The birth of the May 20, 2013 tornado at Newcastle, OK.
Many of our aquatic invasive species issues are a result of ballast water which is caused by ocean going ships. It's a difficult issue for the shipping industry because currently this is the only way for cargo ships to operate.
People kill 11,417 sharks per hour!
SDO's Atmospheric Imaging Assembly captures a shot of the sun every 12 seconds in 10 different wavelengths. The images shown here are based on a wavelength of 171 Angstroms, which is in the extreme ultraviolet range and shows solar material at around 600,000 Kelvin. In this wavelength it is easy to see the sun's 25-day rotation as well as how solar activity has increased over three years.
The Colorado River runs 1450 miles across seven states and two countries supplying water for 36 million people. It flowed to the sea for six million years but has not kissed the ocean since the late 1990s. A video poem to highlight the beauty and challenges of this national icon, American River's Most Endangered River for 2013.
