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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· 6 days agoCHICAGO — Larry White was thrown a little off-kilter by the soupy, 93-degree temperature in Chicago...
A Ride in a Chemical-Sniffing Van Shows How Heat Amps Up Pollution
New York Times· 2 days agoTwo vans loaded with precision instruments trundled along the streets of New York and New Jersey in...
California wildfires have already burned 90,000 acres, and summer is just beginning
Los Angeles Times· 2 days agoThe early boom in wildfires is casting new concerns about what the rest of 2024 will bring,...
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...
‘Floatovoltaic’ solar panels on lakes could unlock lots of clean energy
Canary Media via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThis story was first published by Grist . A reservoir is many things: a source of drinking water, a...
New Mexico village evacuates as 2 fires converge on it ‘like a pair of tongs’
WKBT La Crosse· 6 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· 7 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 governor declares state of emergency due to wildfires
WKBT La Crosse· 6 days agoThe fast-growing fires are tearing across the tribal reservation and converging on a village “like a...
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...