Finally some good news from the environment. The ozone layer – which protects us from the sun’s harmful radiation – is slowly healing, the United Nations said.
Author: Doyle Rice, USA TODAY
Election Day weather forecast: Potent storm to blast eastern US, could affect voter turnout
A potent Election Day storm is forecast to blast the eastern U.S. with rain, winds and thunderstorms. Rain tends to favor Republican candidates.
Why do we turn the clocks back? Daylight saving time is ending. Here are answers to your questions
Daylight saving time ends the first Sunday in November. But why do we turn the clocks back? And when did daylight saving time start? Here’s 5 facts.
Giant ‘waves’ in the sky wreak havoc on our weather, study says
The odd behavior of the jet stream appears to causemore wild and extreme summertime weather for us Earthlings.
Fall of the wild: Earth’s wilderness areas rapidly vanishing
The world’s last wilderness areas are rapidly disappearing, a report warns.
Famed planet-hunting Kepler Space Telescope retires after running out of fuel
After 9 years in space and over 2,600 planetsdiscovered, NASA said it’s finally time to retire the Kepler Space Telescope.
93 percent of the world’s children breathe toxic, polluted air each day
Nearly 2 billion children – about 93% of the world’s children under the age of 15 – breathe toxic, putrid air, a new report said.
By itself, bitcoin could create climate chaos within 20 years
If bitcoin use continues to grow, it could alone produce enough carbon emissions to raise global temperatures by almost 4 degrees F as soon as 2033.
18 US volcanoes considered a ‘very high threat;’ Hawaii’s Kilauea is the most dangerous
The U.S. Geological Survey updated its volcano threat assessments for the first time since 2005.
Far out! Astronomers get close-up view of bizarre blue asteroid
Astronomers Tuesday announced that late last year, they’d gotten a close-up view of Phaethon, a bizarre blue asteroid that sometimes acts like a comet.