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Unlike other natural disasters, snowstorms have no categorization system. But NOAA now has a snowstorm ranking system that includes snowfall inches, societal impact and population density — to show where the storm hit hardest.
Ravaged by war, drought and natural hazards such as earthquakes and landslides, Afghanistan’s people face many challenges. Two stories in the most recent issue of EARTH magazine highlight the daunting challenges these scientists dealt with in the past and continue to face.
Giant retailer Wal-Mart is looking to get greener, starting with a new plan to use wind power to supply 15 percent of its energy needs.
Inexpensive, abundant and relatively clean: EARTH commenter and Stanford geophysicist Mark Zoback makes the case for natural gas to become a key part of U.S. energy policy.
When it comes to mass extinction events, what seems like a simple tale — for example: dinosaurs die, mammals take over — is much more complicated. But extinctions aren't random, either: Written in the rocks are certain "rules" these events seem to follow.
Today NASA released new Hubble images of dwarf planet Pluto — and far from being just an icy colorless rock, the images show a mottled, orangey-black world.
Inexpensive, abundant and relatively clean: EARTH commenter and Stanford geophysicist Mark Zoback makes the case for natural gas to become a key part of U.S. energy policy.
Buried beneath Alaska’s North Slope are an estimated 17 trillion cubic meters of frozen methane, or natural gas. Getting the gas out of the reservoirs poses technical problems and serious risks — but a new approach that proposes to pump carbon dioxide in to replace the methane could help to solve two looming problems.
Scientists familiar with the geology of Hispaniola, the island that includes Haiti and Dominican Republic, have warned for years the region was overdue for a major quake. And, they say, it's likely that the quakes are not over.
The U.K. is set to have its own space agency, which officials hope will raise the profile of the country's space program.
Today NASA released new Hubble images of dwarf planet Pluto — and far from being just an icy colorless rock, the images show a mottled, orangey-black world.
Climatologist Michael Mann met the press today at the American Geophysical Union's fall meeting to answer questions about "Climategate" and what those hacked emails really said about climate science.
