Greenhouse Gas to Reach 3-Million-Year High
Mauna Loa, the Hawaiian Volcano from which researchers have been monitoring atmospheric carbon dioxide for decades. (NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory) The proportion of carbon dioxide in the...
View ArticleWatch: 2013 Big-Wave Ride of the Year
The winners of the 2013 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards were announced Friday, May 3, in Anaheim, Calif. Surfer Shane Dorian took home the $50,000 prize for Ride of the Year for a massive wave at...
View ArticleFDA Wants Cancer Warnings on Tanning Beds
An open tanning booth at Amazing Tans in Sacramento, Calif. (AP) WASHINGTON (AP) - Indoor tanning beds would carry new warnings about the risk of cancer and be subject to more stringent federal...
View ArticleRed Bull Stratos 'Space Jump' Suit, Capsule on Display in Houston
Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner jumps out of the Red Bull Stratos capsule 24 miles over New Mexico on Oct. 14, 2012. (Red Bull Stratos/Red Bull Content) The Red Bull Stratos pressurized capsule...
View ArticleCalifornia Crews Mop Up Wildfire as Rain Falls
Horseback riders pass the burned area of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in Newbury Park, Calif., on May 6, 2013, where some cactus survived the spring fire. (AP Photo/Tina Burch)...
View ArticlePrince Harry to Visit Storm-Wrecked US Towns
Prince Harry (AP Photo) POINT PLEASANT BEACH, New Jersey (AP) - The mayor of a storm-wrecked Jersey shore town said Monday that England's Prince Harry will visit next week before heading to a news...
View ArticleEast About to Be Overrun by Billions of Cicadas
This photo provided by the University of Connecticut, shows a cicada in Pipestem State Park in West Virginia on May 27, 2003. (AP Photo/University of Connecticut, Chirs Simon) WASHINGTON (AP) - Any...
View ArticlePhilippine Volcano Spews Rocks, Killing 5 Climbers
A cloud of volcanic ash shoots up to the sky as Mayon volcano, one of the Philippines' most active volcanoes, erupts after daybreak, viewed from Legazpi city Tuesday, May 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Allan...
View ArticleRecord-Challenging Warmth Across the Northwest
Warmth will continue across the Northwest on Tuesday following a day where high temperatures challenged records that were decades old. Above-normal temperatures are here to stay for the Northwest as...
View ArticleSevere Weather from Texas to Kansas Expected
Despite a generally quiet start to severe weather so far this May, severe weather is set to return on Wednesday in the southern Plains. A cold, slow-moving storm set temperature and snowfall records...
View ArticleCould Hawaii Start Seeing More Hurricanes?
Hurricane Flossie approaching the Hawaiian Islands in 2007. (Credit: NASA) Scientists have suggested climate change may mean fewer tropical cyclones in coming years, but a closer look at how global...
View ArticleToday's 10 Must-See Photos: 5-7-2013
US Dept of Interior/Twitter 1 of 10 The US Department of the Interior tweeted this photo of a lightning strike near the Grand Canyon's South Rim on May 6. The accompanying message:Â "One of the most...
View ArticleThis Week's 'Ring of Fire' Solar Eclipse: What You Need to Know
The annular eclipse of the sun by the moon, as it will appear from Cooktown, Queensland, Australia, on the morning of May 10, 2013, at 8:49 a.m. local time. (Starry Night software) On Thursday and...
View Article5 Climbers Killed When Volcano Explodes
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View ArticleWatch: Amazing Antarctica Video Brings Ice to Life
A gorgeous new video is the best way to experience Antarctica without even feeling chilly. The time lapse clip, produced and narrated by Cassandra Brooks, a doctoral student at Stanford University,...
View ArticleEncroaching Sea Threatens Caribbean Islands
In this April 22, 2013, photo, fisherman Desmond Augustin stands on a breakwater of old tires and driftwood that local residents fashioned to try and protect their fishing village in Telegraph,...
View ArticleUS Releases $475M in Sandy Aid
Many homes remain damaged and mostly untouched since Superstorm Sandy hit the coastline. This photos was taken May 5, 2013, in Ortley Beach, New Jersey. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) WASHINGTON...
View ArticleFlash Flooding Risk in NYC, New Jersey and Vicinity
Repeating downpours will raise the risk of flash and urban flooding around New York City and in parts of New Jersey, New York state, Connecticut and Pennsylvania Wednesday. Bands of heavy rain and...
View ArticleSevere Thunderstorms Threaten Oklahoma, Texas Wednesday Night
Updated Wednesday, May 8, 2013, 5:22 p.m. PT Despite a generally quiet start to severe weather so far this May, severe weather is expected Wednesday night in the southern Plains. A cold, slow-moving...
View ArticleWill 2013 Tornado Season Stay Quiet?
A cool weather pattern from the Rockies to the East Coast has been helping to keep a lid on the number of tornadoes for 2013. Winter continues to be slow to let go. The storm that brought record snow...
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