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It's not easy to do pregnancy tests on whales. You can't just ask a wild ocean animal that's the size of a school bus to pee on a little stick. For decades, the only way scientists could count pregnant females was by sight and best guesses based on visual characteristics.…

Jackson, Mississippi homeowners use shovels to work their way through Pearl River floodwater.Photo: APThis week, the Pearl River in Jackson, Mississippi crested at 36.67 feet, the river’s third highest crest on record. The deluge devastated the area, flooding the streets and thousands of homes. Entire neighborhoods went underwater, and residents…

An experienced hurricane hunting crew chasing a winter storm came across a far different discovery this past weekend. In what is known as St. Elmo's fire, footage of the forking electric discharge was captured on Saturday by pilots as the spectacle flashed throughout the cockpit.The video, captured by the National…

California is having an extremely dry February.The satellite image above reveals why: A high-pressure system is directing the Pacific Ocean's atmospheric river — the stream that brings rain to the West Coast — towards Washington state.The majority of California is experiencing abnormally dry conditions and moderate drought.Visit Business Insider's homepage…

Earth just wrapped its hottest decade on record, and now the next 10 years are off to a similar, balmy start. Last month was the hottest January on record, according to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) report released Thursday, which found January 2020 was 2.05 degrees Fahrenheit (or…

View Slideshow Citing 141 years of records, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has called last month the hottest January of all, to date. Meanwhile, the 10 warmest January temperatures all took place this century, since 2002, highlighting the accelerated climate crisis. Typically, the first month of the year…

This shouldn't be too surprising, given that 2019 was Earth's second-warmest year on record, last June was the hottest on record and researchers just recorded record-high temps in Antarctica. According to NOAA, the 10 warmest Januaries have all occurred since…

There has never been a warmer January in 141 years of climate records.February 13, 2020, 7:26 PM6 min read Last month has been named the hottest January in 141 years of recorded climate history, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The global land and ocean surface temperature in…

By Mark Kaufman2020-02-13 16:09:23 UTC The same live webcam site that brings you Alaska's glorious, salmon-hungry fat bears just turned on its webcam in the northern reaches of Churchill, Canada. This town, famous for the polar bears who regularly stroll down its streets, is ideally situated to watch the glowing,…

In late January and early February, two dolphins were found dead in southwestern Florida. The killings could have been made possible by extended human interaction with the animals, which experts strongly discourage."The seemingly innocent act of feeding dolphins can lead to harm and something like this," said one dolphin conservation coordinator.Visit…