There’s acool space doubleheader this week: In addition to comet 46P/Wirtanen, the often spectacular Geminid meteor shower will also make its annual appearance.
Author: Doyle Rice, USA TODAY
Greenland’s ice sheet melt has ‘gone into overdrive’ and is now ‘off the charts’
The melting of Greenland’s massive ice sheet has now accelerated, scientists announced Wednesday, andshows no signs of slowing down, according to a new study.
Emissions of carbon dioxide into Earth’s atmosphere reach record high
Carbon dioxide – the greenhouse gas most responsible for global warming – has reached an all-time high in 2018, scientists announced Wednesday.
Brightest comet of the year will zoom near Earth this week
Skywatchers will get a special treat this week as the year’s brightest comet flies across the night sky.
Climate change could lead to ‘a collapse of our civilization’ according to Sir David Attenborough
Famed naturalist Sir David Attenborough said climate change could lead to a “collapse of our civilizations and the extinction of much of the natural world.”
Below freezing temperatures forecast for all 50 states — and then, snow
First the cold, then the snow. A cold snap that will encompass nearly the entire U.S. this week will be followed by a potentially disruptive snowstorm.
U.N. says 2018 will be Earth’s 4th-warmest year on record, predicts a 5- to 9-degree temperature rise this century
The globe continued to bake in 2018, and still more warming is predicted in the decades to come. 2018 is expected to be the fourth-warmest year on record for Earth.
Another blizzard forecast to paste the north-central U.S. this weekend
A snowstorm “willproduce blizzard conditions over a portion of the northern Plains and Upper Midwest this weekend,” AccuWeather warned.
It’s raining in Los Angeles, and people are freaking out!
It’s raining in Los Angeles today, and people are freaking out as usual. Authorities in the car-crazed city had to remind folks how to drive in the rain.
Monsters Florence and Michael powered the deadly, destructive Atlantic hurricane season that ends Friday
After six long months and 15 storms, the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season officially comes to its merciful end on Friday. The six-month season began June 1.