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May 2, 2016

UK gov't: Earth will only have 12-hour warning to deal with massive Sun explosion

It sounds like a scene from a disaster movie – mass power failures, plane crashes, satellite disruptions, and train derailments. These are some of the threats modern society would face in the case of a massive solar storm, according to a new document released by the U.K. Department of Business, Innovation and Skills.

May 2, 2016

Ancient volcano tattooed the Earth with giant rings

Concentric circles of rocky hills and valleys in South Africa tell the story of a billion-year-old collapsed volcano in newly released photos from NASA

May 2, 2016

'Proof' of little-known mass extinction found

A little-known mass extinction may have killed up to about 80 percent of all vertebrates on land about 260 million years ago, researchers say

May 2, 2016

10 years on, Hurricane Katrina’s lessons still resonate

10 years after it devastated New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, the events surrounding Hurricane Katrina were dissected at the American Meteorological Society’s conference on Broadcast Meteorology, Weather Warnings and Communication Wednesday.

May 2, 2016

Mount Everest shrank as Nepal quake lifted Kathmandu

The first good view of the aftermath of Nepal's deadly earthquake from a satellite reveals that a broad swath of ground near Kathmandu lifted vertically, by about 3 feet, which could explain why damage in the city was so severe.

May 2, 2016

Killer beetle attacks trees, costs taxpayers billions

Ash trees in almost half of U.S. states and parts of Canada are under attack by a very small killer called the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB).

May 2, 2016

Charity to bring clean water to Nepal earthquake victims

Just days after a magnitude-7.8 quake devastated much of Nepal, a Christian nonprofit group is gearing up to provide a simple, but lifesaving, commodity — clean water.

May 2, 2016

Lava lake rises at Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano

The lava lake at the summit of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano rose over the weekend, according to the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, reaching within 13 feet of its Overlook crater rim on Sunday.

May 2, 2016

Aral Sea looks like a painting from space

The Aral Sea is shrinking, leaving a dried-up white lakebed where there used to be blue water.

May 2, 2016

Why do geysers erupt? It boils down to plumbing

Like a hidden world of chutes and ladders, the loopy plumbing beneath geysers may explain what causes them to erupt, a new study finds.