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Category Archives: Nature
Australian Surf Crew Captures a Real-Life Ocean ‘Glitch’ That Repeats
The converging waves swirl until they finally break into a 130-foot pillar of saltwater, in a process that scientists have yet to fully explain.
America’s Dirtiest Carbon Polluters, Mapped to Ridiculous Precision
“The U.S. taxpayers have a right to this data.”
The Surprising Way Hurricanes Pump Carbon Into the Air—and Life Into the Ocean
New research shows that tropical cyclones leave behind more than death and destruction.
Plasma Turbulence Is Doing Surprising Things Inside Fusion Reactors
For plasma in fusion reactors, turbulence might be more than a pesky thing to control, a new study suggests.
Dreaming of a White Christmas? Don’t Hold Your Breath
After a very cold and snowy start to December, temperatures will shift toward unseasonable warmth just in time for Christmas.
Hundreds of Climate Migrants Arrive in Australia, Leaving Their Sinking Island Home Behind
This year, thousands of Tuvaluans applied for Australia’s climate-migration visas to escape the impacts of rising sea levels.
Atmospheric River That Drenched the Northwest Is Now Supercharging 2 Winter Storms
The moisture from this storm system will help two fast-moving winter storms spread snow across the eastern U.S., with another atmospheric river on its way.
The Amazon Is Morphing Into a ‘Hypertropical’ Climate—and It’s as Apocalyptic as It Sounds
A new study predicts that by 2100, the Amazon rainforest could experience up to 150 days of hot drought conditions each year, causing mass tree die-offs.
Japan On Alert for ‘Megaquake’ After Magnitude 7.6 Shakes the Nation
“Please stay prepared to evacuate immediately if you feel any shaking, while continuing your socioeconomic activities.”
Antarctica’s Only Bug Is Eating Something It Really Shouldn’t
The findings hint at the creeping presence of microplastics near the South Pole, researchers suggest.
Nuclear Fusion Took Big Leaps in 2025. Here’s What Mattered Most
Here’s to another year of waiting for fusion to come ten years later.
Tiny Robot Lost Under Antarctic Ice for 8 Months Comes Back With Rare Data
“Against the enormity of such a wild region, this is an amazing story of the little float that could.”
See the Skies at Their Most Magical With the Best Aurora Photos of 2025
Missed the auroras? These photographers have got you covered.
POV: Death by Volcanic Eruption
A USGS webcam captured harrowing footage of Hawaii’s Kīlauea erupting over the weekend. It didn’t survive.
Company Discovers Hundreds of New Deep Sea Creatures While Figuring Out How to Mine Their Home
The discovery could hold serious implications for the mining industry.
We’ll Be Dumping a Garbage Truck of Plastic Every Second by 2040, Report Warns
The outlook is grim, but a new report lays out a path to nearly eradicate plastic packaging pollution within the next 15 years.
Literally a Map Showing All the Buildings in the World
Well, here’s something you don’t see every day: all 2.75 billion buildings of the world shown together in a single 3D map.
Winter Kicks Off With Back-to-Back Arctic Blasts and a Potential Bomb Cyclone
Frigid temps and heavy snow gripped much of the U.S. on December 1, the first day of meteorological winter. It looks like these bitter conditions are here to stay.
Scientists Just Found Another Way Antarctica Is Falling Apart
When ice freezes and melts, it creates vortices that drag warmer waters from the depths to the surface, where they eat away at the continent’s rapidly degrading ice shelves.