Humpback whales are gathering in huge groups, and nobody's sure what they're up to
Humpback whales are typically considered solitary animals, as the huge mammals usually only travel in groups of two or three, if they travel with any others at all.But in the past few years, scientists have noticed something strange: as many as 200 humpback whales, gathering off the coast of South Africa to feed. By comparison, researchers used to consider groups of 10 or 20 whales as large.These massive new groups are puzzling scientists given how much food would need to be present in one part..>> view originalDelta 4's military launch bumped by commercial SpaceX flight, but good weather expected
The Delta 4 will launch from Complex 37. Credit: ULA CAPE CANAVERAL — With the SpaceX scrub earlier this week and the time needed to convert the Eastern Range over to the Delta 4, liftoff of that rocket carrying an internationally-purchased military communications satellite for the Air Force has been bumped to Saturday evening. Liftoff of the United Launch Alliance Delta 4 carrying the Wideband Global SATCOM 9 spacecraft is scheduled to occur at 7:44 p.m. EDT (2344 GMT). The launch window will ..>> view originalOldest Human Cranium Ever Found in Portugal
The oldest known fossil of a human cranium has been uncovered in Portugal. An international research team, directed by Portuguese archaeologist João Zilhão and including Binghamton University anthropologist Rolf Quam, found the cranium in a cave in Portugal, marking an important contribution to knowledge of human evolution during the middle Pleistocene in Europe and to the origin of the Neanderthals. The cranium represents the westernmost human fossil ever found in Europe during the middle Pleis..>> view originalMelting Arctic ice likely worsens winter haze in China: study
WASHINGTON, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Climate change in the polar regions may have worsened winter haze problems in China, which pledges more efforts to tackle air pollution despite the country's decreasing emissions, according to a study published Wednesday. The study published in the U.S. journal Science Advances suggests that melting Arctic sea ice and increasing Eurasian snow, both caused by global climate change, have shifted China's winter monsoon, helping create stagnant atmospheric condition..>> view originalShip crashes into 'pristine' coral reef, captain may be charged
The 297-foot (90.6 meter) MS Caledonian Sky crashed into the reefs at Raja Ampat on March 4. Raja Ampat is frequently included on lists of the the world's most beautiful coral reefs and is often described as an "untouched" beach paradise. "The destruction of Raja Ampat coral reefs, which were developed by nature for hundreds of years, was done in less than one day by Caledonian Sky and its captain," Djoko Hartoyo, of the Information and Law Bureau of the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affair..>> view originalLarge Sections of Australia's Great Reef Are Now Dead, Scientists Find
But an Australian government study released last week found that over all, last year brought “the highest sea surface temperatures across the Great Barrier Reef on record.”Only 9 percent of the reef has avoided bleaching since 1998, Professor Hughes said, and now, the less remote, more heavily visited stretch from Cairns south is in trouble again. Water temperatures there remain so high that another round of mass bleaching is underway, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority confirmed las..>> view originalWatch out: Mammals shrink when Earth heats up, study says
In this photo provided by Abigail D'Ambrosia Carroll, an Arenahippus jaw fragment (with second and third molars), as discovered in field. Global warming often leads to global shrinking for mammals, like us, a new study suggests. At least …more.>> view originalNASA budget would cut Earth science and education
An engineering model of NASA's next-generation manned spacecraft Orion, is pictured Monday, March 6, 2017, at Yuma International Airport in Yuma, Ariz. (Matt Harding/AP) President Trump’s first federal budget seems to make good on his campaign promises to shift NASA’s focus away from Earth and toward space. But it doesn’t reveal where he thinks the agency should be headed — to Mars, the moon or elsewhere. Overall, Trump would shrink funding for NASA slightly, to $19.1 billion from about $1..>> view originalSpiders Eat Up to 880 Million Tons of Insects Each Year
Each year, about 27 million tons of spiders consume somewhere between 440 million and 880 million tons of insects, new research finds. Yeah, that's a lot of bugs. The new study, published in the journal The Science of Nature, finds that spiders' food consumption rivals — or perhaps dwarfs — the 440 million tons (400 million metric tons) of meat and fish all the humans in world eat each year. Spider prey consumption is similar to the amount of food that all whale species (Cetacea) eat a..>> view originalWatch Live: Zookeepers Note April the Giraffe 'At the End of the Pregnancy'
VIDEO HARPURSVILLE, N.Y. — UPDATE: Zookeepers reported “no significant changes†Tuesday evening but believe “we are at the end of the pregnancy.†The post read: We remain in a holding pattern. No significant change from this morning or last night, though all signs are still present – suggesting we are at the end of the pregnancy. Slight discharge, swelling, pulsing, etc. Keepers reported that baby is very active this evening. April remains in STELLAr (did you get that snowstorm jo..>> view original
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