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Extreme Weather

The worst spring drought in U.S. history has burned 1.85 million acres already — double the 10-year average with summer still ahead

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

Severe storms threaten 10 million across Oklahoma and North Texas this weekend with EF-2+ tornadoes, golf-ball hail, and 70 mph winds

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

Super El Niño is now 100% likely on European models and could shatter the 1877 record — forecasters warn of a ‘code red’ atmosphere

By Everett Sloane

Nuclear

India fires a nuclear missile that splits into multiple warheads in mid-flight — each one hitting a different target 5,000 km away

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

3 hikers killed after climbing a restricted Indonesian volcano to film content — 17 others rescued from 10 km ash cloud

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

14 tornadoes ripped through Mississippi in a single night — two long-track EF3s injured 13 and damaged 500 homes

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

Fires in 2026 have already burned 1.6 million acres by early April — more than double the 10-year average before summer begins

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

A March heat wave made worse by climate change further depleted an already dismal snowpack across the entire western U.S.

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

Oregon’s governor declares an early and prolonged wildfire season from June through October as drought enters its worst phase

By Everett Sloane

Nuclear

The DOE awards $2.7 billion in contracts for enriched uranium — a historic investment in domestic nuclear fuel capacity

By Everett Sloane

Energy Transition

Scientists use sunlight to turn plastic waste into clean hydrogen fuel — solving two problems with one reaction

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

El Niño is likely to emerge by July and persist through 2026 — setting up 2027 for potentially record-shattering global temperatures

By Everett Sloane

Energy Transition

Solar and wind are both expected to surpass nuclear power globally in 2026 as battery storage fills the intermittency gap

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

The first 3 months of 2026 were the driest on record for the lower 48 — receiving only 70% of average precipitation

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

Mayon volcano fires pyroclastic flows down three gullies as 200,000 residents and 87 villages are buried under ash

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

Michigan has already logged its 15th tornado of 2026 — matching the full-year average by early May

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

Mount Dukono in Indonesia erupts with a 10 km ash column and kills 3 hikers who entered a restricted zone

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

Colorado’s snowpack just hit the worst year in recorded history — and Oregon declares early wildfire season through October

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

May could be the most active month of the 2026 severe weather season as the focus shifts to Tornado Alley

By Everett Sloane

Energy Transition

Tandem perovskite solar cells cross 34% efficiency — smashing the ceiling of commercial silicon panels that top out at 24%

By Everett Sloane

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