Tuesday – the first day of meteorological winter – will feature a winter storm for portions of the Great Lakes, Ohio Valley and Appalachian mountains.
Author: Doyle Rice, USA TODAY
Record-shattering 2020 Atlantic hurricane season officially comes to an end
After six long months and 30 storms from Arthur to Iota, the record-shattering 2020 Atlantic hurricane season officially ends Monday.
Thanksgiving weather forecast: Here’s where you’ll be able to hold your get-togethers outside
Folks might be tempted to head outside to get together and safely practice social distancing this Thanksgiving. But will the weather cooperate?
Thanksgiving weather forecast: Here’s where you’ll be able to hold your get-togethers outside
Folks might be tempted to head outside to get together and safely practice social distancing this Thanksgiving. But will the weather cooperate?
Stoned Age: Native American art confirms hallucinogenic drug use
For the first time, scientists have confirmed that Native Americans used a hallucinogenic drug while painting rock art, according to a new study.
‘Real eye-opener’: Microplastic pollution discovered in snow near top of Mount Everest
Microplastic pollution is apparently everywhere: It’s in the ocean, it’s in our food and now we know it’s atop the highest peak in the world: Mount Everest.
Famed Puerto Rico radio telescope at Arecibo Observatory to be demolished
For 57 years, the telescope has served as a world-class resource for radio astronomy, planetary, solar system and geospace research, and the search for extraterrestrial life.
Due to COVID-19, 2020 greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. are predicted to drop to lowest level in three decades
“We estimate that by the end of 2020 U.S. emissions for the year will be 9% lower than in 2019, making this the country’s ‘greenest’ year in at least three decades.”
A mid-November treat: Catch the Leonid meteor shower Monday night
Shooting stars will make an appearance in the night sky late Monday night and early Tuesday morning with the peak of the Leonid meteor shower.
‘Extremely dangerous’ Hurricane Iota slams Central America as Category 4 storm, threatens to bring ‘catastrophic’ damage
Hurricane Iota made landfall at 10:40 p.m. EST in Nicaragua, with maximum sustained winds of 155 mph, about 2 mph shy of Category 5 status.