Using AI, scientists are working on a new early warning system to provide coastal residents with more lead time ahead of a potentially deadly tsunami.
Author: Doyle Rice, USA TODAY
‘We have already lost’ in 2 key climate change signals, according to UN report
“The State of the Global Climate 2022” report from the United Nations weather agency says it was a year of disastrous weather and climate extremes.
‘Like none before:’ Deadly, record-smashing heat wave scorches Asia
Much of southern and southeastern Asia is enduring a deadly, record-smashing heat wave, one that’s being called the continent’s worst ever recorded in April.
Surprise find: Marine animals are thriving in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Marine animals that usually live only in western Pacific coastal areas have been found living and reproducing in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
How bad will the 2023 hurricane season be? Why this year’s forecast comes with ‘large uncertainty’
El Niño should bring a slightly below-average hurricane season. Meteorologists say 13 tropical storms will form, and six will become hurricanes.
Study warns critical ocean current is nearing ‘collapse.’ That would be a global disaster.
The cold water that sinks near Antarctica drives the deepest flow of a network of currents that spans throughout the world’s oceans.
Climate change could push more hurricanes toward US coasts, new study suggests
Climate change will likely make hurricanes stronger and cause them to hit the U.S. more often in upcoming decades, according to a new study.
‘Uncharted levels’: Gases fueling climate change still rising at an alarming rate, NOAA says
Levels of carbon dioxide and methane continued their “historically high rates of growth” in our atmosphere during 2022, NOAA said this week.
‘You’ll never forget it’: Total solar eclipse is one year away. Get ready now!
On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will cross North America. There won’t be another one visible in the U.S. until 2044.
April’s full moon rises tonight. It’s called the ‘pink moon,’ but is it actually pink?
The moon will appear full in the U.S. on Wednesday night, early Thursday morning and Thursday night as well.