Extreme weather has wreaked havoc worldwide this month: As the upper Midwest shivered with record-breaking cold temperatures, wild extremes in weather were reported elsewhere.
Author: Doyle Rice, USA TODAY
Here are the facts: Despite winter storms, global warming is real
Attacks of extreme cold, big snowstorms and even unwelcome invasionsfrom the polar vortex will continue to occur even as the planet warms.
Yes, Chicago will be colder than Antarctica, Alaska and the North Pole on Wednesday
The Windy City’s “high” temperature on Wednesday should be around 10 below zero, while the overnight low Wednesday night should be in the 25-below range.
Snowstorm to hit Atlanta during Super Bowl week. What could possibly go wrong?
A winter storm is forecast to dump 1-2 inches of snow in the Atlanta area on Tuesday, just five days before Super Bowl LIII.
Shark attacks dropped worldwide in 2018; Massachusetts had the one death in USA
In 2018, sharks killed four people, but people killed about 100 million sharks.
Amazing image of New Horizons’ ‘space snowman’ received from deep space
Earthlings have received another fantastic shot of the “space snowman.”It’s the clearest view yet of this ancient object in the far reaches of the solar system.
Doomsday Clock: It’s still 2 minutes to midnight because of nuclear weapons and climate change
Does anybody really know what time it is? Well, yes: The folks who keep track of the “Doomsday Clock,” and it’s two minutes to midnight.
Fake news during 2016 campaign shared mostly on Twitter by older conservatives, study says
Fake news during the 2016 presidential campaign was seen and shared by only a very small fraction of Twitter users, a scientific study reports.
Scientists are just now seeing 13-billion-year-old light from black holes
It took 13 billion years, but light from the firstblack holes in the universe is finally reaching our telescopes.
How close are we to Doomsday? We’ll find out Thursday.
Does anybody really know what time it is? Well, yes: The folks who keep track of the “Doomsday Clock,” and they’ll let us know Thursday.