Countries around the world are poised to pump out over 120% more fossil fuels than needed to meet the Paris Climate Agreement, a new report says.
Author: Doyle Rice, USA TODAY
Hello, winter: Snowstorm targets Great Lakes, Ohio Valley, Appalachians
Tuesday – the first day of meteorological winter – will feature a winter storm for portions of the Great Lakes, Ohio Valley and Appalachian mountains.
Record-shattering 2020 Atlantic hurricane season officially comes to an end
After six long months and 30 storms from Arthur to Iota, the record-shattering 2020 Atlantic hurricane season officially ends Monday.
Thanksgiving weather forecast: Here’s where you’ll be able to hold your get-togethers outside
Folks might be tempted to head outside to get together and safely practice social distancing this Thanksgiving. But will the weather cooperate?
Stoned Age: Native American art confirms hallucinogenic drug use
For the first time, scientists have confirmed that Native Americans used a hallucinogenic drug while painting rock art, according to a new study.
Famed Puerto Rico radio telescope at Arecibo Observatory, hugely important to scientific research for more than 50 years, to be demolished
For 57 years, Arecibo telescope aided radio astronomy, planetary, solar system and geospace research, and the search for extraterrestrial life.
A mid-November treat: Catch the Leonid meteor shower Monday night
Shooting stars will make an appearance in the night sky late Monday night and early Tuesday morning with the peak of the Leonid meteor shower.
‘Extremely dangerous’ Hurricane Iota slams Central America as Category 4 storm, threatens to bring ‘catastrophic’ damage
Hurricane Iota made landfall at 10:40 p.m. EST in Nicaragua, with maximum sustained winds of 155 mph, about 2 mph shy of Category 5 status.
Eta, Theta and now Iota: Tropical storm is brewing in the Caribbean, forecast to approach Central America as a hurricane
Iota was brewing in the Caribbean Sea early Saturday and is expected to approach Central America as a major Category 3 hurricane by next week.
‘Past a point of no return’: Reducing greenhouse gas emissions to zero still won’t stop global warming, study says
Even if greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced to zero, global temps may continue to rise for centuries. But some experts questioned the study.