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.
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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 are wreaking havoc on our weather, study says
Odd behavior of the jet stream appears to be causingmore wild and extreme summertime weather for us earthlings.
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.
Remnants of Hurricane Willa to help fuel powerful East Coast nor’easter
Hurricane Willa may be gone, but some of its remnant energy and moisture will help fuel the first nor’easter of the season for the East Coast this weekend.
The Atlantic and Pacific Ocean hurricane season is most powerful on record this year
When all the hurricanes and tropical storms in the Atlantic and Pacific are added together, the 2018 hurricane season is the most active season ever.
Hurricane Willa now an ‘extremely dangerous’ Category 4 storm as it nears Mexico
Hurricane Willa has grown rapidly into a extremely dangerous’ Category 4 storm in the eastern Pacificon a path toward Mexico’s western coast
Salty water on Mars could have enough oxygen to support life
Brinywaterjust below the Martian surface hasthe potential to hold enough oxygen molecules to support life, a new study reports.