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Will we have more earthquakes because of climate change?
Changes in sea level and glacial melt could make earthquakes more likely in the coming years.
Scientists say they can now forecast a strong El Niño years in advance
Scientists used thousands of years of past climate data to show that El Niño Southern Oscillations can be predicted more than two years in advance.
'The last 12 months have broken records like never before': Earth exceeds 1.5 C warming every month for entire year
Every month has broken the temperature record of the previous for the past 12 months, and the signs of climate breakdown are already here, a new analysis shows.
'Dragon' and 'tree of life' hydrothermal vents discovered in Arctic region scientists thought was geologically dead
Researchers have discovered a deep-sea hydrothermal vent field near Svalbard in an area previously assumed to be geologically inactive. The newfound vents have been named after various entities from Norse mythology.
Heat dome triggers record-breaking temperatures across US West Coast
Scorching temperatures up to 130 degrees Fahrenheit are expected across the U.S. West Coast in the coming days, as a heat dome hovers over the region.
Earth from space: 3 hurricanes form a perfect line before smashing into land
A 2017 satellite photo captured three hurricanes — Katia, Irma and Jose — in a near-perfect line across "hurricane alley" in the Atlantic Ocean. Interestingly, the storms, which are named alphabetically, appeared to be in the wrong order.
Shark Bay: Home to Earth's largest plant — an immortal, self-cloning seagrass meadow stretching 112 miles
A 77-square-mile seagrass meadow at the bottom of Shark Bay in Western Australia is both Earth's largest plant and largest clone.
'It's hard to communicate how unbelievable this is': Hurricane Beryl is the earliest Category 5 storm on record
Unprecedented sea surface temperatures have driven the powerful storm to form early in the year, sowing catastrophe across the Caribbean.
