A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck California’s Bay Area in the early morning of Sunday, Aug 24. The event comes at a time when homeowner participation in the state’s earthquake insurance policy program is at a recent low.
Thirty years ago, Mauna Loa, the massive volcano that makes up more than half of Hawaii’s Big Island, kicked off a 22-day eruption that kept geologists, emergency…
A blue-skinned, mullet-sporting environmentalist with magic powers gifted by Gaia herself has fallen from grace.
Caught on camera: bubbling, splattering of a lava pond at Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano.
Twenty years after one of the most devastating earthquakes rattled Southern California, most state residents are still financially unprepared for another big one.
A quick check-in on the good and the bad of the recovery efforts following Super Typhoon Haiyan, the year’s deadliest natural disaster.
Over the weekend, China successfully landed its Jade Rabbit rover on the moon. Let the robot selfies and moon gifs commence!
It was still dark out when China launched its first-ever spacecraft toting a lunar lander early Monday morning. The Long March rocket, part of the Chang-3…
When Stephen Colbert puts his mind to a competition, he usually wins. This time tropical storm victims in the Philippines won, too.
Category 5 Hurricane. Super Typhoon. Super Cyclonic Storm. Very Intense Tropical Cyclone. Category 5 Severe Tropical Cyclone. These are the special appellations for the rare and…
The Raptor Lab 