Fueled by record-breaking warmth in Europe, the U.S.and the Arctic, and supercharged by global warming, July will be the hottest month for the Earth.
Author: Doyle Rice, USA TODAY
Tropical depression forms in the Bahamas, expected to bring rain to Florida
The depression is expected to remain weak, with its primary impact being about 1-3 inches of rain across easternFlorida on Tuesday.
Mind blown: 10 billion years ago, the Milky Way ‘ate’ a nearby galaxy
Ten billion years ago, our own Milky Way galaxy ‘cannibalized’ a smaller nearby galaxy, according to a new study published Monday.
Heat wave ends in the East with a bang. Now it’s the West’s turn to bake.
The sweltering misery is coming to an end for the East, but it will come with a noisy bang of thunderstorms later Monday.
D.C. will be as hot as Death Valley as record-breaking heat wave scorches most of the US
Record hot temperaturesare likely, says National Weather Service. Heat index is forecast tosurge past 100 degrees and near the 110s in many areas.
Weird science: Could piling man-made snow on Antarctica stop ice sheet collapse?
Piling billions of tons of man-made snow on top of the West Antarctic ice sheet could prevent it from melting and collapsing into the sea, study says.
‘Dangerous’ heat wave to scorch central, eastern US this week
The hottest weather of the summer is poised to spread across much of the central and then eastern US over the next several days.
‘Breaking’ the heat index: US heat waves to skyrocket as globe warms, study suggests
As the globe warms in the years ahead, days with extreme heat are forecast to skyrocket across hundreds of U.S. cities, a study suggests.
After severe weather events, what happens to cars flooded, left by roadside? Ask USA TODAY
The past 12 months — the nation’s soggiest on record — have made flooded out cars a common sight.
Tropical depression forecast to form, could become ‘dangerous’ hurricane with ‘damaging winds and deadly storm surge’
TheNational Hurricane Centersaid Tuesday that there’s an 80% chance atropical depression willform this week in the Gulf of Mexico.