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Climate May 2, 2016

Happy Earth Day! 5 ways to get kids to help the planet

Earth is a constant marvel, especially for children who enjoy learning about its wonders

Climate May 2, 2016

How to celebrate Earth Day 2015 with NASA

Today (April 22) is the 45th anniversary of Earth Day, and NASA has a series of activities planned to celebrate the beauty of our home planet.

Science Education May 2, 2016

For Earth Day, Levi Strauss & Co. wants consumers to pledge to wash less

Did you know that about 3,800 liters of water are used over the course of the lifetime of a pair of jeans? What about this statistic 鈥� consumer care, like washing, contributes 37 percent of the roughly 74 pounds of carbon dioxide emitted during a pair of jeans鈥� use. The figures come from a recent Levi Strauss & Co. study on the impact that jeans have on the environment, an update on a similar 2007 report from the company. The goal was to shed light on the fairly large-scale impact that wearing a pair of jeans 鈥� something most people just take for granted 鈥� can have.

Oceans May 2, 2016

Huge underwater canyon is home to amazing deep-sea creatures

A two-week-long seafaring mission off the coast of western Australia has helped illuminate a deep and dark underwater abyss the size of the Grand Canyon

Evolution May 2, 2016

Weird 'water tongue' lets fish feed on land

A fish that uses water as a sort of tongue to feed on land could shed light on how animals with backbones first invaded land, researchers say

Science Education May 2, 2016

'America's great migration:' Thousands of cranes meet along Nebraska river

Right now, visitors from around the world are flocking to the banks of the Platte River near Kearney, Neb. to see what Bill Taddicken, director of the Audubon Center at Rowe Sanctuary, calls 鈥渙ne of the last great migrations remaining鈥� on Earth. From March through early April, about 600,000 sandhill cranes 鈥� nearly 90 percent of the world鈥檚 total sandhill population 鈥� will make a stop at the Nebraskan river, something of a pit stop on the 鈥淐entral Flyway,鈥� their path to breeding grounds in Canada, Alaska, and as far away as Siberia.

Oceans May 2, 2016

Baby great white sharks surprise Southern California beachgoers

Cue the John Williams score 鈥� there鈥檝e been great white shark sightings very close off the shores of the beach at Ventura, Calif. But, experts say, this is nothing worry about 鈥� these are 鈥淛aws鈥� of the baby variety. About eight to 10 juvenile sharks have been spotted sticking close to the warmest, shallowest areas near the coastline.

Asteroids May 2, 2016

Confirmed: Space rock created Swedish lake

After two centuries of arguing about its origin, scientists have finally confirmed that Hummeln Lake in southern Sweden is an impact crater

Oceans May 2, 2016

Sorry, spiders: Sea snails make strongest material on Earth

Step aside, Spider-Man: The world's strongest stuff isn't your silk; it's sea snail teeth

Climate May 2, 2016

Vast bed of metal balls found in deep sea

Scattered along the seafloor, dense clusters of large metal lumps have been discovered by scientists trolling for deep-sea creatures between South America and Africa The R/V Sonne, a German research ship, was several hundred miles east of Barbados when a mesh net meant to capture marine life instead brought up balls of manganese ore that were bigger than softballs.

Climate May 2, 2016

Did ocean's big burps end last ice age?

A massive outpouring of carbon dioxide from the deep ocean may have helped end the last ice age, scientists report today