Massive flooding hit several states in April. This image was taken in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, on April 4. (Photo by Jason Davis/Stringer via Getty Images) Climate change has worsened the devastating floods that hit several US states in early April, according…
Parts of the U.S. are seeing heavy rain and storms this week as a result of an ongoing omega block. (Image credit: HaraldEWeiss/Getty Images) Over the past week, an unstable atmospheric system known as an “omega block” has brought heavy…
Scientists have determined which crops would need to be grown in the event of a global catastrophe. (Image credit: Bulgac/Getty Images) In the event of a sudden global catastrophe resulting in a nuclear winter, millions of people could face food…
A new study has found an “alarming generational gap” in vulnerability to climate extremes. (Image credit: Bloomberg/Contributor via Getty Images) Scientists warn that newborns today will face climate extremes on a scale never seen before, with the poorest bearing the…
This false-colour satellite image shows swirling films of organic material on the surface of the Gulf of Gdansk taken in 2018. Scientists were only able to identify them five years later. (Image credit: ESA/Copernicus) This stunning false-colour satellite image shows…
ENSO can help meteorologists predict how active the Atlantic hurricane season will be. (Image credit: Gizem Gecim via Getty Images) After one of the strongest El Niños on record ended in 2024, meteorologists predicted that La Niña, a similar climate…
Cerro El Cono stands out for its unique cone-shaped formation and isolation from neighbouring mountains. (Image credit: Newscom/Alamy) Cerro El Cono is a 400-metre (1,310 ft) high pyramidal formation located in the Amazon rainforest. It rises sharply from the relatively…
(Image credit: Charles O’Rear via Getty Images) A dangerous earthquake in the Cascadia region of the Pacific Northwest could cause land levels along the coast to drop by as much as 6.6 feet (2 meters). Combined with rising sea levels…
Scientists have discovered that echidnas may have evolved from an aquatic ancestor in an unusual evolutionary event. (Photo by Kristian Bell/Getty Images) Some of the most unusual mammals on Earth just got even more mysterious. Echidnas – the spiky, beaked,…
McDougall stresses that if left unchecked, climate change could destabilise society, leading to wealthy individuals taking control. (Photo by JMGehrke/Getty Images) Climate change is increasingly recognized not only as an environmental problem, but also as a threat-intensifying factor that exacerbates…
People wait at Sants train station in Barcelona, Spain, during a power outage. (Photo: Gian Marco Benedetto/Anadolu via Getty Images) On Monday morning, April 28, a rare international power outage affected all of Spain and Portugal, as well as parts…
Significant amounts of helium actively circulate beneath Yellowstone and are released into the atmosphere each year. (Image credit: Ignacio Palacios via Getty Images) More than a decade has passed since scientists discovered that Yellowstone harbors vast reserves of helium, but…