The Great Red Comet-Earth Science Chronicles

Extreme Weather Drove More Than 30 Million People from Their Homes in 2012

In case you weren't sure what climate change looks like, here's a preview: It looks like millions of people displaced from their homes due to flooding. For example, in 2012, when 32.4 million people had to leave their homes due to disaster, the ma

Scientists Agree: Climate Change Is Happening

Public opinion on the topic of climate change is notoriously fickle, changing -- quite literally sometimes -- with the weather. The latest bit of evidence on this: Yale's April 2013 climate change survey, which found, among other things, that Ame

Cicada Invasion! East Coast Braces For Swarms

A cicada dries it wings on a tree branch in 2004 Tens of millions of the insects are preparing to inflict a 17-yearly noisy hell on people living along America's East Coast.