earth sciences
Faster ice melt in Antarctica may lead to more coastal flooding
Ice sheets in Antarctica are melting faster than models predicted – likely undermined by warming water beneath them, new studies ...
Rip current drowning toll mounts at Panama City beaches with 4 dead
Here’s the right way to escape a rip current this summer Rip currents are not easy to spot and are ...
How Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier is melting
A study released this week added new fears to the fate of an important glacier in Antarctica and its impact ...
Negative leap second may be needed to adjust for Earth spinning slower
Leap seconds are added because if Earth is rotating slower over millions of years then a Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) ...
70-foot sperm whale beached on sandbar 50 yards from coast in Florida
Officials are attempting to help a 70-foot beached whale off the coast of Venice Beach in Florida on Sunday. The ...
MSU digs up hidden, buried bottles as part of Beal Seed Experiment
In 1879, botanist William J. Beal filled 20 bottles with soil and seeds and buried them on what is now ...
Band of seals attack great white shark off coast of Africa
Giant seal pod goes on offense against hungry great white shark A seal pod on the coast of South Africa ...
Climate change effects threaten sharks, studies find. Here’s why.
The ocean’s most feared but fascinating predators face increasing dangers from the world’s warming oceans, scientists found in two international ...
A climate researcher risks losing university post for refusing to fly home
CNN — Climate researcher Dr. Gianluca Grimalda says that he risks losing his post at the Kiel Institute for the ...
