Massive hail as large as softballs battered portions of Texas and Oklahoma on Wednesday evening, leaving behind a trail of damage.
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‘Alarming’: World’s glaciers are melting faster than ever because of global warming, study says
Most of Earth’s glaciers are melting faster than ever, dumping about 328 billion tons of melted ice into the world’s oceans each year,
Climate change has shifted the Earth’s axis, new study suggests
Melting glaciers around the world have redistributed enough water to shift the North and South poles eastward since the mid-1990s, a study says.
South braces for severe weather: Tornadoes, hail and flooding rain possible from Texas to the Carolinas
The South can expect severe weather and potentially tornadoes and hail on Friday and Saturday. Here’s the forecast.
The Lyrid meteor shower is coming to a sky near you. Here’s how to watch these shooting stars.
The first major meteor shower since January is coming to a sky near you. Here’s the best time to try to watch it.
After a critical year for COVID-19 and climate, Earth Day is today
Earth Day lands in a year in which the globe was in the grips of a deadly pandemic and climate change sparked a cascade of calamities.
‘Innermost’: Earth has another layer in its core, scientists discover
A team of researchers from Australia have confirmed the existence of what they’re calling the Earth’s “innermost inner core.”
The Snake River in the Pacific Northwest is the nation’s ‘most endangered river’ of 2021
“Rarely has a river been in such need of bold, swift action than the Pacific Northwest’s Snake River,” American Rivers said in a statement.
‘More explosions could occur’: La Soufriere volcano eruption sends thousands fleeing on Caribbean island of St. Vincent
The La Soufriere volcano erupted twice Friday on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent, shooting ash several miles high into the atmosphere.
COVID-19 hasn’t slowed global warming: Earth’s carbon dioxide levels highest in over 3 million years, NOAA says
The level of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere is now higher than it has been in at least 3.6 million years, federal scientists said Wednesday.