US weather to go nuts with blizzard, polar vortex, heat dome, atmospheric river all at once
The United States is getting slammed by a stretch of weather extremes, from flooding rain to record heat and late-season snow.
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Climate change is shrinking glaciers faster than ever, with 7 trillion tons lost since 2000
A new and massive study finds that climate change is melting the world’s mountain glaciers faster than ever.
‘Ring of fire’ solar eclipse will cut across the Americas, stretching from Oregon to Brazil
A rare “ring of fire” eclipse of the sun is about to cut across the Americas, from Oregon to Brazil.
Old NASA satellite falls harmlessly from sky off Alaska
After almost 40 years circling Earth, a NASA satellite has plunged harmlessly through the atmosphere.