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But It’s Only June: An Early Blast of Heat Grips Much of the U.S.
The New York Times via Yahoo News· 5 days agoCHICAGO — Larry White was thrown a little off-kilter by the soupy, 93-degree temperature in Chicago...
Warming made recent heat wave in US and Mexico more likely, study says - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe· 3 days agoThe deadly heat waves that began across Central America last month and moved up into Mexico and the...
New Mexico village evacuates as 2 fires converge on it ‘like a pair of tongs’
KITV Honolulu· 5 days agoThe South Fork Fire started Monday morning on Mescalero Apache tribal land and had spread to at...
A Tale of Two Nearly Extinct Giant Salamanders
New York Times· 6 days ago“Salamanders are big, and they’re cool,” said Sena Ishikawa, a master’s student studying the animals at Kyoto University. Such passion for the slippery...
‘Floatovoltaic’ solar panels on lakes could unlock lots of clean energy
Canary Media via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThis story was first published by Grist . A reservoir is many things: a source of drinking water, a...
Get ready, North Carolina: Temperatures will soar here too later this week
The News & Observer· 5 days agoThe Triangle will see high temperatures that are about 10 degrees hotter than normal this weekend, as the region grapples with the effects of a heat dome that will affect much of the country ...
Explainer-How climate change fuels extreme heat worldwide
WHTC 1450 Holland· 3 days agoBy Alison Withers and Gloria Dickie (Reuters) - Climate change is driving dangerous heat waves...
Some ancient lifeforms can live on hydrogen – and we can learn from their chemical powers
The Raw Story· 5 days agoJust as stars burn hydrogen to produce heat and light through nuclear reactions, life emerged by...
The 'radical optimism' philosophy that gave us the Google Glass
Fortune· 2 days agoThis “negativity bias” evolved in humans to help us survive. You’ve found a good deal on a great brand and model, so this should be easy… except you can’t stop scrolling through ...
New Mexico governor declares state of emergency due to wildfires
WKBT La Crosse· 5 days agoThe fast-growing fires are tearing across the tribal reservation and converging on a village “like a...