Earth Science & Environment

1+ hour, 22+ min ago   (242+ words) Maps tracking Antarctic sea ice from 1990 to 2026 show its average concentration in September and the following February. Between 1979 and 2014, Antarctic sea ice extent increased by about 1% per decade. Scientists use satellites equipped with passive microwave sensors to measure the microwave…...

24+ min ago   (422+ words) Illustration by Adelaide Murphy Tyrol In autumn, the quilt of color covering the northern woodlands attracts people from around the world. As a retired naturalist, I have found that observing falling leaves brings more depth to enjoying autumn, because I…...

1+ hour, 50+ min ago   (328+ words) Forecasters issued flood watches Monday and warned more rain and isolated thunderstorms could hit the Southwest after the remnants of tropical storm Rachel caused severe flooding in Las Vegas over the weekend. Las Vegas tied an all-time daily rainfall record…...

2+ hour, 22+ min ago   (154+ words) Moderate mag. 4.5 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, Provincia de Veraguas, 71 km west of Las Tablas, Panama, on Monday, Oct 12, 2026, at 02:16 am (Panama time) Volcano Discovery Look up quakes in: Mag. 4.5 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, Provincia de Veraguas, 71 km west of Las…...

2+ hour, 38+ min ago   (138+ words) Light mag. 3.6 earthquake - 69 km southwest of Santiago, Provincia de Veraguas, Panama, on Monday, Oct 12, 2026, at 06:53 pm (Universal Time) Volcano Discovery Look up quakes in: Mag. 3.8 earthquake - North Pacific Ocean, 68 km southwest of Santiago, Provincia de Veraguas, Panama, on Monday, Oct…...

6+ min ago   (51+ words) Since May 2026, Honduras has been facing a progressive deterioration in climatic conditions associated with the delay in the start of the rainy season, the irregular distribution of rainfall, high temperatures, and the influence of the El Niño phenomenon. Panama + 5 more…...

11+ min ago   (308+ words) On 9 October at 12:56 p.m., a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck 39 km north-west of Tonosí, in the south-central province of Los Santos, at a depth of 4 km, according to the University of Panama’s Institute of Geosciences (IGC-UP). Aftershocks are ongoing, with 56 aftershocks recorded up…...

6+ hour, 20+ min ago   (644+ words) The severe weather is set to strike on Wednesday. (Image: WXCharts.com) Met Eireann has issued a severe weather warning that will affect more than 500,000 in Ireland. The Status Yellow warning of wind was issued shortly after 1pm on Monday and…...

9+ hour, 16+ min ago   (438+ words) A weather map showing a forecast for a colder second half to this coming winter(Image: Climate Change Service) Temperatures in the second half of this winter could be "much cooler" after "warmer" but "wetter" conditions in the first half…...

1+ hour, 55+ min ago   (1321+ words) It’s an early May afternoon, and Charlie Barrett has parked his pickup in a pullout along a county road a few hundred feet from the Black River in southern New Mexico, just a mile from where it empties into the…...