Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. Matching footprints discovered in Africa and South America reveal that dinosaurs traveled on a kind of highway 120 million years before the two continents separated, according to a new study. Paleontologists have found more than… Read More »
Tropical Storm Debby was moving so slowly that the Olympians could overtake it as it passes through the Southeast in early August 2024. That gave its rain time to flood cities and farms across large parts of Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas. More than a foot of rain fell in some areas early on August… Read More »
When people think about the risks of climate change, the idea of sudden change sounds pretty scary. Movies like “The Day After Tomorrow” feed into this fear with images of populations fleeing to escape unimaginable storms and rapidly changing temperatures. While Hollywood clearly takes liberties with the pace and magnitude of disasters, some recent studies… Read More »
When people think about the risks of climate change, the idea of sudden change sounds pretty scary. Movies like “The Day After Tomorrow” feed into this fear with images of populations fleeing to escape unimaginable storms and rapidly changing temperatures. While Hollywood clearly takes liberties with the pace and magnitude of disasters, some recent studies… Read More »
Thirteen months ago the sea surface temperature of the Atlantic increased enormously, well outside the normal range. Since then, the temperature has been 1 degree above normal, and no one knows exactly why. Yahoo News spoke to University of Reading expert Dr Till Kuhlbrodt about why sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic could be so… Read More »
City of Newark employee Sushil Nagpal stands in front of homes that were damaged and had to be evacuated after Friday’s earthquake.Spencer Platt/Getty Images The 4.8 magnitude earthquake that occurred on the East Coast on Friday was caused by old faults. The faults were formed when two continents collided about 500 million years ago, creating… Read More »
Superstorms, sudden climate changes, and New York City is covered in ice. This is how the blockbuster Hollywood movie “The Day After Tomorrow” depicted the sudden closure of the circulation of the Atlantic Ocean and its disastrous consequences. While Hollywood’s vision was at its peak, the 2004 film raised a serious question: How sudden and… Read More »
A sudden halt to Atlantic Ocean currents that could put large parts of Europe in a deep freeze looks slightly more likely and closer than before, with a sophisticated new computer simulation finding a “cliff-like” tipping point looming in the future. The long-worried nightmare scenario triggered by the melting of Greenland’s ice sheet due to… Read More »
A sudden halt to Atlantic Ocean currents that could put large parts of Europe in a deep freeze looks slightly more likely and closer than before, with a sophisticated new computer simulation finding a “cliff-like” tipping point looming in the future. The long-worried nightmare scenario triggered by the melting of Greenland’s ice sheet due to… Read More »