The U.S. government is delaying legal protection for the monarch butterfly because there are other higher-priority species.
Author: Doyle Rice, USA TODAY
‘Travel is not recommended’: Biggest East Coast winter storm in years could drop up to 2 feet of snow
The biggest East Coast winter storm in years is still on target to hit the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Wednesday and Thursday. Here’s the forecast.
Winter storm will blast mid-Atlantic, Northeast with heavy snow
The season’s first big East Coast snowstorm is forecast to wallop much of the mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Wednesday and into Thursday.
Good news? Earth’s carbon dioxide emissions had record drop this year during the pandemic
Carbon dioxide emissions, which are the leading cause of global warming, fell by 7% in 2020, according to the report from the Global Carbon Project.
Asteroids aren’t completely random? Mass extinctions of Earth’s land animals follow a cycle, study finds
Widespread extinctions of land-dwelling animals – which include amphibians, reptiles, mammals and birds – follow a cycle of about 27 million years.
Northern lights, known for glowing red and green colors, could be visible this week across northern US
See the aurora borealis, aka the northern lights, across the northern tier of the U.S. this week, from Maine to Montana to Washington this week.
Our ‘concrete jungle’ is winning: Human-made materials now outweigh all living things on Earth, study says
The mass of all the human-produced materials exceeds the mass of all life on the planet. And by 2040, it will double, a new study says.
The Geminid meteor shower, famous for producing fireballs, peaks this weekend
Skywatchers this month will get to enjoy the Geminid meteor shower, which is considered to be one of the best showers of the year.
Weekend nor’easter to wallop East Coast with rain, snow and wind
While most of the big cities of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast will see primarily wind-whipped rain, heavy snow is likely farther inland.
‘Stunning advance’ on ‘protein folding’: A 50-year-old science problem solved and that could mean big things
The protein folding finding could unlock new possibilities into disease understanding and drug discovery, among other fields, researchers say.