Smoke from distant Canadian wildfires has made its way across the United States the past few days, bringing hazy skies and colorful sunsets.
Author: Doyle Rice, USA TODAY
Earth’s carbon dioxide levels are highest they’ve been in millions of years
Carbon dioxide – the gas scientists say is most responsible for global warming – peaked again at record levels last month, scientists announced.
What are those mysterious flashes on the moon? One astronomer wants to find out
Meteor impacts? Sparkling moon dust? The astronauts’ golf clubs? Whatever they are, random, weird flashes of light on the moon have puzzled astronomers for years.
‘Horrible scenes:’ More rain threatens areas swamped by record floods in central, southern USA
More unwelcome rain is forecast this week in much of the central and southern USA, falling upon areas already swamped by record-breaking floods.
Hurricane season starts Saturday as forecasters eye developing system in the Gulf of Mexico
The 2019 Atlantic hurricane season officially starts Saturday, and, as if on cue, a storm could be forming in the Gulf of Mexico over the next few days.
Watch the first solar eclipse ever captured on film!
The first film of a total solar eclipse has been re-discovered, astronomers announced. The eclipse occurred on May 28, 1900, in North Carolina.
It’s not wet everywhere: Record-shattering hot, dry weather sparks drought and wildfires in Southeast
While the Plains and Midwest endure drenching rain and record-breaking floods, extreme heat is fueling drought conditions and fires in the Southeast.
A month of mayhem: ‘Stuck’ weather pattern fuels hundreds of tornadoes
A “stuck” weather pattern has produced a month of stormy mayhem across the central USA, one that’s fueled hundreds of tornadoes and boatloads of rain.
Mississippi River flood is longest-lasting in over 90 years, since ‘Great Flood’ of 1927
Flooding along portions of the Mississippi River is the longest-lasting flood since 1927, during that year’s Great Flood.
Forget the ‘Polar Vortex.’ Here comes the ‘Death Ridge’ and record heat for the Southeast
A blistering, dangerous heat wave, which one expert calls a “death ridge,” is poised to scorch the southeastern U.S. over the Memorial Day weekend.