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Severe storms target the central Plains and upper Midwest this weekend with a multi-day tornado outbreak starting Saturday

Scattered supercells are possible Saturday across the central plains — with large hail and a few tornadoes near a dryline

1.88 million acres burned across 25,500 fires in 2026 — nearly double the 10-year average before summer begins

The 2026 fire season has already produced more fires than any of the last 10 years — and it’s only mid-May

Spain may rethink its nuclear phase-out as AI data center demand and grid constraints force policymakers to reconsider

Severe thunderstorm outbreak possible Monday from Texas to Michigan with tornadoes, 80 mph winds, and flooding rain

Super El Niño’s odds just doubled to 50% — NOAA says peak heat could arrive by November and break every record

CO₂ cools the upper atmosphere 10 times faster than natural levels would — a ‘Goldilocks zone’ of infrared wavelengths drives the effect

El Niño is now outpacing both the 1997 and 2015 super events at the same point in their development

Trump’s nuclear-powered shipping initiative wants small modular reactors on commercial vessels to cut dependence on Strait of Hormuz fuel

Heat waves are cutting solar panel output just when grids need it most — efficiency drops 0.5% for every degree above 25°C

Saturday’s central plains supercells could deliver large hail, strong winds, and a few tornadoes as a dryline fires up

AI data center power demand hit 29.6 gigawatts — roughly what it takes to power the entire state of New York at peak

Minnesota expects 12 to 16 days of significant wildfire smoke this summer as drought grips 60% of the country

The stratosphere has cooled 2°C since the mid-1980s — more than 10 times what would have occurred without human CO₂

New Mexico’s Six Mile fire reaches 24% containment as structures are threatened in the Magdalena Mountains

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