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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· 2 days agoThe deadly heat waves that began across Central America last month and moved up into Mexico and the...
‘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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...