Heat and fire generate overlapping problems for much of southern Europe
Nearly 20 people are still unaccounted for after a wildfire ripped through a tinder-dry area close to Spain’s…
F.C.C. Approves Test of Space Mirror to Light Night Sky Despite Outcry
The federal government has approved plans by a start-up company to test a satellite that would use a…
Life in France in 40 degree heat: Parisian heat traps are only part of the equation – The Irish Times
From crossing to the shady side of the street when it’s not yet 9am, enviously eyeing up the…
Scientists Used AI to Find Hidden Earthquake Signals Along the San Andreas Fault
Predicting earthquakes has been an impossible dream for seismologists practically since the discipline first emerged over 150 years…
Why A Record-Hot Ocean Is Supercharging The El Niño Effect
The ocean covers about 71% of the planet, from the Pacific side, Earth is almost nothing but water.…
‘He’s forcing higher bills’: Trump spends billions to kill clean energy and keep coal alive | US news
The Trump administration has directly spent $2.7bn of taxpayer money on its crusade against wind power while pouring…
Tropical forests can stop acting as carbon sinks during El Niño, says research
Tropical forests draw down and store large quantities of CO₂ from the atmosphere. The Amazon rainforest in South…
NOAA Raises Odds of a Historic ‘Super’ El Niño
El Niño, declared by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) just one month ago, is strengthening at…
This chaotic 2,000-pound seal has returned to sea – but leaves behind a conundrum
Without so much as a wave of his flipper, Neil the boisterous young elephant seal departed Tasmania this…
Earth’s largest waterfall is not Niagara or Victoria Falls—it lies entirely underwater in the Denmark Strait, where cold, dense water cascades roughly 3,500 metres down the ocean floor, a drop more than three times the height of Angel Falls.
The largest waterfall on Earth has no viewing platform, no mist rising into sunlight, and no tourist boats…
A Hidden Crisis: Why Millions Are Burning Plastic Just To Survive
A global study has revealed that burning plastic in households across many developing countries may be far more…
Heat is here to stay: Irish cities urgently need more trees
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