EartherEarth ScienceEartherEarth ScienceRising El Niño Intensity Sparks Global Food Security ConcernsThe rise in warm upwelling alters precipitation patterns around the world, potentially impacting crucial staple…ByAngely MercadoPublishedOctober 30, 2023Comments (5)
EartherEarth ScienceEartherEarth ScienceThe Future Supercontinent Will Be Way Too Hot for Mammals to Survive, Study SaysThere will probably be no more land mammals in 250 million years when landmasses join together again.ByAngely MercadoPublishedSeptember 27, 2023Comments (21)
EartherEarth ScienceEartherEarth ScienceAustralian Officials Declare the Arrival of El Niño During Blistering Heat WaveThe heat and dry conditions have sparked wildfires throughout the southern coast.ByAngely MercadoPublishedSeptember 20, 2023Comments (2)
EartherEarth ScienceEartherEarth ScienceTropical Storm Nigel Has Intensified Into a HurricaneThe storm system is currently hanging out between the Caribbean and Africa, and could become a category 3 storm by…ByAngely MercadoPublishedSeptember 18, 2023Comments (9)
EartherEarth ScienceEartherEarth ScienceExcessive Heat and Rainfall Combos Will Be Practically Everywhere If Emissions Keep Rising, Study SaysThe heat dries up the land, making it unable to absorb water if heavy rainfall follows the extreme heat.ByAngely MercadoPublishedSeptember 15, 2023Comments (5)
EartherEarth ScienceEartherEarth ScienceWe're in for an 'Above Average' Atlantic Hurricane Season, NOAA PredictsDue to high ocean temperatures this year, we could see anywhere from 14 to 21 hurricanes form in the Atlantic ocean,…ByAngely MercadoPublishedAugust 12, 2023Comments (4)
EartherEarth ScienceEartherEarth ScienceFruit Fly Invasion Causes a Produce Quarantine in CaliforniaThe invasive critters are originally from Asia, and local officials are trying to stop their spread out of L.A.…ByAngely MercadoPublishedAugust 2, 2023Comments (6)
EartherEarth ScienceEartherEarth ScienceAI Systems Could Help Us Speed Up Extreme Weather Forecasting, Studies ShowAs climate change shifts patterns and makes extreme events unpredictable, quicker and more accurate predictions are…ByAngely MercadoPublishedJuly 7, 2023Comments (1)
EartherEarth ScienceEartherEarth ScienceWe Pump So Much Groundwater, We've Shifted The World's Tilt and Contributed to Sea Level RiseThere's more water in the ground than there is in the world's lakes and rivers combined.ByAngely MercadoPublishedJune 27, 2023Comments (5)
EartherEarth ScienceEartherEarth ScienceEl Niño Is Here and It's Taking the Heat for the Death of 300 Wild Birds in MexicoRecord-setting ocean temperatures, heat waves, starving birds, and more are on the table for 2023.ByAngely MercadoPublishedJune 16, 2023Comments (4)
EartherEarth ScienceEartherEarth ScienceSee Mexico's Popocatépetl Volcano Erupt and Spew AshThe volcano has been active for the past week, dropping tons of soot over surrounding towns.ByAngely MercadoPublishedMay 24, 2023Comments (1)
EartherEarth ScienceEartherEarth ScienceEl Niño Is Coming—and Global Economies Could Lose TrillionsEl Niño's effects on GDP worldwide can be felt for years after the climactic shift is over, a new study finds.ByAngely MercadoPublishedMay 18, 2023Comments (6)
EartherEarth ScienceEartherEarth ScienceEl Niño Is Coming in Strong, NOAA SaysThe global shift could mean a weather shake-up through the end of the year.ByAngely MercadoPublishedMay 12, 2023Comments (12)
EartherEarth ScienceEartherEarth ScienceDildo Man Photographs Huge Ice Penis in CanadaA phallic ice formation dubbed "Dickie Berg" has lost its tip. RIP big guy.ByAngely MercadoPublishedMay 2, 2023Comments (27)
EartherEarth ScienceEartherEarth ScienceAll Signs Point to El NiñoAfter three years of La Niña, changes are afoot. Here's what an El Niño would mean for weather across the U.S.ByAngely MercadoPublishedMay 2, 2023Comments (15)
EartherEarth ScienceEartherEarth ScienceCalifornia Is Covered in FlowersCalifornia is experiencing a "superbloom" after a super-wet winter.ByMolly TaftPublishedApril 25, 2023Comments (19)
EartherEarth ScienceEartherEarth ScienceSee Newly Discovered Deep Sea 'Chimneys' Teeming With LifeRare footage from thousands of feet underwater shows never-before-mapped areas of the ocean floor.ByMolly TaftPublishedApril 21, 2023Comments (6)
EartherEarth ScienceEartherEarth ScienceThe Stinky Seaweed Blob Approaching Florida Is Absolutely HumongousIn moderation, the brown algae is a key Atlantic Ocean ecosystem component, but this year's bloom is the largest…ByLauren LefferPublishedApril 4, 2023Comments (11)
EartherEarth ScienceEartherEarth ScienceResearchers Observe Large Cracks Throughout Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier'A robot swam under Thwaites glacier and found that melting is happening faster in these cracks.ByAngely MercadoPublishedFebruary 16, 2023Comments (14)
EartherEarth ScienceEartherEarth ScienceThe Ozone Layer Is on Track for a Total RecoveryAfter a major setback in the 2010s, the most recent U.N. assessment says the Montreal Protocol has succeeded in…ByLauren LefferPublishedJanuary 9, 2023Comments (9)