Kasha Patel

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Baseballs are flying farther with climate change, helping home runs, study says

By: Kasha Patel

For every 1 degree Celsius increase in average global temperature, there could be 95 more home runs across a season of baseball.

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Tonga volcano eruption was more powerful than a nuclear explosion, study says

By: Kasha Patel

The simulation suggests that one minute after the blast, the displaced wave was 85 meters high — “mind boggling and hard to believe," said the study's lead author.

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From ocean depths to deep space, marvel at awe-inspiring views of Earth

By: Kasha Patel

Humans have captured unique views of our planet from 12,000 feet below sea level to 4 billion miles in space.

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Vikings mysteriously fled Greenland. Rising seas may be to blame.

By: Kasha Patel

About 75 percent of Viking sites were within 3,000 feet of an area of flooding, a new study found.

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Astronomers finally saw a star eating a planet

By: Kasha Patel

The scientists say the star visually grew 100 times brighter in just 10 days before eventually returning to normal as if it finished digesting the planet.

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Training for a warm race? Here’s who might have an advantage.

By: Kasha Patel

A new study found taller, leaner marathoners with long limbs tended to excel in races in warmer regions, and runners with stockier builds and shorter limbs fared better in colder climates.

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El Niño is getting stronger. That could cost the global economy trillions.

By: Kasha Patel

Most of the losses were felt by nations in closer proximity to the phenomenon, which are often developing or lower income.

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Why a warming world is costing you precious hours of sleep

By: Kasha Patel

Nights have warmed faster than daytime temperatures in many places around the globe. By 2100, individuals worldwide could lose about 50 to 58 hours of sleep per year.

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There’s a rock in space that may help us unravel how life started

By: Kasha Patel

A rock sample that a Japanese space probe collected from an asteroid suggests a possible source of compounds that enabled the development of life on Earth.

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Land around the U.S. is sinking. Here are some of the fastest areas.

By: Kasha Patel

Cities aren’t only seeing sea level rise. Parts of them are also sinking.