QUICK FACTSMilestone: Chernobyl partially melts downDate: April 26, 1986Where: Chernobyl, UkraineOn April 26, 1986, operators at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power…
Month: April 2026
El Niño is forecast to return as early as May, which could bring above-normal temperatures to almost everywhere on Earth,…
Catastrophic water shortages are in store for the 40 million people living in areas fed by the Colorado River, even…
Eight U.S. East Coast cities are at high or very high risk of “extreme” flood damage based on current scenarios,…
On a hot Saturday in San Antonio over 10 years ago, an 8-year-old boy was rushed to the hospital after…
Building a giant dam between Russia and Alaska might save a key Atlantic current that is crucial to regulating the…
QUICK FACTSName: Thríhnúkagígur, or Three Peaks CraterLocation: Southwest IcelandCoordinates: 63.9984, -21.6989Why it’s incredible: The volcano hosts the world’s only magma…
Anthropic’s unveiling of its Claude Mythos Preview model alongside Project Glasswing is prompting widespread scrutiny as experts warn that the…
A dramatic photo shows the extremely unlikely moment when a blazing fireball meteor photobombed a contender for the “Great Comet…
The findings push back the oldest known octopuses by around 5 million years. (Image credit: Yohei Utsuki: Department of Earth…