4+ hour, 5+ min ago  (709+ words) Could beavers be a small but potent weapon in our fight against climate change? A new international study of a Swiss stream where beavers have been active since 2010 suggests... Beavers Could Be a Small Climate-Change Weapon Could beavers be a…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (329+ words) Global Sea Level Estimates Are Way Off'Newser Global Sea Level Estimates Are Way Off Sea levels aren't just rising'they may already be higher than many scientists have been working with. A new study in Nature says global sea levels have…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (453+ words) Scientists have finally planted their boots on one of the most closely watched chunks of ice on Earth, also known as the " Doomsday glacier ." After weather delays stranded... Scientists Race to Get to the Bottom of 'Doomsday Glacier' Scientists have…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (368+ words) Scan Reveals Potential 'Pompeii' Beneath Wales'Newser Scan Reveals Potential 'Pompeii' Beneath Wales Roman Britain may have left a far grander mark on south Wales than previously thought. Archaeologists using ground-penetrating radar in Margam Country Park near Port Talbot have identified…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (592+ words) In the predawn darkness, a team of scientists climbs the slope of Mexico's Popocat'petl volcano, one of the world's most active and whose eruption could affect millions of people. Its mission: figure out what is happening under the crater. For…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (375+ words) "Kablooey!" That's the word US Geological Survey volcanic experts used to describe a muddy eruption at Black Diamond Pool in Yellowstone National Park on Saturday morning. Video shared by the USGS on social media shows mud spraying up and out…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago  (304+ words) A volcano in Ethiopia's Afar region erupted Sunday for the first time in recorded history, sending a massive plume of ash nine miles into the sky and disrupting life for local herders, reports the Guardian . The Hayli Gubbi volcano, about…...

5+ mon, 6+ day ago  (255+ words) A volcano in southeastern Iran, believed to have been dormant for roughly 700,000 years, is showing signs of renewed activity, according to a new study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters . Satellite data revealed that the ground near the summit…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (506+ words) Two of North America's most notorious earthquake faults may be more closely linked than scientists once thought, raising fears that a massive quake in the Pacific Northwest could set off another disaster along California's San Andreas fault. The Cascadia subduction…...

6+ mon, 6+ day ago  (318+ words) Scientists have finally confirmed that a mysterious crater half a mile beneath the North Sea was carved out by a massive asteroid strike more than 43 million years ago'ending decades of debate over its origin. The Silverpit crater, discovered 80 miles off…...