4+ week, 19+ hour ago   (606+ words) Yahoo Nearly 90 years after Amelia Earhart disappeared during her attempt to fly around the world, Nikumaroro Island remains one of the most closely studied locations in the search for answers. The remote coral atoll, located in the central Pacific Ocean…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (418+ words) In upstate New York, scientists Ingo Sonder and Andrew Harp are conducting experiments that recreate one of the most important processes behind explosive volcanic eruptions. Their work focuses on what happens when molten magma interacts with water, a reaction that…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (967+ words) When Derrick Bowler and his wife moved to Trimingham on the Norfolk coast they thought they would leave the village "feet first" after being told they had 100 years before their "dream home" would be lost to the sea. The couple…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (153+ words) Michael Thomas, founder of Cleanview, a company that monitors the emissions of Big Tech companies' data center projects, told the New York Times that the planned Amazon power plant should not be viewed as a one-off, but rather that it…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (894+ words) A 29-year-old American man from Kansas died Sunday evening after being struck by lightning while hiking Mount Etna in Sicily. At the same time, one of Europe's most recognizable active volcanoes was already commanding international attention. The man, whose name…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (600+ words) A huge, unusually dense planet more than twice the size of Earth is puzzling scientists because it has very little atmosphere, despite being massive enough that researchers would expect it to have accumulated a thick layer of gas. The planet,…...

4+ week, 6+ hour ago   (167+ words) Residents on the east of Hawaii's Big Island sheltered in place as Hurricane Lala brought heavy rain, powerful winds, and dangerous coastal conditions to the region on Saturday, August 15. According to the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, Lala strengthened into a…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (1511+ words) This is the first installment of a series from AL.com called "A Thousand Cuts." Andrew Saunders has seen it all. In his 50 years cruising the coastal estuaries in Alabama, he's seen beaches slowly disappear. He remembers when the Lower…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (231+ words) Rescue crews reached the hiker by helicopter after the lightning strike occurred in a sparsely sheltered area above the tree line. Emergency responders transported him for medical treatment, but he was later pronounced dead. Authorities have not publicly released his…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (558+ words) Laguna Beach has declared a local emergency after powerful swells from Hurricane Marie caused significant coastal erosion, damaged seawalls and threatened oceanfront homes, with city officials warning that an unusually strong El Niño could bring additional damage in the months…...