http://news.discovery.com/earth/ Earth News looks at rocks, global warming and extreme weather to get the lowdown on what the Earth is trying to tell us. en-us Copyright 2008, Discovery Communications Inc. http://news.discovery.com/images/icons/rss-feed-logo.png http://news.discovery.com/earth/ 144 19 Fri Feb 10 2012 08:28:58 GMT Fri Feb 10 2012 08:28:58 GMT 1440 http://news.discovery.com/earth/russians-open-small-window-on-lake-vostok-120209.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1 5fb8c4b6-91c3-4d37-b216-81c2dcf81f64 Christina Reed Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:06:12 EST Russians Open 'Small Window' on Lake Vostok Details on the Russian drilling expedition in Lake Vostok tell of a geyser of drilling fluid that was collected at the surface after the lake was breached. http://news.discovery.com/earth/costa-concordia-wreck-environment-italy-120209.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1 76ec7a45-bb89-4f77-80c9-b3ac2dfa281f Rossella Lorenzi Disasters and AccidentsEnvironmentSeasShipShipwreck Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:48:00 EST Concordia Wreck at Risk of Collapse, Spilling The capsized Concordia is shifting closer to a dangerous drop off as workers scramble to contain contamination. Rossella Lorenzi http://news.discovery.com/earth/europe-icebreakers-battle-cold-120208.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1 da2639b4-e86a-478d-872c-714f4751574d Air TravelArmyAvalanches and MudslidesBattles and IncidentsCarsCold WavesDeath and DyingDisasters and AccidentsElectricityEnvironmentEuropeExpertsFrosting and IcingGovernmentHelicopterMedicineMovingPlantsPoisoningRiversSchoolsScientistsSeasTransportation Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00:00 EST Ice-Breakers Battle Europe's Big Chill Temperatures fell to -13 degrees Fahrenheit in Berlin as the current cold front that has claimed hundreds of lives in eastern Europe makes its way west. Sean Gallup/Getty Images http://news.discovery.com/earth/tropical-cyclone-jasmine-120208.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1 18bbb526-485d-4dc8-8887-8a975f0fcde4 Sarah Simpson Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:18:20 EST Twin Cyclones Pummel Coral Sea Islands Severe tropical cyclone Jasmine is causing problems for Vanuatu's southern islands. http://news.discovery.com/earth/amasia-the-next-supercontinent-120208.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1 f7eefc3f-e053-45b5-b8fb-58ad6683fed9 Alyssa Danigelis GeologyGeophysicsMaps Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:49:33 EST Look North for the Next Supercontinent Amasia A new model shows the Americas will stay in the Pacific "ring of fire," closing the Arctic Ocean and Caribbean Sea, forming the supercontinent "Amasia." http://news.discovery.com/earth/glaciers-shedding-230-billion-tons-per-year-120208.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1 e37338b9-e746-4004-9ba7-12b836ea3d29 Tim Wall Climate ChangeGlaciersGlobal WarmingWater Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:43:33 EST Glaciers: The Biggest Losers The total amount of ice lost to Earth's oceans from 2003 to 2010 would cover the entire United States in about 1 and one-half feet of water. http://news.discovery.com/earth/fukushima-nuclear-reactor-temperature-spikes-120208.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1 32f49dce-5f72-466a-b856-5a06a1adb741 Alyssa Danigelis EnergyNuclear AccidentsTsunami Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:45:21 EST Hot Spike at Fukushima Nuclear Reactor An unexpected temperature spike this week in a nuclear reactor at the embattled Fukushima plant, has required emergency countermeasures. http://news.discovery.com/earth/condo-clouds-explained-120208.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1 68c47611-e441-405a-ba05-52cd96dec06b AtmosphereCloudsEarthEarth ScienceMeteorologyWeatherWind Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:00:00 EST Condo Cloud Burst Explained: Big Pic Surfs up -- really up! -- as waves of clouds broke over the tops of condominiums lining the beaches of Panama City, Fl. http://news.discovery.com/videos/earth-costa-concordia-ecological-time-bomb.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1 85d61a50-9739-456b-9234-9f3aff5e65e7 Earth Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:00:00 EST Earth: Costa Concordia: An Ecological Time Bomb As workers begin to extract the half-million gallons of fuel in the shipwrecked cruise liner, locals are worried that their pristine waters are in danger. Reporting by Rossella Lorenzi. Written and produced by Rossella Lorenzi and Martin Berman. http://news.discovery.com/earth/snows-of-kilimanjaro-not-melting-due-to-deforestation-120207.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1 b75921bc-4625-476b-8d6c-5f3260cb486f Tim Wall Climate ChangeGlaciersVolcanoesWater Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:55:10 EST Deforestation vs. Snow Problem on Kilimanjaro Deforestation is not seen as a cause for snow loss on Kilimanjaro. http://news.discovery.com/earth/chevron-oil-rig-burns-in-nigeria-for-two-weeks-and-counting-120207.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1 7b9475a9-4aac-4f6b-87b0-de7a7314e660 Tim Wall Oil SpillPollutionWater Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:40:14 EST Gas Rig Burn Pollutes Niger Delta A Chevron natural gas rig still blazes off the coast of Nigeria after two weeks. http://news.discovery.com/earth/weird-blue-hole-life-120207.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1 ced1deff-eed9-46da-9feb-0d33c97c13c3 BacteriaEarthEuropa (moon)Extreme LifeHydrogenNew SpeciesScientistsWater Sports Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:50:00 EST Strange Life Found in Underwater Caves Clues to how life evolved, not only on this planet but also possibly on alien worlds, might be found in underwater caves in the Bahamas. NASA http://news.discovery.com/space/project-icarus-interstellar-communications-120206.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1 a0fa7f42-4ffb-42e8-8854-92391a4dfe7f CommunicationEngineeringLaserRadioSETISpacecraftSpaceflightTechnologyThe Sun Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:42:00 EST Project Icarus: The Interstellar Communication Problem Guest contributor Pat Galea discusses how a starship may transmit signals across the light-years between the stars. Image credit: <a href="http://www.bisbos.com/">Adrian Mann</a> http://news.discovery.com/earth/they-did-it-curent-status-on-russian-lake-vostok-120206.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1 fff702e2-b9e2-4dc4-a80e-2509ea306809 Christina Reed EngineeringPolar Regions Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:49:21 EST They Did It! Russians Expose Lake Vostok Secrets The Russian drilling team has successfully reached the waterline on Antarctica's Lake Vostok. http://news.discovery.com/earth/gps-tribute-to-fallen-storm-chaser-120206.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1 67f9760d-eaa5-45ca-940f-7f9ee2c0349b Christina Reed AdventureHurricanesMeteorologySafety Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:02:25 EST GPS Tribute to Fallen Storm Chaser DNews and the storm chasing community mourns the tragic loss of Andy Gabrielson (1987-2012). http://news.discovery.com/earth/two-lives-added-to-avatar-tree-of-souls-120205.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1 5a44ee76-317e-4282-a10c-fb1a0a2afb94 Christina Reed AdventureOceanographySafety Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:12:30 EST Two Lives Added to Avatar Tree of Souls Mike deGruy and Andrew Wight, two amazing ocean cinematographers, have died in a helicopter crash in Australia. Our hearts at Discovery News go out to their families and friends. http://news.discovery.com/earth/blue-marble-mojo-120204.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1 bbf2dc01-79fe-43c0-bdc3-f98a3a238537 Climate ChangeClimate and WeatherEarthFloodsImagingInfraredMeteorologyMiddle EastModelsNASANOAANatural DisastersOrbitsScienceSpacecraftVolcanic EruptionsWildfires Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:26:00 EST Earth's Mugshot Explained NASA's newest Earth-watching satellite is beaming back spectacular views of our home planet. Here's how it works. NASA http://news.discovery.com/earth/super-bowl-tackles-climate-change-120203.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1 7c628b2e-75b8-4ecc-bf9a-9ec2ce073ae2 Tim Wall Carbon EmissionsCarbon FootprintClimate ChangeExtreme SportsGlobal Warming Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:30:45 EST Super Bowl Tackles Climate Change At the slick new Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis even the lights shining on the New York Giants and New England Patriots will be accounted for by renewable energy certificates. http://news.discovery.com/earth/volcanoes-erupted-little-ice-age-120203.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1 e0d239e5-20d3-49f9-bce6-0cbec1747d96 Sarah Simpson Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:19:13 EST Little Ice Age Started With Volcanoes A step-by-step guide to how volcanoes in the tropics could engulf northern European towns in ice. http://news.discovery.com/earth/groundhog-day-big-pic-120202.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1 a3c9332e-c2ec-4eeb-9b0c-ed4eeabf23e8 GroundhogSpringWeatherWinter Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:12:00 EST Groundhog Day 2012: Big Pic Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow this morning during the 126th annual Groundhog Day festivities. What else do you need to know about Groundhog Day? http://news.discovery.com/space/exoplanet-gj667cc-120202.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1 b83346b0-d017-4767-894a-29d184e2ba72 Irene Klotz Alien LifeConstellationsEarthOrbitsScienceScientists Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:16:00 EST New Alien Planet Ripe for Life? A potentially habitable alien planet that orbits a triple-star system is perfectly positioned for liquid water -- and possibly life. Carnegie Instit. / UCSC http://news.discovery.com/earth/moss-froze-the-planet.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1 c99271f1-9f04-4363-b4a0-180a77f5f45d Tim Wall ChemistryClimate ChangePlants Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:55:23 EST Moss Froze the Planet Land plants may have brought about their own demise by triggering a series of ice ages. http://news.discovery.com/earth/airlines-biofuel-restaurant-oil-120202.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1 f9916b88-5889-4623-b3b2-6ed1878958c4 Irene Klotz Air TravelAircraftBiofuelsEnginesGreen Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:00:00 EST Greasing The Jets With French Fry Oil Airlines tank up passenger jets with used restaurant cooking oil in an effort to make travel a bit greener. Corbis Images http://news.discovery.com/earth/saving-whales-for-real-and-on-the-screen-120202.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1 99b21f8c-8149-4d20-8ab7-75369678c9e8 Kieran Mulvaney ConservationPolar RegionsWhales Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:52:49 EST Saving Whales, For Real and on the Screen "Big Miracle" recalls the events during the Cold War, when this woman had the courage to call Russia. http://news.discovery.com/earth/atmospheric-scientists-slam-wall-street-journal-120201.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1 3f3658b2-fc75-477c-aeaa-ae5b9531ad9a Tim Wall Climate ChangeGlobal WarmingPoliticsPollution Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:36:00 EST Climate Scientists Occupy Wall Street Journal Climate scientists are protesting the Wall Street Journal's publication of a letter from climate skeptics with mostly non-climate backgrounds. http://news.discovery.com/earth/antarctic-crack-nasa-big-pic-120201.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1 da707cab-df4a-4342-9505-234ac3d8a5f9 AntarcticaEarthGlaciersPolar Regions Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:53:00 EST Enormous Antarctic Crack Is a Real Ice-Breaker: Big Pic NASA's Terra Earth-observing satellite captured this image of the crack across Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica. http://news.discovery.com/space/liquid-planets-droplet-high-speed-photography-120131.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1 93ffcadd-15f9-4d66-bd9f-5241747839c5 Cameras and PhotographyEarthJupiterPhotographyPlanetsSolar System Planets Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:56:00 EST How Can a Planet Fit in a Drop of Water?: Big Pic Drops Of Jupiter: Using high-speed photography, Markus Reugels captures a variety of celestial wonders inside a water droplet. http://news.discovery.com/earth/rocky-mountain-sunset-surprise-120131.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1 a00b2f7b-423f-4d8c-9983-d037225ecc32 EarthMountainsWind Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:45:00 EST What Lovely Lenticulars You Have Rocky: Big Pic From just below the horizon the sun illuminated this high flying formation of lenticular clouds above Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. http://news.discovery.com/earth/100-year-vigil-at-the-hawaiian-volcano-observatory-120131.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1 c82f8379-8166-4c68-8aec-76565a561b2d Sarah Simpson Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:26:01 EST 100 Years on the Edge of Kilauea Perched on the rim of Kïlauea volcano's summit caldera, the Hawaii Volcano Observatory (HVO) has watched over one of the world’s most active eruptors since 1912. http://news.discovery.com/earth/tulip-monster-120131.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1 e798d561-8db2-4c7f-ad03-fd4485c7db50 Sarah Simpson Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:18:13 EST Freaky Fossils: Don't Smell These Tulips! Canadian paleontologists have identified bizarre tulip-looking fossils as animals, but with feeding holes and an anus not in the usual places. http://news.discovery.com/space/aliens-et-find-120130.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1 81a7ffd7-7b6f-48dc-9b94-9de2dced9db0 Irene Klotz Alien LifeAliens and UFOsExtraterrestrial LifeGalaxiesHumansNASA Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:40:00 EST What's Taking E.T. So Long to Find Us? E.T. would have had plenty of time to reach us by now. Are we just being ignored? http://news.discovery.com/earth/eu-airport-carbon-credits-controversy-120130.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1 2d684b81-5222-4dbe-b3b6-d0222aaba9db Tim Wall Carbon EmissionsClimate ChangeGlobal WarmingPoliticsPollution Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:14:44 EST Controversy Over EU Airport Carbon Credits As of today, airplanes using European airports must use credits to account for some of their greenhouse gas emissions. http://news.discovery.com/earth/inuit-insight-on-orca-prey-120130.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1 d4e640cd-ae31-4efd-8af0-b5ef236840f0 Arctic OceanCanadaian HistoryKiller WhalesWhales Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:35:00 EST Inuit Insight on Fear of Killer Whales Canadian Inuit traditional knowledge has provided new insights on how marine mammals respond to a killer whale in the neighborhood. http://news.discovery.com/earth/concordia-weather-delays-fuel-pump-120130.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1 46a3d3ad-5ab6-4a4f-97d6-7ae30254e33a Disasters and AccidentsEuropeHeroesHuman BehaviorLawsuitsShipShipwreck Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:24:00 EST Body Found as Concordia Fuel Pumping Delayed Heavy weather forced salvage crews to suspend pumping thousands of tonnes of fuel from the wrecked Costa Concordia liner Saturday. Wang Qingqin, Corbis http://news.discovery.com/earth/earth-cold-plasma-layer-found-120127.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1 d738a62e-81ff-4357-b982-d156670b1921 Aliens and UFOsESAEarthEventsMoonsParticlesSatellitesScientistsSpace WeatherSpacecraftStormsThe MoonThe SunWind Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:00:00 EST Cold Plasma Layer Detected High Above Earth Cold, electrically charged particles have long been suspected to exist tens of thousands of miles above the Earth's surface, and now satellites have detected such ions there for the first time. European Space Agency http://news.discovery.com/earth/penny-sized-seafloor-critters-120127.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1 da2418c2-d2d7-4a24-acca-eb5f44b468d0 Atlantic OceanDeep Ocean AnimalsEarthOcean AnimalsOceansPacific Ocean Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:35:00 EST Big Pic: A Penny for Your Bivalves? Life on the seafloor is a biodiversity explosion in miniature. http://news.discovery.com/space/asteroid-pass-by-earth-120127.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1 0ee35144-1e2e-4895-ad25-b257b8977613 AsteroidsDoomsdayEarthMeteorsNASAOrbitsThe Moon Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:27:00 EST Bus-Size Asteroid Buzzes Earth in Close Flyby The newly discovered asteroid came within 36,750 miles of Earth when it made its closest approach at 10:30 a.m. EST. NASA/JPL-Caltech http://news.discovery.com/earth/mother-nature-in-court-120127.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1 0b09c692-a131-47a4-bb9f-2f2e64c5f6b4 Tim Wall BiomesEarthEnvironmentHumansLegal DefenseLegal SystemNatureRiversTrees Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:30:00 EST Mother Nature Gets Her Day in Court Rights of nature laws seek to grant the environment legal rights. Bob Winsett, Corbis http://news.discovery.com/earth/life-after-death-for-a-deep-sea-vent-120126.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1 3601b7cf-7781-4dd1-9b41-8a512812d353 Tim Wall Animal RelationshipsAnimal ResearchOceanography Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:44:23 EST Life After Death for Deep Sea Vents Submarine vents provide a substrate for life well after the vents themselves become inactive. http://news.discovery.com/earth/nuclear-waste-site-volunteers-120126.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1 53b48022-8ea9-498f-9b75-a70b2f2ffed9 Eric Niiler GovernmentGroundwaterNuclear ScienceNuclear WeaponsUtilitiesWasteWaste Disposal Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:29:00 EST Wanna Nuke Waste Site? A panel suggests towns volunteer to host dumps that would last for generations. Getty Images