Articles by

Carolyn Gramling

How rapid intensification spawned two monster hurricanes in one week

One of the widest hurricanes on record slammed into Florida’s Gulf Coast on September 26...

Some of Earth’s extinct giants may have been smaller than thought

Body size estimates of some of Earth’s larger-than-life species may have been just that: a little bit...

Earth’s ancient ‘greenhouse’ conditions were hotter than thought

Over the last 485 million years, Earth has been both a lot colder and a lot hotter...

Summer-like heat is scorching the Southern Hemisphere — in winter

It’s winter in the Southern Hemisphere — but you wouldn’t know it from the thermostat. ...

The asteroid that may have killed the dinosaurs came from beyond Jupiter

Earth’s most famous killer asteroid came from the outer reaches of the solar system, researchers report in...

Zigzag walls could help buildings beat the heat

Here’s a twist: Adding zigzags to walls could help cool an overheated building, even as global temperatures...

Earthquakes added to Pompeii’s death toll

In A.D. 79, a massive volcano in southern Italy suddenly, explosively awoke, leading to one of the...

Record-breaking Coral Sea temperatures threaten the Great Barrier Reef

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef faces critical danger from back-to-back bouts of extreme ocean heat. Ocean heat in...