A report on Arctic Ice published via NOAA in the online journal Geophysical Research Letters has predicted it will be entirely gone in less than twenty years. The study, led by James Overland, an oceanographer for NOAA, and Muyin Wang, a meteorologist for the University of Washington, utilized...
An "extraordinary" study has found that older pessimists outlive optimists. In fact, a group of researchers from Germany's University of Erlangen-Nuremberg led by Frieder R. Lang may have proof in that old cliche that "only the good die young." Lang and his team published this study in the American...
The Russian meteorite which blasted residents on February 15, 2013 near the town of Chelyabinsk, caused significant property damages, and injured at least 1,000 people has been sourced to Apollo Asteroids. Researchers worldwide and a group from Colombia used the data collected via amateur video...
On Friday, February 15, 2013 at 9:20 a.m., a massive explosion of fireballs and a sonic boom shockwave tore through the sky just east of Moscow near Chelyabinsk. The meteorite injured 500 people, shattered windows, and caused significant property damage. Some NASA officials and Russian space...
A report made public on Tuesday, February 12, 2013 suggests a warning to individuals who frequently reach for their salt shakers: beware because less sodium is all the better for your long term health. Results of the study, conducted by a teams from Harvard University's School of Public Health,...
Nemo, a powerful winter storm, is targeting New England with the potential to drop over one foot of snow, rain, and ice in places throughout the northeast beginning on Thursday, February 7, 2013. Forecasters have indicated that a cold front from the north will meet a warm front from the south on...
There's a heat wave down under as Sydney, Australia, set an all time record high temperature on Friday, January 18, 2013. The blazing temperatures sent the mercury high and by 2:55 p.m. at Sydney's Observatory Hill, it was 45.8 degrees Celsius or 115 degrees Fahrenheit. In other locations, the...
Scientists warned us over 30 years ago that this would happen: the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) has confirmed that the temperature in the U.S.(and beyond) for the 2012 calender year set a world record with its all time highs. In terms of extreme weather conditions, last year...
The Wildlife Conservation Society has offered its praise to the governments of India, Russia, and Thailand as their efforts have helped tigers and other big cats in "winning" their re-population. Despite habitat encroachment, poaching, loss of prey, and other imminent threats, the six endangered...
A forty eight year study into finding the Higgs Boson or "God particle" inches closer to startling conclusions: there may not be one Higgs Boson but TWO. Latest reports from ATLAS suggest that as scientists were tracing the roots the building blocks of the universe. Work at the CERN Large Hadron...
