Deep-fried turkeys are delicious, but making one can be dangerous. The scientific reason for fiery Thanksgiving mishaps? A difference in the densities of ice, water and oil.
New research suggests that fire from the sky in the form of a small asteroid annihilated a city near the Dead Sea 3,600 years ago.
A fire scientist explains the risk of flying embers that can travel over a mile from a wildfire and how people can protect their homes.
A fire scientist explains the risk of flying embers that can travel over a mile from a wildfire and how people can protect their homes.
Satellites can already spot a new fire within minutes, but the information they beam back to Earth isn't getting to everyone who needs it or used as well as it could be.
Drought conditions are so bad, fish hatcheries are trucking their salmon to the ocean and ranchers are worried about having enough water for their livestock.
Drought conditions are so bad, fish hatcheries are trucking their salmon to the ocean and ranchers are worried about having enough water for their livestock.
Drought conditions are so bad, fish hatcheries are trucking their salmon to the ocean and ranchers are worried about having enough water for their livestock.
An increasing number of communities are discovering dangerous contamination in their water systems weeks or months after fires.
Combining evidence from archaeology, geochronology and paleoenvironmental science, researchers identified how ancient humans by Lake Malawi were the first to substantially modify their environment.
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