Earth

  1. Environment

    Lakes, too, feel global warming

    By Stephen Ornes
  2. Environment

    What’s in your receipt?

    Here's one way to avoid BPA this holiday season.

    By Stephen Ornes
  3. Environment

    The carbon dioxide coral generation

    More acidic oceans could mean fewer young corals.

    By Stephen Ornes
  4. Environment

    The carbon dioxide coral generation

    By Stephen Ornes
  5. Animals

    Census of the oceans

    Ten years of work reveals new species, amazing diversity.

    By Stephen Ornes
  6. Environment

    Gulf oil finds many paths

    Questions, and lots of oil, remain months after Gulf disaster.

    By Stephen Ornes
  7. Environment

    The oily Gulf

    The Gulf oil spill is massive, will take years to clean up.

    By Stephen Ornes
  8. Life

    The algae invasion

    One of the world's simplest organisms is also one of the hardest to classify.

    By Stephen Ornes
  9. Climate

    Explainer: Global warming and the greenhouse effect

    Like the glass-walled greenhouses used to grow out-of-season plants, certain gases in Earth’s atmosphere trap the sun’s energy near the planet’s surface. This keeps Earth warm enough for life to flourish.

    By Agnieszka Biskup
  10. Environment

    Indoor ozone stopper

    Oils from human skin fight off this harmful chemical, but at a cost.

    By Stephen Ornes
  11. Environment

    When frog gender flips

    With weed killer in the water, some males acquire female traits.

    By Stephen Ornes
  12. Earth

    Earthquake shortens the day

    The recent South American quake sent Earth spinning just a big faster.

    By Stephen Ornes
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