Skywatchers will get a special treat this week as the year’s brightest comet flies across the night sky.
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Climate change could lead to ‘a collapse of our civilization’ according to Sir David Attenborough
Famed naturalist Sir David Attenborough said climate change could lead to a “collapse of our civilizations and the extinction of much of the natural world.”
Coast-to-coast cold, then a weekend snowstorm possible for South, East
First the cold, then the snow. A cold snap that will encompass nearly the entire U.S. this week will be followed by a potentially disruptive snowstorm.
U.N. says 2018 will be Earth’s 4th-warmest year on record, predicts a 5- to 9-degree temperature rise this century
The globe continued to bake in 2018, and still more warming is predicted in the decades to come. 2018 is expected to be the fourth-warmest year on record for Earth.
Another blizzard forecast to paste the north-central U.S. this weekend
A snowstorm “willproduce blizzard conditions over a portion of the northern Plains and Upper Midwest this weekend,” AccuWeather warned.
It’s raining in Los Angeles, and people are freaking out!
It’s raining in Los Angeles today, and people are freaking out as usual. Authorities in the car-crazed city had to remind folks how to drive in the rain.
Monsters Florence and Michael powered the deadly, destructive Atlantic hurricane season that ends Friday
After six long months and 15 storms, the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season officially comes to its merciful end on Friday. The six-month season began June 1.
Extreme heat from climate change a ‘medical emergency,’ sickening tens of millions worldwide
According to a new report on climate change, the proportion of Earth’s population that’s vulnerable to heat-related death and disease continues to grow.
Wildfires more likely with hot/dry weather combo, thanks to climate change
Climate change has doubled the odds that a region will suffer the brutal combination of both hot and dry weather at the same time, a new study said.
Global carbon emissions rose in 2017, dimming hopes to rein in climate change
After three years of decline, the amount of carbon dioxide humans emitted increased in 2017, the United Nations announced.