Most of Earth’s glaciers are melting faster than ever, dumping about 328 billion tons of melted ice into the world’s oceans each year,
Author: Doyle Rice, USA TODAY
Climate change has shifted the Earth’s axis, new study suggests
Melting glaciers around the world have redistributed enough water to shift the North and South poles eastward since the mid-1990s, a study says.
Here comes the pink moon! But will it actually be pink? And is it a ‘supermoon’? Here’s what to know.
The final week of April will kick off with a full moon, known this month as the pink moon. Plus, it’s a supermoon!
South braces for severe weather: Tornadoes, hail and flooding rain possible from Texas to the Carolinas
The South can expect severe weather and potentially tornadoes and hail on Friday and Saturday. Here’s the forecast.
Magic on Mars: Perseverance rover turns carbon dioxide into oxygen
This week, an instrument aboard Perseverance turned carbon dioxide into oxygen, a process that could one day help astronauts breathe on the planet.
The Lyrid meteor shower is coming to a sky near you. Here’s how to watch these shooting stars.
The first major meteor shower since January is coming to a sky near you. Here’s the best time to try to watch it.
Over 4 of 10 Americans breathe polluted air, report says. And people of color are 61% more likely to be affected.
The air we breathe continues to be unhealthy for many Americans, according to a new report released Wednesday by the American Lung Association.
After a critical year for COVID-19 and climate, Earth Day is today
Earth Day lands in a year in which the globe was in the grips of a deadly pandemic and climate change sparked a cascade of calamities.
‘Innermost’: Earth has another layer in its core, scientists discover
A team of researchers from Australia have confirmed the existence of what they’re calling the Earth’s “innermost inner core.”
The Snake River in the Pacific Northwest is the nation’s ‘most endangered river’ of 2021
“Rarely has a river been in such need of bold, swift action than the Pacific Northwest’s Snake River,” American Rivers said in a statement.