About 60 percent of the world’s wild coffee species are at high risk of extinction, a new study suggests.
Author: Doyle Rice, USA TODAY
What to eat to save the planet: Report urges ‘radical changes’ to world’s diet — less meat, more veggies
Around the world, humans eat far too much red meat and sugar, and nowhere near enough nuts, fruitsand vegetables, according to a report.
Say it ain’t snow: 2 winter storms, then an Arctic blast from the ‘fractured’ polar vortex
Any hopes we had for a mild end to January appear over. A pair of winter storms will dump snow and ice across the central and eastern U.S. over the next several days.
Series of storms to pummel California with rain, snow, wind; flooding, mudslides possible
The USA’s wild weather will shift from the East to the West this week. California will take the brunt of the storminesswith drenching rain, yards of snow and mudslides.
Antarctic ice melting 6 times faster than it did in ’80s
Antarctic ice is melting at a rate that’s over six times faster than it was just 40 years ago, a new study reports.
Here’s your guide to the ‘super blood wolf moon eclipse’ that’s coming this weekend
Sure, you may know the ‘super blood wolf moon eclipse’ is coming to a sky near you this weekend. But what does it mean?
1,500 miles of snow: Weekend winter storm to roar from Denver to New York City
A sprawling winter storm will spread snow along a 1,500-mile path from Denver to New York City.
Oceans hottest on record in 2018, warming faster than previously thought
The world’s seas were the warmest on record in 2018, scientists announced Thursday. Also, oceantemperatures are rising faster than previously thought.
Alien life possible on nearby ‘Super-Earth,’ scientists announce
Scientists said that if water exists on the planet, geothermal heating could create a subsurface ocean where primitive life might exist.
Light from dawn of time discovered
An extremely distant quasar has been discovered, one that astronomers say emits light from the dawn of time, a new study suggests.