One Hundred and Eight Degrees in March Was Not Supposed to Happen
The US broke its all-time March heat record at 110F in Arizona, scientists called it 'virtually impossible' without climate change, and El Nino is returning to make it worse.
Kenji Nakamura
Bureau: Tokyo
Artemis II Is on the Pad and Ten Days From the Moon
Four astronauts, a 322-foot rocket, and 54 years of waiting — Artemis II is on Launch Pad 39B and the Moon is ten days away.
El Nino Is Coming Back on Top of the Heat
NOAA gives El Nino a 62 percent chance of emerging by summer — and some models suggest it could intensify into a super event by winter, layered on top of a planet already running record temperatures.
A New Class of Planet: Molten, Sulfurous, and Five Billion Years Old
JWST revealed that exoplanet L 98-59 d has a permanent magma ocean that has persisted for five billion years, storing sulfur — defining a new class of planet.
Antarctic Ice Cores Stretch the Climate Record to Three Million Years
Ancient ice cores from Antarctica show CO2 held steady at ~250 ppm while oceans cooled 2.5°C — suggesting ocean temperatures drove climate shifts more than greenhouse gases alone.
H5N1 Enters Fourth Year in the US With No Sign of Retreat
H5N1 has now circulated in the US for four consecutive years — 20 commercial flocks hit in one reporting period, 75 human cases across the Americas, and the virus keeps jumping species.
Iceland's Svartsengi Passes 23 Million Cubic Meters of Magma — But 'Nothing Suggests Eruption Imminent'
Magma beneath Svartsengi now exceeds 23 million cubic meters — the most since eruptions began — yet the IMO says no eruption is imminent, leaving Grindavik in indefinite limbo.
NASA's X-59 Completes Second Flight — Abbreviated but Airborne
NASA's X-59 'Quesst' quiet supersonic jet completed its second flight on March 20 at Edwards AFB, though an in-flight warning cut the mission to roughly nine minutes.