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Divers searching for a shipwreck at sea.

The Shipwrecks Still Missing At The Bottom Of The Sea

September 9, 2026 05:30

Wizard Island rises from the deep blue waters of Crater Lake in Crater Lake National Park, Oregon.

The Deepest Lake In Every US State

September 9, 2026 05:00

Lake trout underwater spawning.

How Lake Trout Were Brought Back To Lake Superior

September 8, 2026 14:00

Great white shark reaching, False Bay, South Africa (Credit: slowmotiongli / Shutterstock.com)

The Ocean Predators Bigger Than A Great White

September 8, 2026 13:30

Great Lakes freighters passes through the Soo Locks at Sault Ste Marie Michigan connecting Lake Superior with Lake Huron. Image credit Dennis MacDonald via Shutterstock

What Happens If The Soo Locks Shut Down

September 8, 2026 13:00

Colorado river

Where Los Angeles Would Get Water If The Colorado Failed

September 8, 2026 10:45

View of the Lake of the Ozarks

How Many US Lakes Are Actually Reservoirs?

September 8, 2026 10:00

Beaver (castor canadensis) feeding in soda butte creek, yellowstone national park

The Lakes With The Largest Beaver Populations

September 8, 2026 09:30

High Flow at Glen Canyon Dam. Water managers released a surge of water from the dam in late April to help preserve shrinking sandbars.

The Last Time Glen Canyon Dam Opened Its Spillway

September 8, 2026 07:45

Cruise ship passengers get a close-up view of the majestic glaciers at the Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Image credit: lembi / Shutterstock.com.

How Much Water Is Frozen In America's Glaciers Compared To The Great Lakes

September 8, 2026 06:15

Map of the Great Lakes.

How Many Times The Great Lakes Could Fill The Grand Canyon

September 8, 2026 05:00

Rialto Beach at sunset in Mt. Olympic National Park

The Coldest Ocean Beaches In America

September 8, 2026 04:30

Pacific ocean meets Tasman sea, Cape Reinga, New Zealand.

What Happens When Two Oceans Meet

September 7, 2026 18:00

Lake Mead recreation area.

The Lakes Supplying Drinking Water To The Most Americans

September 7, 2026 12:30

sring at the Van Buren, Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Big Spring source

The US Springs That Pump More Water Than Some Rivers

September 7, 2026 12:15

Map of the Great Lakes. Via Shutterstock / Rainer Lesniewski

How Long A Freighter Takes To Cross All Five Great Lakes

September 7, 2026 06:15

Scientists working for Oregon State University and NOAA deploy a hydrophone in the North Atlantic aboard the Icelandic Coast Guard cutter Aegir that will record sounds. Image credit Dave Mellinger/Oregon State University, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commo

What Happens To Sound In The Deep Ocean

September 7, 2026 05:30

Satellite View of Center Pivot Irrigation and Water Depletion Patterns in the US High Plains

What Happens If The Ogallala Aquifer Runs Dry

September 7, 2026 05:00

Surface roughness associated with the Gulf Stream off Georgia. Elements of this image furnished by NASA.

What Would Happen If The Gulf Stream Stopped

September 7, 2026 04:30

Colorado River Joins Lake Mead

The Year America Promised Away More Colorado River Water Than Exists

September 6, 2026 13:45

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Grizzly bear walking through forest

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A goliath grouper (Epinephelus itajara)

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A cutaway of Earth's interior, with the solid inner core nested inside the liquid outer core.

Which Planet Has The Largest Core?

Hadrian's Wall, built in Roman Britain, in what is now Northern England. Image credit Johnnie Shannon, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

How Did The Roman Empire Defend Its Borders?

The ridges of Wilpena Pound (Ikara) in Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park, South Australia. Image credit: Kwest/Shutterstock.com

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Wild salmon spawning in Alaska in summer

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Downtown Nevada City, California. Image credit Chris Allan via Shutterstock

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Cleo Street in downtown Laguna Beach, California. Editorial credit: PICTOR PICTURES / Shutterstock.com.

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Large avenue in Downtown Drumheller, Alberta, Canada

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A view of Telluride, Colorado. Via iStock / Jonathan Ross

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Image of the old Chain of Rocks Bridge in Missouri.

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