The Planet
Record-smashing heat spreads: 'Basically the entire US is going to be hot' Asia boosts coal use as Iran war squeezes global LNG supplies Historic Hawaii floods leave 2,000 people without power The scope of damage from Hawaii's floods becomes clearer NASA moves moon rocket to the pad for an early April launch
Records shattered as summer heat hits Southwest in March
New study challenges how humans got to the Americas
Oldest known whale recording could unlock mysteries of the ocean
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano trigger park and highway closures
No chance asteroid will slam into the moon in 2032, NASA says
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – NASA issued a welcomed all-clear Thursday, saying there’s now zero chance that asteroid 2024 YR will crash into the moon in 2032. The space agency had been predicting a 4.3% chance of a direct hit. But observations by the Webb Space Telescope in February helped scientists refine the asteroid’s orbit.  
Study finds warming world increases days when weather is prone to fires

WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of days when the weather gets hot, dry and windy – ideal to spark extreme wildfires – has nearly tripled in the past 45 years across the globe, with the trend increasing even higher in the Americas, a new study shows.

NASA revamps Artemis moon landing program to reduce flight gaps

NASA said Friday it’s adding an extra moon mission by Artemis astronauts before attempting a high-risk lunar landing with a crew. The overhaul in the flight lineup came just two days after NASA’s new moon rocket returned to its hangar for more repairs, and a safety panel warned the space agency to scale back its overly ambitious goals.

Maine's catch of lobster declines again as high costs impact industry

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – Maine’s catch of lobsters declined for the fourth straight year, state fishing regulators said Friday, as the industry continued to grapple with soaring business costs, inflation and a changing ocean.

The sea is higher than we thought and millions more are at risk

Climate change’s rising seas may threaten tens of millions more people than scientists and government planners originally thought because of mistaken research assumptions on how high coastal waters already are, a new study said.

Swirling beauty of the Milky Way galaxy's heart is captured

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – A telescope in Chile has revealed in unprecedented detail the swirling splendor of star-forming gases at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy. The picture by the European Southern Observatory zeros in on a region of cold cosmic gases more than 650 light-years across. A light-year is nearly 6 trillion miles (9.7 trillion kilometers).

 

Ancient coupling happened more between human females and Neanderthal males

NEW YORK (AP) – Humans and Neanderthals cozied up from time to time when they lived in the same areas tens of thousands of years ago. But we don’t know much about who got with whom, or why.

Shrinking North American bird population is getting worse faster

WASHINGTON (AP) – Billions fewer birds are flying through North American skies than decades ago and their population is shrinking ever faster, mostly due to a combination of intensive agriculture and warming temperatures, a new study found.

NASA hopes fuel leaks are fixed as it launches Artemis II countdown

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – NASA began another practice launch countdown Tuesday for its first moonshot in decades with astronauts after making repairs to fix dangerous fuel leaks that already have bumped the flight into March.

EPA revokes scientific finding that helped fight climate change

The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday revoked its own 2009 “endangerment finding,” a scientific conclusion that for 16 years has been the central basis for regulating planet-warming emissions from power plants, vehicles and other sources.

New astronauts launch to the International Space Station after medical evacuation
US faces criticism over changes to right whale protection rule
Animals dying in Kenya as drought conditions leave many hungry