Pakistan’s top diplomat appeals for climate relief
Pakistan’s foreign minister appeals to US and other wealthy countries for climate relief amid catasrophic flooding. (Sept. 27)
Warm waters turbocharge Hurricane Ian
Hurricane Ian is quickly gaining monstrous strength as it moves over oceans partly heated up by climate change. (Sept.27) (AP Video: Brittany Peterson)
Hurricane Ian track shifts south to Sarasota, but all of Florida faces ‘significant’ impacts: Live updates
The latest forecasts for Hurricane Ian suggest the massive, powerful storm will make landfall in Florida’s Sarasota County, farther south than previous predictions but still threatening statewide devastation, authorities said…
Fugitive dad, daughter killed in police shootout
An abducted 15-year-old girl and her father — a fugitive wanted in the death of the teen’s mother — were killed amid a shootout with law enforcement Tuesday on a…
Do I need to evacuate? How to stay safe as Hurricane Ian approaches Florida’s coast.
Authorities are urging millions of Floridians to evacuate as Hurricane Ian is expected to soon hit the state with extreme winds, catastrophic flooding and life-threatening storm surge. Various evacuation orders have been…
As Russians Flee, Some Find Draft Notices Waiting at the Border
KYIV, Ukraine — The Kremlin has dispatched still more forces to shore up its faltering war effort, but the units are headed not to Ukraine but to Russia’s borders with…
‘The Real Deal’: Florida’s Low-Lying Gulf Coast Braces for Hurricane Ian
“During Irma, we staffed the school and had close to 4,000 people and 2,000 animals,” she said, referring to the 2017 storm. “We have no way of knowing how many…
NASA’s DART mission successfully smashed into asteroid Dimorphos
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft beamed back its final moments before colliding with the asteroid Dimorphos in an attempt to change its orbit, and the collision was captured by…
What the Disease Feels Like, and Presidents Can’t End Pandemics: COVID, Quickly, Episode 39
On this episode of the COVID, Quickly podcast, Josh Fischman gets COVID, and President Joe Biden says the pandemic is over.
NASA’s DART Spacecraft Successfully Smacks a Space Rock—Now What?
An asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs; now Earthlings are fighting back. The sight of saurian fossils in most any science museum is a potent reminder that asteroids can threaten Earth…