Researchers studied recent extinctions from climate change to estimate how many species would be lost over the next 50 years.
Author: Doyle Rice, USA TODAY
Global warming: The Earth just had its hottest January in recorded history
The new decade is off to a hot start. The Earth just had its warmest January on record, scientists announced Thursday.
Iceberg twice the size of Washington, D.C., breaks off Pine Island glacier in Antarctica
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Scientists detect an unexplainable radio signal from outer space that repeats every 16 days
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Winter storm coats Baghdad in snow for only the second time in 100 years
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‘Reaper of death:’ New species of tyrannosaur discovered in Canada
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Antarctica’s new record high temperature: Is it climate change?
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Deadly storm takes aim on Northeast after lashing South with severe storms, floods
A deadly storm across the South brought power outages and flooding to Tennessee, the Carolinas, Virginia and Florida