“Birds are heading north before their insect prey emerge. Bees are missing out on early blossoms. Ticks and other pests have more time to feast and spread disease” From Scientific American: A really early spring MORE
From the New York Times: 23 dead whales have washed ashore along the East Coast since early December, including 12 in New Jersey and New York, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The MORE
Thwaites Glacier is often called “the Doomsday Glacier” because its collapse could cause catastrophic sea level rise. Officially called the Thwaites Glacier, the icy behemoth has earned the nickname “Doomsday Glacier,” thanks to its significant potential MORE
***Update to a previous News Views discussion: After a week of storms in California that have taken twelve lives thus far, President Biden approved an emergency declaration that Governor Newsom requested. As President Biden and MORE
Great Salt Lake Will Disappear in 5 Years Without Massive ‘Emergency Rescue,’ Scientists Say Without dramatic cuts to water consumption, Utah’s Great Salt Lake is on track to disappear within five years, a dire new MORE
On Friday, 5,934 flights were canceled after nearly 2,700 cancellations on Thursday, according to flight tracking site FlightAware. Cancellations were highest Friday at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, New York’s LaGuardia, Chicago O’Hare, Denver International and Detroit Metro MORE
Nearly 16 million people from Arizona up to Montana and across to Minnesota were either under a winter weather advisory or winter storm warning Monday morning, as a major winter storm continues to inch across MORE
Flamingos at a Florida park hunkered down in a bathroom this week, safely riding out Hurricane Ian after it made landfall Wednesday in the Sunshine State. The flamingos are residents of Sunken Gardens, a botanical park in St. Petersburg along the MORE
Activists associated with NextGen PAC and MoveOn have created a six-foot-tall, 80-pound statue in the likeness of Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.). As a direct response to Johnson’s recent comments calling climate change “bullshit,” the statue is made out MORE
The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for four counties, including Sarasota and Manatee. This watch is in effect until 5 p.m. Hurricane Ian has strengthened overnight and is now a Category 4 MORE
Unpredictable Hurricane Ian strengthened overnight as it churned in the Caribbean, prompting urgent preparations in Florida, where the storm could deliver impacts, including tornadoes, starting Tuesday before possibly arriving as a major hurricane with powerful winds and dangerous storm MORE
La Niña is back for the third year in a row. The meteorological system over the Pacific Ocean that can influence weather patterns worldwide is projected to continue through the end of the year. It’s the MORE
Some of Los Angeles’ most famous celebrities are getting put on blast after being outed for their excessive water use amid a severe drought emergency throughout Southern California. Kim Kardashian and her sister Kourtney are MORE
After torrential rains struck parts of northeastern Texas and sent floodwaters rushing through streets and homes, rescue crews fanned out across the region on Monday, responding to hundreds of calls for aid from residents stunned by the MORE
The child may have contracted the infection while swimming in a river. A child in Nebraska is suspected to have died from a rare case of brain-eating amoeba, health officials said Wednesday. If confirmed, it will MORE
An extraordinary drought in the West is drying up the Colorado River and draining the nation’s largest reservoirs — Lake Mead and Lake Powell. And amid the overuse of the river and the aridification of the region, the federal government is implementing MORE
CDC: US Case Count: 10,392 Total confirmed monkeypox/orthopoxvirus cases as of August 10, 2022 As monkeypox cases mount and the disease spreads, some people might have déjà vu — here comes another potentially life-disrupting virus. MORE
This is the fourth time human remains have been found at Lake Mead National Recreation Area since May. In the latest incident, park rangers got a call Saturday morning about skeletal remains at Swim Beach MORE
The deadly heat wave that has been roasting Europe is reaching historic levels across Britain, with schools and transportation services alike disrupted by the soaring temps. A new all-time record high was set in the MORE
Scientists scramble to forecast where and when the disease-carrying ticks pose the most danger. In the 1970s, an epidemic of mysterious arthritis-like symptoms began spreading among children in the lushly wooded area around Lyme, Connecticut. Scientists MORE
With drought and growth taking a toll on the Colorado River, the source of 90 percent of the region’s water, a new law mandates the removal of turf, patch by patch. Outlawing grass is perhaps MORE
A large, deadly tornado battered parts of the New Orleans area on Tuesday night, with damage reported in Arabi and the Lower Ninth Ward. St. Bernard Parish president Guy McInnis told CNN one person had died in MORE
It feels like the aspirin just wore off from this week’s travel headaches and the last thing you’ll likely want to read about is another impactful winter storm potentially snarling transportation across the nation. Unfortunately, this is MORE
WASHINGTON — The most powerful part of President Biden’s climate agenda — a program to rapidly replace the nation’s coal- and gas-fired power plants with wind, solar and nuclear energy — will likely be dropped MORE
The Biden Administration is finalizing its first major ruling in the fight against climate change on Thursday by limiting the production and use of hydrofluorocarbons used in most refrigerators and air conditioners. Following through on MORE