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More than 70 new wildfires reported in B.C. after dry lightning
More than 70 new wildfires have broken out in B.C. in the past two days amid sweltering heat in parts of the province.
The heat of the night is when you can really feel climate change in Calgary
Researchers say it's one of the more tangible effects of climate change: Like the Arctic is warmer faster than the Equator, the nights in Calgary are heating up more than...
Mauritius oil spill: Satellite images show removal operation
Satellite images capture tug boats trying to remove the broken vessel, which spilled tonnes of oil.
Lilly Singh to star in new sketch comedy series for NBC
NBC said it plans to air two episodes of a new sketch-comedy series called "Sketchy Times with Lilly Singh."
Tyler Perry to receive Governors Award at the Emmys
The Television Academy has announced it will present actor, filmmaker and philanthropist Tyler Perry with the Governors Award at next month's virtual Emmy Awards ceremony.
2 strong earthquakes shake western Indonesia; no tsunami
Two powerful and shallow undersea earthquakes shook western Indonesia on Wednesday, causing panic but no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
Amazon continues to burn in 2020 despite promises to save it
A year ago this month, the forest around the town of Novo Progresso erupted into flames—the first major blazes in the Brazilian Amazon's dry season that ultimately saw more than...
California battling power drain, wildfires during heat wave
California staved off another round of rolling blackouts but faced a renewed threat Wednesday from a searing heat wave, raging wildfires and even a chance of thunderstorms and flooding in...
Genevieve explodes into major hurricane near Mexico's Pacific coast
Genevieve strengthened into the second major hurricane in the eastern Pacific basin of the 2020 season on Monday night as it rapidly intensified into a Category 4 storm with maximum...
Out of sync: Ecologists report climate change affecting bee, plant life cycles
Bees and flowers seem inseparable harbingers of spring, but what happens when pollinators emerge later than their sources of nectar and pollen? Reporting on the first community-wide assessment of 67...
Plastic debris releases potentially harmful chemicals into seabird stomach fluid
Plastic waste in the ocean is an increasing problem for wildlife, including seabirds who frequently mistake it for food. However, ingested plastic does not just pose physical risks for such...
Cover crop mixtures must be 'farm-tuned' to provide maximum ecosystem services
Penn State researchers, in a recent study, were surprised to learn that they could take the exact same number of seeds from the same plants, put them in agricultural fields...
On This Day, Aug. 19: Mikhail Gorbachev removed in coup
On Aug. 19, 1991, a coup orchestrated by hard-line Communists removed Mikhail Gorbachev as president of the Soviet Union.
Calif. high-speed rail: Complete the job and build it right!
The XpressWest high-speed rail project, to connect Nevada’s Las Vegas to California’s Victorville and beyond, has an anticipated winter 2020-’21 construction start date, with a ’23-’24 projected begin operations/service date....
Genevieve explodes into major hurricane near Mexico's Pacific coast
Genevieve strengthened into the second major hurricane in the eastern Pacific basin of the 2020 season on Monday night as it rapidly intensified into a Category 4 storm with maximum...
Tiger Woods' 11-year-old son, Charlie, wins U.S. Kids Golf event
Tiger Woods' 11-year-old son, Charlie, dominated the field at a U.S. Kids Golf-sanctioned event at Hammock Creek Golf Club in Palm City, Fla., over the weekend.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom declares emergency over wildfires, extreme heat
California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency Tuesday as extreme heat overtook the state, fueling dozens of wildfires.
Potential and constraints of reforestation for climate mitigation
A recent study showed that practical considerations, beyond where trees could be planted, may limit the climate change mitigation potential of reforestation. Hence, there is a need to understand how...
Mozambique firm says it bought ammonium nitrate at center of Beirut blast
A Mozambican explosives manufacturing company said it purchased the ammonium nitrate at the center of the deadly blast in Beirut to be used for mining but it never arrived after...
Cold-weather accounts for almost all temperature-related deaths
With the number of extreme weather days rising around the globe in recent years due to global warming, it is no surprise that there has been an upward trend in...
Lightning sparks more than 20 wildfires in Northern California
A complex of about 20 wildfires caused by lightning has led to evacuations in several Northern California counties, emergency officials said Tuesday.
Using a public restroom? Mask up!
Researchers report that flushing public restroom toilets can release clouds of virus-laden aerosols for you to potentially inhale. After running additional computer simulations, they've concluded that flushing urinals does likewise.
Genevieve explodes into Category 4 storm near Mexico's Pacific coast
Genevieve strengthened into the second major hurricane in the eastern Pacific basin of the 2020 season on Monday night as it rapidly intensified into Category 4 storm with maximum sustained...
Concordia student maps global primate habitat endangered by climate change
Stewart began looking at the effects of climate change on primate habitats with spatial data from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5, which estimates regional and seasonal temperature change...
NASA-NOAA satellite snaps image of tropical storm Higos in South China Sea
NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over the South China Sea and captured a visible image of Tropical Storm Higos. Higos is headed for landfall in southeastern China.
Cold-weather accounts for almost all temperature-related deaths
With the number of extreme weather days rising around the globe in recent years due to global warming, it is no surprise that there has been an upward trend in...
Machine learning unearths signature of slow-slip quake origins in seismic data
Combing through historical seismic data, researchers using a machine learning model have unearthed distinct statistical features marking the formative stage of slow-slip ruptures in the earth's crust months before tremor...
There is at least 10 times more plastic in the Atlantic than previously thought
Scientists measured 12-21 million tons of three of the most common types of plastic in the top 200 meters of the Atlantic. By assuming the concentration of plastic in the...