The Litli-Hrútur volcano started spilling lava and toxic gas from a 2,600-foot fissure; but as its eruption eased, its fissure became just 250 feet long. Read to learn more.
Disasters like floods, tornadoes, and hurricanes, among others hit the same place twice. It’s different with lightning. Find out what NASA says about it.
A new research study reveals that the increasing use of the mobile homes in the U.S. is not good as these homes are more vulnerable to the bad weather events like tornadoes.
In the study of ecology, it’s long been known that animals have a sort of sixth sense above and beyond what humans can perceive. Perhaps through the aid of their keen senses of smell or their abnormally acute sense of hearing, animals such as dogs are able to sense the presence of cancers, the onset of seizures, and even changes in the climate. But in a new study led by UC Berkeley ecologist Henry Streby, it’s birds that are sensing a change. Golden-winged warblers to be exact.