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      • 2012 was warmest on record for the United States
      • 2015 could be warmest year on record
      • 2016 likely to top 2015 as hottest year on record, scientists say
      • 2016 was Third Straight Hottest Year on Record
      • 3.7-billion-year-old fossils may be oldest signs of life on Earth
      • 70 degrees in February? It might become more common
      • 8 charts that show the toll climate change will take on Boston
      • 99 Percent Chance 2016 Will Be the Hottest Year on Record
      • A fish reared out of water walks better
      • A Secret Superpower, Right in Your Backyard
      • A Superplume Is the Reason Africa Is Splitting Apart
      • After climate agreement, world faces a carbon diet
      • Amid drought, San Diego prepares to tap ocean $1b plant seen by some as key step; others foresee toll
      • Amount of carbon dioxide in air keeps rising, hits milestone
      • Annual checkup of Earth’s climate says we’re in hotter water
      • Antarctic loss could double expected sea level rise by 2100, scientists say
      • Antarctica has lost about 3 trillion metric tons of ice since 1992
      • Appeals Court Rules Teenagers Suing Trump Admin over Climate Change Can Go to Trial
      • April 2017 was second-warmest April on record
      • Arctic sea ice reaches new record low mark for winter
      • Arctic voyage finds global warming impact on ice, animals
      • Are we due for a major quake in N.E.? Someday, experts say
      • As seas rise, city mulls a massive sea barrier across Boston Harbor
      • Assessing “Dangerous Climate Change”: Required Reduction of Carbon Emissions to Protect Young People, Future Generations and Nature
      • Atlantic Ocean circulation hasn’t been this sluggish in 1,000 years. What that means for New England
      • Atmospheric CO2 Levels Reach Record 410 Parts Per Million
      • Autumnal equinox this Thursday, Sept. 22 at 10:21 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time
      • Baby Birds Out of the Nest?
      • Before dinosaurs, sea 'scorpion' was Earth’s first big predatory monster
      • Bike to Work Week will be May 16-20, 2016, with Bike to Work Day on May 20.
      • Blue Marble, Eastern Hemisphere--August 21, 2014
      • Boston aims to help developers plan for rising seas
      • Boston plans for climate change’s promise of more storms. Will it be enough?
      • Britain Goes Full 24 Hours Without Burning Coal for Electricity
      • BU research questions impact of sugary drinks on memory
      • Bárðarbunga: Iceland Volcanic Eruption Update
      • California moves to add methane limits to climate agenda
      • California Today: Should the School Day Start Later?
      • Can anyone save the North Atlantic right whale?
      • Can You Guess What America Will Look Like in 10,000 Years? A Quiz
      • Cape Verdean Volcano Eruption
      • Car sinks 20 feet into Wellfleet dune, after torrential rains
      • Catastrophic floods remain threat 3 years after Sandy
      • Caterpillars have defoliated nearly one-third of state’s forests, survey shows
      • CDPH Issues Guidelines on How to Reduce Exposure to Radio Frequency Energy from Cell Phones
      • Chile: 1 Million Evacuated and 5 Dead After Earthquake Magnitude 8.3
      • China province will significantly reduce its use of coal for heating this year to improve air quality
      • Climate change could be even worse for Boston than previously thought
      • Climate change intensifies California drought, scientists say
      • Climate change will hit New England hard, report says
      • Climate Report Predicts Rising Seas Will Flood Coastal U.S. Cities
      • Coal country’s power plants are turning away from coal
      • Connecticut rattled by 12 earthquakes in 1 week
      • Coyotes Conquered North America. Now They’re Heading South.
      • Decision near on Brayton Point plant in Somerset, one of the state’s dirtiest power plants
      • Distracted Walkers Pose Threat to Self and Others
      • Does fishing have a future in New England?
      • Drought continues to spread across Mass., unabated
      • Drought takes major toll on region’s wildlife and crops
      • Drought zone increases in state
      • Earliest Known Human Footprints in North America Found on Canadian Island
      • Earth from Voyager 1 Space Probe
      • Earth sees warmest year on record in 2015, NOAA, NASA say
      • Earthquake Rattles Rome, Shaking Historic Palazzi
      • Earth’s atmosphere just crossed another troubling climate change threshold
      • Even without El Niño, 2014 was hottest year on record
      • Evidence for a wavier jet stream in response to rapid Arctic warming
      • Exercise and the Ever-Smarter Human Brain
      • First Six Months of 2016 Were the Warmest on Record for the Planet, NOAA Says
      • First they said not to hug our dogs. Now they are coming after our kisses.
      • Fissure volcano erupting on Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia
      • For Northeast, a harsh vision of climate change
      • Fossil fuels should be phased out by 2100 says IPCC
      • Fossil jaw sheds light on turning point in human evolution
      • From ancient fish, insight into origin of limbs
      • German insect study finds ‘alarming’ decline
      • Giant column of gas erupts out of Mexico's Colima volcano; authorities warn of falling ash
      • Global Temperature 2013
      • Global warming to make powerful hurricanes more likely, scientists say
      • Global Warming’s Toll on Coral Reefs: As if They’re ‘Ravaged by War’
      • Gravitational Waves Are the Ringing of Spacetime
      • Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rose Last Year. Here Are the Top 5 Reasons.
      • Half of teens think they're addicted to their smartphones
      • Hang On, Northeast. In Some Parts, Spring Has Already Sprung.
      • Hawaii Lava Flow Burns Pahoa House: Video and Photos
      • Hayward Fault warning: "Literally nobody should be surprised by an urban earthquake"
      • Historic Rains Flood Japan in Latest Sign of Climate Change
      • Hottest year on record an ‘unmistakable sign’ of human impact on environment
      • How bad is the drought?
      • How much can Massachusetts save from driving less?
      • How scientists are tracking a massive iceberg in the making
      • How the Next Administration Can Influence Climate Change
      • How Windmills as Wide as Jumbo Jets Are Making Clean Energy Mainstream
      • Hydroelectric engineers find potential in abandoned mine
      • Hyundai’s Hydrogen-Powered Car Briefly Arrives in Boston
      • I want to be there for the big salamander migration--Where's the closest vernal pool?
      • In Florida, tanning salons exceed fast food outlets. Dermatology study warns of melanoma risks
      • In Maine, fears rise with acidic ocean Rising acid levels in oceans imperil region's shellfish
      • Inaction on climate change costly, report warns
      • Indian Heat Wave Toll Tops 2,300; Minister Blames Climate Change
      • Interactive Climate Change Map
      • It’s official: Boston breaks tide record
      • July was hottest month ever recorded
      • Katharine, the great white shark on Cape Cod
      • Kids are taking the feds to court over climate change
      • Land Conservationists Worry Power Plant Will Fragment Forest, Harm Species
      • Landmark Climate Lawsuit: Youth Activists Suing the U.S. Government & Fossil Fuel Industry
      • Latest Climate Report: "The Arctic Is Unraveling"
      • LEFT TO LOUISIANA’S TIDES, A VILLAGE FIGHTS FOR TIME
      • Losing hope for lobster south of Cape Cod
      • Magnitude 6.1 Earthquake hits Northern California early (3:20 am local time) Sunday morning August 24, 2014
      • Magnitude 7.5 earthquake in Southeastern Alaska on January 5, 2013
      • Mammoth Tusk Lifted From Seattle Construction Pit
      • Maps of Australia are all five feet off. Would you be brave enough to use a self-driving car there?
      • Martian rocks offered past environmental conditions favorable for microbial life.
      • MIT joins global hunt for ways to cut carbon
      • MIT study says current electric cars could meet most of today’s driving demands
      • More technology at schools doesn’t lead to better education, data finds
      • More Time on Digital Devices Means Kids Less Likely to Finish Homework
      • NASA Announces Water Flows on Surface of Mars
      • NASA Cassini Spacecraft Provides New View of Saturn and Earth
      • NASA Finds 2012 Sustained Long-Term Climate Warming Trend
      • NASA photographs one of the largest icebergs to ever split off from Antarctica
      • NASA: Last Month was Warmest September on Record
      • NASA’s Orion spacecraft completes test mission
      • National Guard called out in Hawaii for lava flow National Guard troops will be used for security and safety issues as lava from an active volcano on the Big Island continues to creep towards a small town.
      • Nations, Fighting Powerful Refrigerant That Warms Planet, Reach Landmark Deal
      • New Data Show 2017 was the Second-Hottest Year on Record
      • New duck-billed dinosaur found in Alaska, researchers say
      • New Human Ancestor Elicits Awe—and Many Questions
      • New research shows the glaciers of Antarctica melting faster than expected
      • New science suggests the ocean could rise more — and faster — than we thought
      • New study used ocean-floor listening devices to track endangered right whales
      • New Threshold: 2015 Saw Average Carbon Dioxide Levels of 400 PPM
      • New Wildlands Map Viewer
      • Noise hinders how children learn
      • Northeast warming more rapidly than most of US
      • Oceans rising faster than at any point in 28 centuries
      • Of 21 Winter Olympic Cities, Many May Soon Be Too Warm to Host the Games
      • Oklahoma earthquake forces evacuations, school closures
      • Oklahoma quake prompts shutdown of gas-linked wells
      • Our winters will soon be shorter, warmer, and less snowy. And that’s scary, scientists say
      • Periodic Table of the Elements
      • Physical Activity in U.S. Youth Aged 12–15 Years, 2012
      • Plastic Water Bottles: World Health Organization launches health review
      • Plate tectonics spotted on Europa
      • Pluto’s Majestic Mountains, Frozen Plains and Foggy Hazes
      • Pollution kills 9 million people each year, new study finds
      • President Obama grants federal protection to section of Atlantic
      • Rate of Sea-level Rise 'Steeper'
      • Record-crushing October was warmest on record
      • Region losing 65 acres of forests a day, report finds
      • Report: Climate Change Had Role in 50% of 2014 Extreme Weather Events
      • Report: Warming Seas Expanding Twice as Fast as Previously Thought
      • Salamander’s Hefty Role in the Forest-NY Times 4/8/2014
      • San Francisco’s Big Seismic Gamble
      • Satellites show warming is accelerating sea level rise
      • School day starts too early, CDC report says
      • Science News of the Week 12/3
      • Scientists Link Hurricane Harvey’s Record Rainfall to Climate Change
      • Scientists Report New Record Low for Sea Ice in Winter
      • Scores of bird species could disappear due to climate change, study finds
      • Screen time wrong prelude to bedtime, study says
      • Severe melting of ice sheet is found in Antarctica
      • Sinkhole eats driveway in Florida
      • Sleep: The Ultimate Brainwasher?
      • Solar Eruption
      • Spring Amphibian Season Is Here!
      • Study blames humans for most of melting glaciers
      • Study links climate change to humans MARCH 08, 2013
      • Study offers a dire warning on climate change
      • Study suggests key Antarctica glacier melting from below
      • Study: Burning All Fossil Fuels Would Melt Antarctica Ice Sheet
      • Sunday's Lunar Eclipse Has Got It All
      • Sunscreen blamed for killing of coral, reefs
      • The anatomy of a solar eclipse
      • The Cambrian Explosion’s Strange-Looking Poster Child
      • The EPA just buried its climate change website for kids
      • The Hidden Meltdown of Greenland
      • The Polar Vortex Explained in 2 Minutes
      • The seas are rising fast — and even faster in Massachusetts
      • The U.N. climate summit, known as COP 19 begins in Warsaw, Poland
      • This lab is like CSI … for endangered wildlife
      • This startling animation shows how much Arctic sea ice has thinned in just 26 years
      • Three space station astronauts safely return to Earth
      • To Test for Climate Disasters: Break, Burn and Throw Stuff
      • Today's Earthquakes in Italy and Myanmar recorded by Weston Observatory
      • Toxic waste stranded as nuclear plants close
      • Try this excellent Interactive Periodic Table of the Elements
      • U.N.: 2017 Among Hottest Years on Record
      • United Nations says CO2 pollution levels at annual record high
      • United Nations: Ozone Layer Recovering; New Steps Needed to End HFCs
      • Untitled Post
      • US effort attempting to save bees, butterflies
      • US report says humans cause climate change.
      • US sinkhole swallows Corvettes at car museum
      • Venus brightest object in the east before sunrise.
      • Vimeo: A Brief History of CO2 Emissions
      • Volcano raises new island far south of Japan
      • Warmer waters might prevent baby lobsters from surviving
      • Watch a Gopro go to 80,000 ft., Pop, and then Fall to Earth
      • Watch: An Incredible Peek inside an Active Volcano
      • Wed Morning October 8, Lunar Eclipse: Here's Who Will Be Able to See It
      • Who? Where? Snowy owls are flocking to East Coast
      • Why Are Climate Studies Reaching Different Temperature Estimates?
      • Why So Cold? Climate Change May Be Part of the Answer
      • Winter sets global heat record, despite East Coast’s big chill
      • WMO: Climate Change Has Pushed Planet into "Uncharted Territory"
      • World Health Org: 4 Million People in Americas Could Be Infected with Zika by 2017
      • World Health Organization-Facts about Gaming disorder
      • ​Stunning ultra-high-def time-lapse of Earth from space
  • Contact Mr. McCarthy
  • Keys to Success
  • Buds, Leaves, and Global Warming 2023
  • Grade 7--Non-renewable and Renewable Energy Research Project 2021
  • Extra Credit for Sand!
  • Grade 7--Fast Plant Seed Challenge-Spring 2024
  • Grade 7--Earth's History
  • Grade 7--Inside Earth and Plate Tectonics
  • Grade 7--Earth's Changing Surface--Rocks and Weathering
  • Our Changing Forests-Long Term Ecological Research at Thurston Woods
  • Save Your Flower's Seeds
McCarthy Science
  • Home
    • Science News of the Week
      • 2012 was warmest on record for the United States
      • 2015 could be warmest year on record
      • 2016 likely to top 2015 as hottest year on record, scientists say
      • 2016 was Third Straight Hottest Year on Record
      • 3.7-billion-year-old fossils may be oldest signs of life on Earth
      • 70 degrees in February? It might become more common
      • 8 charts that show the toll climate change will take on Boston
      • 99 Percent Chance 2016 Will Be the Hottest Year on Record
      • A fish reared out of water walks better
      • A Secret Superpower, Right in Your Backyard
      • A Superplume Is the Reason Africa Is Splitting Apart
      • After climate agreement, world faces a carbon diet
      • Amid drought, San Diego prepares to tap ocean $1b plant seen by some as key step; others foresee toll
      • Amount of carbon dioxide in air keeps rising, hits milestone
      • Annual checkup of Earth’s climate says we’re in hotter water
      • Antarctic loss could double expected sea level rise by 2100, scientists say
      • Antarctica has lost about 3 trillion metric tons of ice since 1992
      • Appeals Court Rules Teenagers Suing Trump Admin over Climate Change Can Go to Trial
      • April 2017 was second-warmest April on record
      • Arctic sea ice reaches new record low mark for winter
      • Arctic voyage finds global warming impact on ice, animals
      • Are we due for a major quake in N.E.? Someday, experts say
      • As seas rise, city mulls a massive sea barrier across Boston Harbor
      • Assessing “Dangerous Climate Change”: Required Reduction of Carbon Emissions to Protect Young People, Future Generations and Nature
      • Atlantic Ocean circulation hasn’t been this sluggish in 1,000 years. What that means for New England
      • Atmospheric CO2 Levels Reach Record 410 Parts Per Million
      • Autumnal equinox this Thursday, Sept. 22 at 10:21 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time
      • Baby Birds Out of the Nest?
      • Before dinosaurs, sea 'scorpion' was Earth’s first big predatory monster
      • Bike to Work Week will be May 16-20, 2016, with Bike to Work Day on May 20.
      • Blue Marble, Eastern Hemisphere--August 21, 2014
      • Boston aims to help developers plan for rising seas
      • Boston plans for climate change’s promise of more storms. Will it be enough?
      • Britain Goes Full 24 Hours Without Burning Coal for Electricity
      • BU research questions impact of sugary drinks on memory
      • Bárðarbunga: Iceland Volcanic Eruption Update
      • California moves to add methane limits to climate agenda
      • California Today: Should the School Day Start Later?
      • Can anyone save the North Atlantic right whale?
      • Can You Guess What America Will Look Like in 10,000 Years? A Quiz
      • Cape Verdean Volcano Eruption
      • Car sinks 20 feet into Wellfleet dune, after torrential rains
      • Catastrophic floods remain threat 3 years after Sandy
      • Caterpillars have defoliated nearly one-third of state’s forests, survey shows
      • CDPH Issues Guidelines on How to Reduce Exposure to Radio Frequency Energy from Cell Phones
      • Chile: 1 Million Evacuated and 5 Dead After Earthquake Magnitude 8.3
      • China province will significantly reduce its use of coal for heating this year to improve air quality
      • Climate change could be even worse for Boston than previously thought
      • Climate change intensifies California drought, scientists say
      • Climate change will hit New England hard, report says
      • Climate Report Predicts Rising Seas Will Flood Coastal U.S. Cities
      • Coal country’s power plants are turning away from coal
      • Connecticut rattled by 12 earthquakes in 1 week
      • Coyotes Conquered North America. Now They’re Heading South.
      • Decision near on Brayton Point plant in Somerset, one of the state’s dirtiest power plants
      • Distracted Walkers Pose Threat to Self and Others
      • Does fishing have a future in New England?
      • Drought continues to spread across Mass., unabated
      • Drought takes major toll on region’s wildlife and crops
      • Drought zone increases in state
      • Earliest Known Human Footprints in North America Found on Canadian Island
      • Earth from Voyager 1 Space Probe
      • Earth sees warmest year on record in 2015, NOAA, NASA say
      • Earthquake Rattles Rome, Shaking Historic Palazzi
      • Earth’s atmosphere just crossed another troubling climate change threshold
      • Even without El Niño, 2014 was hottest year on record
      • Evidence for a wavier jet stream in response to rapid Arctic warming
      • Exercise and the Ever-Smarter Human Brain
      • First Six Months of 2016 Were the Warmest on Record for the Planet, NOAA Says
      • First they said not to hug our dogs. Now they are coming after our kisses.
      • Fissure volcano erupting on Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia
      • For Northeast, a harsh vision of climate change
      • Fossil fuels should be phased out by 2100 says IPCC
      • Fossil jaw sheds light on turning point in human evolution
      • From ancient fish, insight into origin of limbs
      • German insect study finds ‘alarming’ decline
      • Giant column of gas erupts out of Mexico's Colima volcano; authorities warn of falling ash
      • Global Temperature 2013
      • Global warming to make powerful hurricanes more likely, scientists say
      • Global Warming’s Toll on Coral Reefs: As if They’re ‘Ravaged by War’
      • Gravitational Waves Are the Ringing of Spacetime
      • Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rose Last Year. Here Are the Top 5 Reasons.
      • Half of teens think they're addicted to their smartphones
      • Hang On, Northeast. In Some Parts, Spring Has Already Sprung.
      • Hawaii Lava Flow Burns Pahoa House: Video and Photos
      • Hayward Fault warning: "Literally nobody should be surprised by an urban earthquake"
      • Historic Rains Flood Japan in Latest Sign of Climate Change
      • Hottest year on record an ‘unmistakable sign’ of human impact on environment
      • How bad is the drought?
      • How much can Massachusetts save from driving less?
      • How scientists are tracking a massive iceberg in the making
      • How the Next Administration Can Influence Climate Change
      • How Windmills as Wide as Jumbo Jets Are Making Clean Energy Mainstream
      • Hydroelectric engineers find potential in abandoned mine
      • Hyundai’s Hydrogen-Powered Car Briefly Arrives in Boston
      • I want to be there for the big salamander migration--Where's the closest vernal pool?
      • In Florida, tanning salons exceed fast food outlets. Dermatology study warns of melanoma risks
      • In Maine, fears rise with acidic ocean Rising acid levels in oceans imperil region's shellfish
      • Inaction on climate change costly, report warns
      • Indian Heat Wave Toll Tops 2,300; Minister Blames Climate Change
      • Interactive Climate Change Map
      • It’s official: Boston breaks tide record
      • July was hottest month ever recorded
      • Katharine, the great white shark on Cape Cod
      • Kids are taking the feds to court over climate change
      • Land Conservationists Worry Power Plant Will Fragment Forest, Harm Species
      • Landmark Climate Lawsuit: Youth Activists Suing the U.S. Government & Fossil Fuel Industry
      • Latest Climate Report: "The Arctic Is Unraveling"
      • LEFT TO LOUISIANA’S TIDES, A VILLAGE FIGHTS FOR TIME
      • Losing hope for lobster south of Cape Cod
      • Magnitude 6.1 Earthquake hits Northern California early (3:20 am local time) Sunday morning August 24, 2014
      • Magnitude 7.5 earthquake in Southeastern Alaska on January 5, 2013
      • Mammoth Tusk Lifted From Seattle Construction Pit
      • Maps of Australia are all five feet off. Would you be brave enough to use a self-driving car there?
      • Martian rocks offered past environmental conditions favorable for microbial life.
      • MIT joins global hunt for ways to cut carbon
      • MIT study says current electric cars could meet most of today’s driving demands
      • More technology at schools doesn’t lead to better education, data finds
      • More Time on Digital Devices Means Kids Less Likely to Finish Homework
      • NASA Announces Water Flows on Surface of Mars
      • NASA Cassini Spacecraft Provides New View of Saturn and Earth
      • NASA Finds 2012 Sustained Long-Term Climate Warming Trend
      • NASA photographs one of the largest icebergs to ever split off from Antarctica
      • NASA: Last Month was Warmest September on Record
      • NASA’s Orion spacecraft completes test mission
      • National Guard called out in Hawaii for lava flow National Guard troops will be used for security and safety issues as lava from an active volcano on the Big Island continues to creep towards a small town.
      • Nations, Fighting Powerful Refrigerant That Warms Planet, Reach Landmark Deal
      • New Data Show 2017 was the Second-Hottest Year on Record
      • New duck-billed dinosaur found in Alaska, researchers say
      • New Human Ancestor Elicits Awe—and Many Questions
      • New research shows the glaciers of Antarctica melting faster than expected
      • New science suggests the ocean could rise more — and faster — than we thought
      • New study used ocean-floor listening devices to track endangered right whales
      • New Threshold: 2015 Saw Average Carbon Dioxide Levels of 400 PPM
      • New Wildlands Map Viewer
      • Noise hinders how children learn
      • Northeast warming more rapidly than most of US
      • Oceans rising faster than at any point in 28 centuries
      • Of 21 Winter Olympic Cities, Many May Soon Be Too Warm to Host the Games
      • Oklahoma earthquake forces evacuations, school closures
      • Oklahoma quake prompts shutdown of gas-linked wells
      • Our winters will soon be shorter, warmer, and less snowy. And that’s scary, scientists say
      • Periodic Table of the Elements
      • Physical Activity in U.S. Youth Aged 12–15 Years, 2012
      • Plastic Water Bottles: World Health Organization launches health review
      • Plate tectonics spotted on Europa
      • Pluto’s Majestic Mountains, Frozen Plains and Foggy Hazes
      • Pollution kills 9 million people each year, new study finds
      • President Obama grants federal protection to section of Atlantic
      • Rate of Sea-level Rise 'Steeper'
      • Record-crushing October was warmest on record
      • Region losing 65 acres of forests a day, report finds
      • Report: Climate Change Had Role in 50% of 2014 Extreme Weather Events
      • Report: Warming Seas Expanding Twice as Fast as Previously Thought
      • Salamander’s Hefty Role in the Forest-NY Times 4/8/2014
      • San Francisco’s Big Seismic Gamble
      • Satellites show warming is accelerating sea level rise
      • School day starts too early, CDC report says
      • Science News of the Week 12/3
      • Scientists Link Hurricane Harvey’s Record Rainfall to Climate Change
      • Scientists Report New Record Low for Sea Ice in Winter
      • Scores of bird species could disappear due to climate change, study finds
      • Screen time wrong prelude to bedtime, study says
      • Severe melting of ice sheet is found in Antarctica
      • Sinkhole eats driveway in Florida
      • Sleep: The Ultimate Brainwasher?
      • Solar Eruption
      • Spring Amphibian Season Is Here!
      • Study blames humans for most of melting glaciers
      • Study links climate change to humans MARCH 08, 2013
      • Study offers a dire warning on climate change
      • Study suggests key Antarctica glacier melting from below
      • Study: Burning All Fossil Fuels Would Melt Antarctica Ice Sheet
      • Sunday's Lunar Eclipse Has Got It All
      • Sunscreen blamed for killing of coral, reefs
      • The anatomy of a solar eclipse
      • The Cambrian Explosion’s Strange-Looking Poster Child
      • The EPA just buried its climate change website for kids
      • The Hidden Meltdown of Greenland
      • The Polar Vortex Explained in 2 Minutes
      • The seas are rising fast — and even faster in Massachusetts
      • The U.N. climate summit, known as COP 19 begins in Warsaw, Poland
      • This lab is like CSI … for endangered wildlife
      • This startling animation shows how much Arctic sea ice has thinned in just 26 years
      • Three space station astronauts safely return to Earth
      • To Test for Climate Disasters: Break, Burn and Throw Stuff
      • Today's Earthquakes in Italy and Myanmar recorded by Weston Observatory
      • Toxic waste stranded as nuclear plants close
      • Try this excellent Interactive Periodic Table of the Elements
      • U.N.: 2017 Among Hottest Years on Record
      • United Nations says CO2 pollution levels at annual record high
      • United Nations: Ozone Layer Recovering; New Steps Needed to End HFCs
      • Untitled Post
      • US effort attempting to save bees, butterflies
      • US report says humans cause climate change.
      • US sinkhole swallows Corvettes at car museum
      • Venus brightest object in the east before sunrise.
      • Vimeo: A Brief History of CO2 Emissions
      • Volcano raises new island far south of Japan
      • Warmer waters might prevent baby lobsters from surviving
      • Watch a Gopro go to 80,000 ft., Pop, and then Fall to Earth
      • Watch: An Incredible Peek inside an Active Volcano
      • Wed Morning October 8, Lunar Eclipse: Here's Who Will Be Able to See It
      • Who? Where? Snowy owls are flocking to East Coast
      • Why Are Climate Studies Reaching Different Temperature Estimates?
      • Why So Cold? Climate Change May Be Part of the Answer
      • Winter sets global heat record, despite East Coast’s big chill
      • WMO: Climate Change Has Pushed Planet into "Uncharted Territory"
      • World Health Org: 4 Million People in Americas Could Be Infected with Zika by 2017
      • World Health Organization-Facts about Gaming disorder
      • ​Stunning ultra-high-def time-lapse of Earth from space
  • Contact Mr. McCarthy
  • Keys to Success
  • Buds, Leaves, and Global Warming 2023
  • Grade 7--Non-renewable and Renewable Energy Research Project 2021
  • Extra Credit for Sand!
  • Grade 7--Fast Plant Seed Challenge-Spring 2024
  • Grade 7--Earth's History
  • Grade 7--Inside Earth and Plate Tectonics
  • Grade 7--Earth's Changing Surface--Rocks and Weathering
  • Our Changing Forests-Long Term Ecological Research at Thurston Woods
  • Save Your Flower's Seeds
  • More
    • Home
      • Science News of the Week
        • 2012 was warmest on record for the United States
        • 2015 could be warmest year on record
        • 2016 likely to top 2015 as hottest year on record, scientists say
        • 2016 was Third Straight Hottest Year on Record
        • 3.7-billion-year-old fossils may be oldest signs of life on Earth
        • 70 degrees in February? It might become more common
        • 8 charts that show the toll climate change will take on Boston
        • 99 Percent Chance 2016 Will Be the Hottest Year on Record
        • A fish reared out of water walks better
        • A Secret Superpower, Right in Your Backyard
        • A Superplume Is the Reason Africa Is Splitting Apart
        • After climate agreement, world faces a carbon diet
        • Amid drought, San Diego prepares to tap ocean $1b plant seen by some as key step; others foresee toll
        • Amount of carbon dioxide in air keeps rising, hits milestone
        • Annual checkup of Earth’s climate says we’re in hotter water
        • Antarctic loss could double expected sea level rise by 2100, scientists say
        • Antarctica has lost about 3 trillion metric tons of ice since 1992
        • Appeals Court Rules Teenagers Suing Trump Admin over Climate Change Can Go to Trial
        • April 2017 was second-warmest April on record
        • Arctic sea ice reaches new record low mark for winter
        • Arctic voyage finds global warming impact on ice, animals
        • Are we due for a major quake in N.E.? Someday, experts say
        • As seas rise, city mulls a massive sea barrier across Boston Harbor
        • Assessing “Dangerous Climate Change”: Required Reduction of Carbon Emissions to Protect Young People, Future Generations and Nature
        • Atlantic Ocean circulation hasn’t been this sluggish in 1,000 years. What that means for New England
        • Atmospheric CO2 Levels Reach Record 410 Parts Per Million
        • Autumnal equinox this Thursday, Sept. 22 at 10:21 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time
        • Baby Birds Out of the Nest?
        • Before dinosaurs, sea 'scorpion' was Earth’s first big predatory monster
        • Bike to Work Week will be May 16-20, 2016, with Bike to Work Day on May 20.
        • Blue Marble, Eastern Hemisphere--August 21, 2014
        • Boston aims to help developers plan for rising seas
        • Boston plans for climate change’s promise of more storms. Will it be enough?
        • Britain Goes Full 24 Hours Without Burning Coal for Electricity
        • BU research questions impact of sugary drinks on memory
        • Bárðarbunga: Iceland Volcanic Eruption Update
        • California moves to add methane limits to climate agenda
        • California Today: Should the School Day Start Later?
        • Can anyone save the North Atlantic right whale?
        • Can You Guess What America Will Look Like in 10,000 Years? A Quiz
        • Cape Verdean Volcano Eruption
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        • Earliest Known Human Footprints in North America Found on Canadian Island
        • Earth from Voyager 1 Space Probe
        • Earth sees warmest year on record in 2015, NOAA, NASA say
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        • Exercise and the Ever-Smarter Human Brain
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        • First they said not to hug our dogs. Now they are coming after our kisses.
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        • From ancient fish, insight into origin of limbs
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        • Global Temperature 2013
        • Global warming to make powerful hurricanes more likely, scientists say
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        • How scientists are tracking a massive iceberg in the making
        • How the Next Administration Can Influence Climate Change
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        • Losing hope for lobster south of Cape Cod
        • Magnitude 6.1 Earthquake hits Northern California early (3:20 am local time) Sunday morning August 24, 2014
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        • NASA Announces Water Flows on Surface of Mars
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        • NASA photographs one of the largest icebergs to ever split off from Antarctica
        • NASA: Last Month was Warmest September on Record
        • NASA’s Orion spacecraft completes test mission
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        • Nations, Fighting Powerful Refrigerant That Warms Planet, Reach Landmark Deal
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        • New research shows the glaciers of Antarctica melting faster than expected
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Earth's History

Fossil tracks of Arthropleura, a giant millipede-like organism (see #13, below) from the Joggins Formation of the Late Carboniferous (323.2 - 298.9 Ma). The floodplain mudstone, minor sandstone, coal, lacustrine limestone and shale, 0-1450 m (Westphalian A-B spores and bivalves) tell us that this part of Nova Scotia was tropical and swampy when the rocks were formed. Photo taken at Joggins, Nova Scotia, Aug 2015.

Fossil tracks of Arthropleura, a giant millipede-like organism (see #13, below) from the Joggins Formation of the Late Carboniferous (323.2 - 298.9 Ma). The floodplain mudstone, minor sandstone, coal, lacustrine limestone and shale, 0-1450 m (Westphalian A-B spores and bivalves) tell us that this part of Nova Scotia was tropical and swampy when the rocks were formed. Photo taken at Joggins, Nova Scotia, Aug 2015.

Earth's landmasses were not always what they are today. Continents formed as Earth's crustal plates shifted and collided over long periods of time. This video shows how today's continents are thought to have evolved over the last 600 million years, and where they'll end up in the next 100 million years.

Here is an Excellent Place to Begin: The 25 Biggest Turning Points in Earth's History (BBC)

Smithsonian Paleobiology Collections

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/geotime.html

The major divisions of geologic time, with brief explanations of each, are shown in the following scale of relative geologic time, which is arranged in chronological order with the oldest division at the bottom, the youngest at the top.

http://www.palaeos.com/Timescale/timescale.html

website that contains numerous links about geologic time

geologic time portal

Tree of Plant Life showing relationships of the orders of plants: Figure 9, p. 11 from: Plants of the world: an illustrated encyclopedia of vascular plants/Maarten J.M., Michael F. Fay, and Mark W. Chase. The University of Chicago Press, 2017.

Plant Fossils Here

Fossil Display Plant Reconstruction at Smith College

60 Feet-Mural Panels Here

http://www.scotese.com/earth.htm

Climate History

The History of Ice on Earth

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/timeform.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/Geologictime.html

Precambrian Time

The Hadean and the Archean

University of California Museum of Paleontology

The Hadean Time Article describes the time when the solar system was forming, 4.5 to 3.8 billion years ago, before the beginning of Earth's rock record

BBC Video of first place PreCambrian rocks were described

www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/precambrian/hadean.html

The Archean Eon

BBC Video shows stromatolites releasing a new gas, oxygen, that almost killed the predecessors of all life on Earth.

Life on Earth Began on Land, Not in Sea? First cells likely arose in steamy mud pots, study suggests. (NG)

The Proterozoic Eon

Cryogenian Period

Ediacaran Period

650 Million Year Old Earth map

How old is the Lava Extrusion that may be under your house???

600 mya labeled globe Late Precambrian

600 million year old Globe

Proterozoic Globes

(Zen et al., 1983) The 1:250,000 scale Bedrock Geologic Map of Massachusetts, published by the USGS in 1983, shows the distribution of the different rock units, faults, and other features that make up the bedrock of Massachusetts. It was compiled from published 1:24,000-scale maps., unpublished data, and field reconnaissance by the authors.

Find the age of the bedrock under your house

or How old is the Westwood Granite under your house???

Cutting the rocks to build a road in Saint John, New Brunswick, exposed where 545 million year old dark volcanic rock from the Caledonian Terrane (Avalonia) of the Precambrian meets lighter-colored Cambrian rock that is only 544 million years old, from the Brookville Terrane (part of Ganderia).

Early Paleozoic Era

CLIMATE HISTORY

Cambrian

Scientists find 'oldest human ancestor'

BBC Cambrian

Three-Foot //Anomalocaris// Had More Than 30,000 Lenses Per Eye? Fossil predator's eyesight rivaled or exceeded that of modern bugs, study says. (NG)

Early Cambrian Globes

Late Cambrian Globes

Early Paleozoic-Cambrian Explosion, Ordovician, Silurian

Ordovician

Living Fossil Video-A Free-swimming Crinoid called a Feather Star Shows You What Marine Life was like 400 million years ago

Left, a black-and-white closeup of a European cuttlefish’s papillae. Right, a cuttlefish using color, pattern and texture to resemble better the rocks and algae around it.CreditLeft: Paloma T. Gonzalez-Bellido; Right: Roger Hanlon

The Cuttlefish, a Master of Camouflage, Reveals a New Trick

BBC Ordovician

Ordovician Ice Age -BBC video

Ordovician-Silurian mass extinction-BBC Nature

Middle Ordovician Globes

Late Ordovician Globes

Middle Paleozoic Era

CLIMATE HISTORY

Silurian

BBC Silurian

Early Silurian Globes

Creeping Crinoid!

Devonian

Moving downward from the shoulder, the arms of Neil Shubin, fish paleontologist, are built like this: one bone, two bones, lots of bones, digits. The same is true for a bird's wing, a leopard's forward leg and the front fins of Tiktaalik, the ancient fish Shubin discovered in arctic Canada that was one of the first to walk on land.


BBC Devonian

Early Devonian Globes

Middle Devonian Globes

Devonian Map

Late Devonian mass extinction-BBC Nature

Devonian extinction.

Giant Salamander of Japan

World's Oldest Shark Fossil Found

Late Paleozoic Era

CLIMATE HISTORY

Carboniferous Period

CLIMATE HISTORY

BBC Carboniferous

The Carboniferous Period UCMP Berkeley

Palaeos Paleozoic: Carboniferous

Fossil Tree-like Plant

Lepidodendron, "The Clubmoss Tree"

Early Carboniferous (Mississippian Epoch)

Early Mississippian Map North America

Mississippian Globes

Early Carboniferous Climate

Late Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian Epoch)

Late Carboniferous Climate

Late Pennsylvanian Globes

Middle Pennsylvanian Map North America

Permian

CLIMATE HISTORY

Permian mass extinction-BBC Nature

Permian-Triassic extinction event

http://www.paleoportal.org/index.php?globalnav=time_space&sectionnav=period&period_id=11

The Siberian Traps and the end-Permian Extinction Lindy Elkins.docx

The Siberian Traps and the end-Permian Extinction Lindy Elkins.docx

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3.End-Permian Mass Extinctions Erwin et al 2002.pdf

3.End-Permian Mass Extinctions Erwin et al 2002.pdf

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Giant Dragonfly Fossil at Harvard University


Early Permian Globes

Late Permian Globes

MESOZOIC sites

CLIMATE HISTORY

Triassic

Contender for world’s oldest dinosaur identified

Triassic Photo Gallery-National Geographic

Triassic Extinctions

Early Triassic Map

Middle Triassic Globes

Late Triassic Globes

Jurassic

Dinosaur Footprints Reservation, Holyoke, Massachusetts

More than 130 tracks revealed in slabs of sandstone. Researchers believe these prints were left by small groups of two-legged, carnivorous dinosaurs, up to 15’ tall.

The first dinosaur prints to be scientifically described are still here to be seen, preserved in sandstone since this valley was a sub-tropical mix of wetlands and shallow lakes, 190 million years ago. The larger Eubrontes prints were likely made by ancestors of the great Tyrannosaurus rex, standing up to 15’ tall and 20’ long. You can see hundreds of fossils not only from the four distinct two-legged dinosaurs, but also stromatolites, fish, plants and other ancient beings. Finally, look for the 20+ dinosaurs trackways, which formed the basis for the novel theory that dinosaurs travelled in packs or groups.

Please respect the ancient and fragile footprints and fossils so future generations may enjoy seeing them.

Triassic-Jurassic mass extinction BBC Nature

Triassic-Jurassic extinction-NG

Jurassic Extinction

National Geographic photos of the Jurassic Period

in the Age of Dinosaurs

Oldest snake fossils show they thrived

Early Jurassic Globes

Labeled Early Jurassic Map

Labeled Late Jurassic Map

Middle Jurassic Globes

Late Jurassic Globes

Cretaceous

Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction BBC Nature

Cretaceous extinction event

Cretaceous Period-National Geographic Society

Early Cretaceous Globes

Middle Cretaceous Globes

Late Cretaceous Globes

Labeled Late Cretaceous Map North America

CENOZOIC ERA sites

CLIMATE HISTORY

Tertiary Period

Paleocene Epoch

News by AMNH: A small, furry-tailed, insect-eating creature was the earliest ancestor of placental mammals

Paleocene BBC

Cretaceous-Paleocene Boundary Globes

Cretaceous-Paleocene Boundary Map

Eocene

Evolution of horse and its limb

Elephant Evolution

Eocene-BBC

The Eocene Epoch-Florida Museum of Natural History

Eocene Globes

Eocene Map of North America

Labeled Middle Eocene Map

Oligocene

Oligocene BBC

The Oligocene Epoch-Florida Museum of Natural History

Oligocene Extinctions

Oligocene Globes

Miocene

HEY! news about Miocene Whales HERE

Miocene BBC

The Miocene Epoch-Florida Museum of Natural History

Miocene Globes

Middle Miocene Map North America

The Terminal Miocene Event

Pliocene

Pliocene BBC

Newfound Footprints Stir Debate Over Our Ancestors

The southern part of the hominin trackway at L8, one of the trenches newly excavated at the Tanzanian archaeological site of Laetoli.

PHOTOGRAPH BY RAFFAELLO PELLIZZON

http://www.palaeos.com/Cenozoic/Pliocene/Pliocene.htm

WBGH Channel

Pliocene Maps

A shift in the Caribbean tectonic plate joined North and South America, providing a land bridge… http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/vertpaleo/fhc/plio2.htm

Research at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS)

Quaternary Period (Pleistocene and Holocene/Anthropocene)

Pleistocene Epoch

Pleistocene BBC

Last Extinction by NOVA

This video by National Geographic Wild gives you a clue about why this bear is so enormous

The Boston Globe, Metro, Friday, February 22, 2013. In N.H. scallop haul, a potential prehistoric link

Pleistocene Map World

Pleistocene Map North America

From largest to smallest: Woolly mammoth (extinct), African elephant, and American Mastodon (extinct)

Mexican Megafauna of the Pleistocene image by Sergio de la Rosa

Holocene Epoch

Holocene Epoch-BBC

Holocene Mass Extinction?

New species! walking shark

New Giant Lizard Discovery "an Unprecedented Surprise"

Holocene Map North America

Athabasca Glacier receding

Angel Glacier. Rings can be seen in ice in lake. Thick rings indicate winter snow deposition

Anthropocene Epoch

  • WGBH Science Editor Heather Goldstone will be here to explain why one group of experts believes the first nuclear bomb was the beginning of the end of life as we know it.

National Geographic March 2011

National Public Radio transcript of interview with researchers from University of Leicester

Top 10 New Species of the Year in Pictures by The Guardian

Top 20 New Species Discovered in 2014

List of U.S. Endangered Species

List of Extinct Species in the Midwest

Plants in Peril

Updated Box Score of Listed Species

Why Save Species?

Scientists hope "Frozen Zoo" genetic bank

FEBRUARY 27, 2015, 8:20 AM|At the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, scientists are collecting samples from thousands of creatures, including rhinos, teetering on the edge of extinction. John Blackstone reports on what could be the last hope for a nearly doomed species.

will help stop extinction

Climate Anomalies from 1880 to 2013

Annual Accumulated Melt over Greenland 1979 through 2009

Scientists study how boreal forests are responding very visibly to the rise of carbon in the atmosphere

Carbon Cycle Graphic (AMNH)

Anthropocene Globes

Human Evolution

http://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-evolution-timeline-interactive

http://anthropology.si.edu/humanorigins/faq/gt/cenozoic/cenozoic.htm

Journey of Modern Humans across the globe. Use the interactive animation for an excellent explanation of how climate episodes during the Pleistocene and Holocene affected the journey of modern humans from East Africa to places around the world.

Only 10,000 humans survived the supervolcano eruption 70,000 years ago!

Fossil jaw sheds light on turning point in human evolution

Jaw Fossil In Ethiopia Likely Oldest Ever Found In Human Line

Climate timeline http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/ctl/100k.html

Ice ages http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/ice_ages/when_ice_ages.html

Glacial Maps http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/ice_ages/

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/quaternary/hol.html

http://www.palaeos.com/Cenozoic/Holocene/Holocene.htm

Vegetation maps Holocene:

http://stommel.tamu.edu/~baum/paleoveg/veg-adams-big.gif

http://www.esd.ornl.gov/projects/qen/nerc.html

http://www.esd.ornl.gov/projects/qen/na18k.gif

http://www.esd.ornl.gov/projects/qen/na8k.gif

http://www.esd.ornl.gov/projects/qen/na5_p.gif

http://www.esd.ornl.gov/projects/qen/nercNORTHAMERICA.html

Maps of Future Earth:

in 50 million years..

The Atlantic Ocean begins to Close 150 million years from now..

"Pangaea Ultima" in 250 million years from now..

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