“The State of the Global Climate 2022” report from the United Nations weather agency says it was a year of disastrous weather and climate extremes.
Author: Doyle Rice, USA TODAY
‘Like none before:’ Deadly, record-smashing heat wave scorches Asia
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.
Surprise find: Marine animals are thriving in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Marine animals that usually only live in coastal areas of the western Pacific have been found living and reproducing in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
‘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.
‘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.
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.
‘Rapid’ and ‘unprecedented’ rise in ocean plastic reported since 2005, new study suggests
The world’s oceans are choked with as many as 170 trillion particles of plastic, new research released Wednesday shows.