Sick of sweltering summer heat? Well, you’re in luck, because fall starts today, at least according to meteorologists.
Author: Doyle Rice, USA TODAY
Dramatic increase in deadly US heat waves now likely inevitable, but experts say there’s still hope
Even if the global temperature goals of the Paris Agreement are met, study authors warn, heat waves are destined to become more prevalent worldwide.
Nuclear war between US, Russia would leave 5 billion dead from hunger, study says
As many as 5 billion people worldwide would die from famine and hunger after a nuclear war between the U.S. and Russia, a new study says.
Experts warn California of a disaster ‘larger than any in world history.’ It’s not an earthquake.
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These seafaring ‘robot surfboards’ will hopefully float into a hurricane soon – for science
Saildrones, so-called “robot surfboards,” will be guided into hurricanes in the Atlantic to help scientists study hurricanes.
The sturgeon ‘supermoon’ will appear in the sky this week
The next full moon will rise in the evening sky this Thursday, and it will be both a “sturgeon moon” and a “supermoon.”
Could the supermoon tonight ruin the Perseids, the ‘best meteor shower of the year’?
The Perseids peak Thursday night. But a supermoon also known as a sturgeon moon could dampen the show.
Atlantic hurricane season off to slow start. But top forecasters still expect above-normal activity
The federal government continues to expect another busy Atlantic hurricane season in 2022: Six to 10 hurricanes will form, forecasters say.
Climate change made record-breaking UK heat wave at least 10 times more likely, study says
The all-time record high temperature in the United Kingdom, which was set earlier this month, was made 10 times more likely because of global warming.
50 million at risk: Monday’s severe storms to bring deadly Northeast heat wave to end
More than 50 million people in the Northeast are at risk of severe storms Monday as a strong cold front brings a crashing halt to a heat wave.