Megadroughts – defined as intense droughts that lasts for decades or longer – once plagued the Desert Southwest.
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Paris sets new temperature record at 108 as Europe heat wave continues to sizzle
Paris soared to a record high of 108 degreesas most of Europe sizzled under its second heat wave of the summer.
July expected to be the Earth’s hottest month on record
Fueled by record-breaking warmth in Europe, the U.S.and the Arctic, and supercharged by global warming, July will be the hottest month for the Earth.
Climate is warming faster than it has in the last 2,000 years
A new study says the warming we’ve seen in the past 100 years is unprecedented, when compared to the past 2,000 years.
‘Killed’ by climate change: Iceland to erect memorial to lost glacier
The first of Iceland’s glaciers to disappear due to climate change will be memorialized with a plaque, which will be unveiled next month.
Paris could break all-time heat record this week as scorching temps bake Europe
Another record-smashing heat wave has overspread much of Europe, threatening all-time high temperatures in Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam.
Tropical depression forms in the Bahamas, expected to bring rain to Florida
The depression is expected to remain weak, with its primary impact being about 1-3 inches of rain across easternFlorida on Tuesday.
Mind blown: 10 billion years ago, the Milky Way ‘ate’ a nearby galaxy
Ten billion years ago, our own Milky Way galaxy ‘cannibalized’ a smaller nearby galaxy, according to a new study published Monday.
Heat wave ends in the East with a bang. Now it’s the West’s turn to bake.
The sweltering misery is coming to an end for the East, but it will come with a noisy bang of thunderstorms later Monday.
D.C. will feel as hot as Death Valley as record-breaking heat wave scorches most of the US
Record hot temperaturesare likely, says National Weather Service. Heat index is forecast tosurge past 100 degrees and near the 110s in many areas.