2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (697+ words) A massive dust storm swept across West Africa in early September, sending a plume over Mali and eventually toward the Atlantic Ocean. Today’s Image of the Day from NASA Earth Observatory shows a massive cloud of dust sweeping across West…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (773+ words) At the bottom of a vertical shaft in the karst mountains of Chongqing, a mature subtropical forest grows in permanent half-light, roughly 2,000 feet below the plateau. The… The clouded leopard has been recorded down there, which means wildlife is still…...

2+ week, 7+ hour ago   (1038+ words) Ancient ocean sediments reveal that Africa’s open grasslands began forming millions of years earlier than previously thought, long before modern grasses took over. The African savanna is one of the most recognizable landscapes on the planet: open grass, a few…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (779+ words) A new study traces a vast share of the deep North Atlantic’s oxygen supply to the Labrador Sea, revealing its critical role in sustaining marine life. Miles below the surface of the North Atlantic, in total darkness, there’s an entire…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (1012+ words) Ice-covered Antarctica is scientifically classified as Earth's largest desert and how extreme cold and low precipitation define a polar desert. A desert is not defined by sand, and it is not defined by heat. It is defined by the absence…...