Tropical Storm Beta made landfall in Texas on Monday night, the latest storm in an exceptionally busy 2020 hurricane season.
Author: Doyle Rice, USA TODAY
‘A crazy year up north’: Arctic sea ice shrinks to 2nd-lowest level on record
The amount of summer sea ice in the Arctic has been steadily shrinking over the past few decades because of man-made global warming, experts say.
Ice shelves propping up two major Antarctic glaciers are breaking up
Two of Antarctica’s most important glaciers are breaking free from their restraints, a new study reports.
Climate change and COVID-19: Does global warming fuel pandemics?
COVID-19 may only be the beginning of global pandemics – a future scenario in which climate change may also play a role. Here’s what the experts say.
Apocalyptic photos and video show an orange sky over San Francisco, other cities as wildfires burn across Western states
People are sharing surreal scenes of what’s outside as wildfires burn in Oregon, Washington and California.
Wild temperature drop: September snowstorm wallops Denver, a day after temps in the 90s
A major winter storm and frigid temperatures brought summer to a screeching halt in the Rockies on Tuesday.
Endangered rusty patched bumblebee doesn’t rate extra protection, feds say
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Monday that designating “critical habitat” is not warranted for the endangered rusty patched bumblebee.
Tropical Storm Nana forms in Caribbean, forecast to hit Central America as a hurricane
Tropical Storm Nana is the 14th named storm of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season.
Hurricane Laura could undergo ‘rapid intensification’ before landfall. Here’s why that could be so dangerous
Rapid intensification is typically defined to be a tropical cyclone intensifying by at least 35 mph in a 24-hour period,
Hundreds of thousands ordered to evacuate as Hurricane Laura nears Gulf Coast as a ‘major’ Category 3 storm
The stage is now set for Hurricane Laura to deliver a devastating blow to the Gulf Coast late Wednesday and early Thursday.