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May 27, 2016

Australian heritage sites wiped from UN climate report at government's request

Australian sites have been controversially removed from a U.N. world heritage report on the impact of climate change at the request of the country’s government.

May 23, 2016

New Orleans is sinking faster than previously thought

Scientist already knew that New Orleans was sinking.

May 15, 2016

Researchers say there's small, yet possible, chance devastating tsunami hits Hawaii

Researchers at University of Hawaii at Manoa have determined that there’s a small, but potential, chance that Hawaii would suffer from a direct hit from a mega tsunami in the next 50 years.

May 14, 2016

Low-level activity could signal forthcoming Alaska volcano eruption

A remote Alaska Volcano that erupted in March is again showing signs of life.

May 13, 2016

Nobody saw this volcano erupt … except NASA's satellites

For the first time in 60 years, Mount Sourabaya erupted with a spectacular show of fiery lava — in fact, it erupted twice

May 7, 2016

USGS says swarm of earthquakes detected below Mount St. Helens

The U.S. Geological Survey said Friday they have discovered a swarm of small earthquakes underneath Mount St. Helens since March, which could mean it’s recharging with magma.

May 5, 2016

Southern San Andreas fault in California 'locked and loaded,' warns scientist

The southern part of the San Andreas fault is "locked, loaded and ready to roll," according to Thomas Jordan, director of the Southern California Earthquake Center.

May 3, 2016

Federal land management to blame for out-of-control fires, say critics

With wildfires continuing to plague drought-stricken California and federal funding to fight them dried up like parched El Dorado County farmland, some critics say the real problem lies nearly 3,000 miles away, in Washington.

May 2, 2016

10 years after Hurricane Katrina, US still lacks comprehensive strategy to tackle floods, experts warn

Ten years after Hurricane Katrina wrought devastation on the Gulf Coast, the federal government still lacks a comprehensive strategy to tackle floods, engineering experts warn.

May 2, 2016

California sinking faster than thought, aquifers could permanently shrink

California is sinking even faster than scientists had thought, new NASA satellite imagery shows.