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 Wed Feb 10 2010 05:31:51 GMT Wed Feb 10 2010 05:31:51 GMT 1440 http://news.discovery.com/earth/snowmageddon-brings-icicles-of-doom.html a2e5a8da-e573-4114-b64e-8dd9d9aced0b Jorge Ribas Everyday Science Meteorology Water Winter Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:16:22 EST Snowmageddon Brings Icicles of Doom Snowmageddon churns along here in the Washington, DC metro area, preparing to bring us a possible 6-16 inches more of the white stuff (argh, Snowverdose!) today and tomorrow. And as we prepare to break some snowiest winter records (just 10 ... http://news.discovery.com/earth/nuclear-sustainable-survival.html 551ce47e-89df-4a8f-9513-b6b6626a618f Business Clean Energy Climate Climate Change Coal Earth Electricity Energy Efficiency Energy Production Environment Fear Fossil Fuels Government Green Natural Gas Nuclear Science Renewable Energy Safety Skepticism Solar Power Survival Technology Waste Wind Wind Power Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:00:00 EST IM Interview: Nuclear Energy and the Future of Humanity Does human civilization need nuclear energy if it's to survive the next century? Michael Reilly chats with nuclear scientist Hae-Yong Jeong to find out. http://news.discovery.com/earth/for-the-big-storm-no-certain-terms.html 0a71f79f-6b63-4e0c-9370-1d042a6f42bd John D. Cox Geophysics Meteorology Winter Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:15:00 EST For the Big Storm, No Certain Terms Meteorologists would like nothing better than to be able to tell you in no uncertain terms about the causes and effects of major weather events, but the truth is, day in and day out, the system they are trying to ... http://news.discovery.com/earth/winter-snowstorm-mid-atlantic.html 09038b08-fd59-44cc-a30d-ba481e04ee43 Air Travel Snow Sports Storms Winter Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:46:00 EST Mid-Atlantic Bracing for Another Major Storm Powerful winds and heavy snow are expected to hit the eastern U.S. by this evening. http://news.discovery.com/earth/antibiotics-inhibit-plant-growth.html d8c0dfd0-828d-4b72-a741-8d7ee4ab0d70 Jessica Marshall Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Antibiotics Environment Plants Waste Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:23:00 EST Antibiotics Inhibit Plant Growth A common antibiotic that can be found in wastewater reduces the ability of plant leaves to capture sunlight. http://news.discovery.com/earth/afghan-avalanches-hundreds-stranded.html 08224c09-c800-4a1f-9b4b-e222f7f4a8b1 Avalanches and Mudslides Disaster Recovery Disasters and Accidents Storms Survival Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:00:00 EST Afghan Avalanches Kill 28, Strand Hundreds Avalanches roared down a mountain pass north of Afghanistan's capital, killing at least 28 people and leaving hundreds more stranded in their vehicles on snow-blocked roads. http://news.discovery.com/videos/earth-polar-drilling-yields-climate-clues.html d5de1fc2-47a8-43e0-b27d-9c677716ea97 Antarctica Climate Earth Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:23:01 EST Earth: Polar Drilling Yields Climate Clues Core samples from Antarctica tell a fascinating story about how the Earth's climate has changed over thousands of years. Discovery News' James Williams digs into the details. http://news.discovery.com/videos/earth-bizarre-giant-fish-filmed.html 977c5bcc-7b40-446b-bada-3155edb9b681 Deep Sea Earth Fish Scientists Seas Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:54:53 EST Earth: Bizarre Giant Fish Filmed A huge oarfish was caught on camera in the Gulf of Mexico recently, giving scientists a rare glimpse of the bizarre fish in its native deep sea habitat. Researcher Mark Benfield describes the fish, a likely inspiration for the sea serpent myth. http://news.discovery.com/earth/when-earth-swallows-a-continent.html d434abad-ff93-4005-8212-3ac39ff45d19 Michael Reilly Geology Geophysics Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:39:10 EST When Earth Swallows a Continent Earth can do strange things to continents. Like eat them, for example. Previously, the planet's hot interior was only known to have an appetite for ocean crust, consuming it in subduction zones around the world. Continental crust was thought to ... http://news.discovery.com/earth/friday-news-feedbag-for-february-5-2010.html 98ee2e80-6a08-4d51-81ee-12aeaea950b6 Jorge Ribas Animal Science Biotech Conservation Everyday Science Feedblog Green Science Scientific Discoveries Student Science Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:54:05 EST Friday News Feedbag for February 5, 2010! If this is your first exposure to the Friday News Feedbag...we're glad to have you in the club. Welcome to Feedbag Nation, which stems from our weekly science news podcast that you can subscribe to here on iTunes and chat ... http://news.discovery.com/space/february-blizzard-mid-atlantic.html 7fbcbe41-3d47-4e09-b10f-857d68ac7be6 Earth NASA Satellites Space Storms Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:54:00 EST February Nor'easter Images From Space: BIG PICS Satellite images from the massive Nor'easter that dumped incredible amounts of snow over the mid-Atlantic. http://news.discovery.com/earth/a-farewell-to-ice.html a2203842-5d4c-45e6-9b45-b837a8592480 Kieran Mulvaney Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:27:00 EST A Farewell to Ice Sea ice cover in the Arctic Ocean grew by an average of 13,000 square miles a day last month. Great news, right? Well, not so much. For one thing, it was January. Mid-winter. Sea ice cover is supposed to grow. ... http://news.discovery.com/earth/mudslides-california-rain.html e01eaace-72b2-4192-a1b0-1b77b319921b Avalanches and Mudslides Floods Storms Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:33:00 EST L.A. Foothills Dig Out After Mudslides Heavy rains caused mud and water to overflow basins and flood streets and homes north of Los Angeles. http://news.discovery.com/earth/well-aged-and-on-the-rocks.html ec102efb-6b90-467e-b333-928df4f39da0 Kieran Mulvaney Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:14:42 EST Well Aged, and On the Rocks I remember well the first time I set foot on Antarctica. It was, amazing as it seems to me, almost exactly 17 years ago: February 11, 1993. I was co-leader of a Greenpeace expedition to find Japanese whaling ships in ... http://news.discovery.com/earth/warm-up-pay-up.html 5b5469c5-8254-4a36-87a9-bee506d9f30b Michael Reilly Climate Change Global Warming Green Science Oceanography Water Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:12:13 EST Warm Up, Pay Up Submitted by guest blogger Debbie Salamone of the Pew Campaign to End Overfishing in the Southeast. Polar bears won’t be the only ones paying the price as the Arctic melts. The economic impact of losing the Arctic’s climate-cooling services could ... http://news.discovery.com/earth/how-climate-is-changing-walden-pond.html eadbd838-7f6c-4d59-aabe-050a25fe1beb John D. Cox Climate Change Conservation Global Warming Meteorology Plants Spring Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:00:00 EST How climate is changing Walden Pond There are places around the Concord woods near Walden Pond that the naturalist Henry David Thoreau probably would not recognize. As climate has warmed in the northeastern U.S., many of the native plants that flourished 150 years ago have been ... http://news.discovery.com/history/flashback-february-5.html 459d6aac-fc46-4793-b485-f5874ede317d Archaeology Earth Humans Space Technology Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:00:00 EST Flashback: Images From the Week's News Take a look back at this week's top stories in the Discovery News Flashback Slide Show. http://news.discovery.com/earth/sinkholes-florida-groundwater.html f8e7968b-34a7-4b1b-833a-2f6d5c74825e Larry O'Hanlon Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Fruit Groundwater Plants Winter Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:05:00 EST Spate of Sinkholes Open Up in Florida Freezing weather has led to a series of new sinkholes swallowing up strawberry fields and threatening highways and homes in Florida. http://news.discovery.com/earth/snowstorm-winter-weather-snowpocalypse.html a3d1fab9-9f70-44e4-8919-39bc5e2f886e Climate and Weather Storms Weather Winter Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:00:00 EST Snowpocalypse 2010: Storm Engulfs Mid-Atlantic The massive winter storm is expected to dump several feet of snow in some regions as the storm barrels across the mid-Atlantic. http://news.discovery.com/earth/yellowstone-is-rumbling-we-are-not-doomed.html d8662164-071c-422c-bc7b-a6f9553af55f Michael Reilly Geology Geophysics Volcanic Eruptions Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:43:19 EST Yellowstone is Rumbling. We are NOT Doomed. This is normal. Most of the 1,600 or so quakes since January 17 have been very mellow. Yeah, it sounds like a lot of qukes to have happen in a couple of weeks, but the vast majority of these have ...