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Warning as US may face "more destructive" hurricanes
Researchers discovered that in 20 years since 2000, hurricanes intensified by 1.15 knots every six hours.
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Alaska lakes warning over rare hazard's "surprising" rise
Lake tsunamis usually happen only in remote areas, but climate change is making them more common and more dangerous.
Scientists reveal "major" new factor in bumblebee decline
A study found that bumblebee nests may be getting too hot, and the species are struggling to thermoregulate these temperatures.
America may have just found more drinking water
A new model can measure water across vast distances in the Western U.S., meaning there could be more than originally thought.
Ancient Mars "surprisingly" like earth, NASA rover reveals
Manganese was found in an ancient Mars lakebed, suggesting that the environment could have been highly useful to lifeforms.
Colorado river water 'extremes' forecast by scientists
A new study reports that the river's future may be brighter than originally thought, as precipitation is likely to replenish its flows.
New York power outage maps reveal severe weather threat
Some 40 percent of all power outages in New York were caused, at least in part, due to severe weather.
Mystery of Antarctica's "large" sea ice hole solved
Scientists first discovered the mysterious hole in the 1970s, but questions have remained about how it formed.
Map reveals 32 states where dog owners warned of common tick-borne disease
The disease, usually contained to the northeast of the U.S., has now been detected in 32 states.
Hawaii volcano update: Map shows spike in earthquakes, closures latest
Kilauea is not erupting, but a spike in earthquakes prompted the closure of certain areas of the national park as a precaution.
Texas gets hurricane warning over sea level rise
Severe high temperatures and drought conditions are causing ideal conditions for wildfires, meaning they are likely to increase.
Bear eats duck family in front of kids in zoo video: 'train wreck'
Children filmed watching in horror as predator named Juniper hunts ducklings and gobbles up several in front of the young audience.
Hawaii volcano eruption warning after spike in earthquakes
The volcano is not erupting, but a "significant spike" in earthquakes has prompted the closure of the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
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NASA map reveals how much water Earth's rivers hold
The Colorado River basin was flagged as a region depleted due to heavy water use, as was the Amazon in South America.
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California "snow deluges" expected to decline significantly by 2100
Some periods of snow in 2023 were described as a "once-in-54-years event" with some areas reporting "once-in-320-years accumulations."
US dog owners warned against widespread deadly bacterial illness
Despite availability of an effective vaccine, veterinarian Emmanuelle Butty still sees dogs with the serious disease.
Darwin's 'abominable mystery' haunts new plant tree of life
Darwin was once flummoxed as to how so many flowering plants evolved, but researchers may have finally cracked the code.
Warning as first American dolphin diagnosed with highly pathogenic bird flu
Scientists fear that bird flu "could be catastrophic" for marine mammals after discovering brain inflammation in the infected dolphin.
New book reveals surprising ways your memory really works
Psychologists have said forgetting your keys is normal and does not always mean you have a bad memory.
Light brought 'to a halt' in quantum breakthrough
The bizarre feat can be achieved in special, two-dimensional crystals by deforming them only slightly, a new study discovered.
You used to think like a mouse, brain study reveals
Scientists said mice are more purposeful in their actions than previously thought and learn similarly to how human babies do.
'Huge' cocaine levels make sea life high in popular beach bay
The drug has now been classed as an "emerging contaminant of concern" and may have been accumulating in Brazilian waters since the 1930s.
California's atmospheric rivers were worse millenia ago
Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey studied atmospheric rivers across Leonard Lake, California, over a period of 3,200 years.
Great white shark's "gigantic" ancient relative revealed
The creature had the potential to reach up to 30 feet long, making it possibly the largest shark of this type ever to have lived.
Population map reveals states growing, shrinking the quickest
A demography expert said the numbers are "most interesting" and most likely due to domestic migration.
US students with high loan debt get poorer grades
Students in debt, on average had lower GPAs, a study found, while debt-free students had a much higher chance of reaching a good GPA.
Emotional chickens get red-faced too, study reveals
Research found chickens' faces turned scarlet red when they were having negative experiences such as being caught by a human.
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Colorado streams are being loaded with "toxic" heavy metals
The amount of copper, zinc and sulfate has doubled in the alpine streams flowing from the mountains over the past three decades.
This animal was first to emit light—540 million years ago
Animals went bioluminescent 273 million years earlier than scientists previously thought and in a completely different species.
Video shows mountain lion cubs' dramatic rescue moments before dam opens
The two cubs were found huddled together in a spillway, at great risk of drowning and with no way to climb above the high walls.