Much of southern and southeastern Asia is enduring a deadly, record-smashing heat wave, one that’s being called the continent’s worst ever recorded in April.
Author: Doyle Rice, USA TODAY
Surprise find: Marine animals are thriving in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Marine animals that usually live only in western Pacific coastal areas have been found living and reproducing in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
How bad will the 2023 hurricane season be? Why this year’s forecast comes with ‘large uncertainty’
El Niño should bring a slightly below-average hurricane season. Meteorologists say 13 tropical storms will form, and six will become hurricanes.
‘You’ll never forget it’: Total solar eclipse is one year away. Get ready now!
On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will cross North America. There won’t be another one visible in the U.S. until 2044.
Climate change could push more hurricanes toward US coasts, new study suggests
Climate change will likely make hurricanes stronger and cause them to hit the U.S. more often in upcoming decades, according to a new study.
‘Uncharted levels’: Gases fueling climate change still rising at an alarming rate, NOAA says
Levels of carbon dioxide and methane continued their “historically high rates of growth” in our atmosphere during 2022, NOAA said this week.
April’s full moon rises tonight. It’s called the ‘pink moon,’ but is it actually pink?
The moon will appear full in the U.S. on Wednesday night, early Thursday morning and Thursday night as well.
Trillions of gallons have soaked California. Is this the state’s wettest winter ever?
The colossal amount of rain and snow that has fallen on California over the past few months equals more than 78 trillion gallons of water.
This comet’s weird orbit stumped astronomers for years. Now there’s an answer for ‘Oumuamua’s strange path.
The strange outer-space object ‘Oumuamua, which flew through our solar system in 2017, wasn’t a spaceship. Scientists now have a simple explanation.
Is winter over yet? Here’s your spring weather forecast, according to NOAA
What will the next three months bring? On Thursday, federal scientists released their national weather forecast for April, May and June.