White-nose syndrome haunts bats
Bats have a reputation for being spooky, even though most pose no danger to humans. In fact, bats have far more reason to fear us. That’s true for lots of wild animals, but humans have become especially dangerous to North…
What is the Gulf of Mexico dead zone?
[embedded content] The Mississippi River is America’s aquatic aorta, pumping life through 2,350 miles of U.S. heartland. Its network of tributaries covers 1.2 million square miles, drains 30 states and is the third-largest river basin on Earth, after the Amazon…
What is the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch?
Not all trash ends up at the dump. A river, sewer or beach can’t catch everything the rain washes away, either. In fact, Earth’s largest landfill isn’t on land at all. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch stretches across a swath…
What are the different types of lightning?
Although we tend to think of lightning as a bolt that crashes to the earth from the sky, lightning can strike the ground or hit inside clouds or the air. According to the U.S. National Severe Storm Laboratory, there are…
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