote came from Westchester County Executive Ken Jenkins after the tremor on Tuesday, March 10. Jenkins tried to play on fears that he,…...

6+ mon, 5+ day ago  (891+ words) Between 800, 000 and 430, 000 years ago, Earth went through a series of fairly gentle warm-ups that scientists are now calling "lukewarm interglacials." The air over Antarctica was chilly during these interglacials, and carbon dioxide levels were 30 to 40 parts per million lower than…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (762+ words) For billions of years, Earth's continents have stood firm, forming the foundation for mountains, rivers, and life itself. But what gave these massive slabs of rock their remarkable stability has long puzzled geologists. Now, new research from Penn State and…...

4+ hour, 41+ min ago  (354+ words) A magnitude-5. 7 earthquake struck western Nevada on Monday evening, April 13, shaking communities across the region. Kegan Hernandez and his wife were relaxing in front of their TV around 6: 30 pm when the tremor was felt. Home security footage captured the moment…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (294+ words) The "gravity hole'a region under Antarctica where gravity is unusually lowbegan to form at least 70 million years ago. Researchers used earthquake data to reconstruct a gravitational map of Earth as it was during the late Cretaceous, giving insight into this…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (329+ words) A long-dormant volcano has just erupted for the first time in recorded history. The Hayli Gubbi volcano in northern Ethiopia's Afar Region erupted for the first time in at least 12, 000 years early Sunday morning local time, according to Volcano Discovery,…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago  (293+ words) Each January 1, scientists and staff at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station gather outside on the ice. This is not to celebrate the New Year, but for another long-standing tradition that has been going on for almost 70 years. They are there…...

9+ hour, 43+ min ago  (593+ words) These plumaged creatures tell the story of how birds evolved from dinosaurs. It was one of the grandest evolutionary transitions in the history of life: ferocious ground-living carnivores shrank their bodies, sheathed themselves in downy fluff, sprouted wings and took…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (453+ words) WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (Reuters) - The Trump administration is pressing ahead on Wednesday with an effort to encourage U. S. exploration of the deep sea by accelerating permitting for companies hunting for "critical minerals in international waters, a move that is likely to face…...

10+ mon, 4+ hour ago  (829+ words) Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it feels like another planet " where creatures glow and life survives under crushing pressure. As the demand for electric car batteries and smartphones grows, mining companies are turning their attention to the…...