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Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Weather tracker: temperatures hit record highs across South America

AOL While North America grappled with widespread cold and wintry conditions last week, South America – now in its final month of summer – faced the opposite extreme, with record high temperatures being... (photo: Creative Commons)

‘Earth’s axis and orbit shape its seasons— other planets have winter and summer too’
The Times of India John Chiang is Professor of Geography at the University of California, Berkeley. Speaking toSrijana Mitra Das at Times Evoke, he explains how frost changes to warmth on Earth — and other places:What... (photo: Creative Commons)

President Donald J. Trump, joined by Vice President Mike Pence, attends a Hurricane Laura damage update Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) headquarters in Washington, D.C

Trump may be ‘getting rid of FEMA,’ president says in visit to hurricane-hit North Carolina
New York Post President Trump told hurricane survivors in North Carolina Friday that he may be “getting rid of FEMA” — while saying he would end the “betrayal and neglect” of former President Joe... (photo: Public Domain / Joyce N. Boghosian)

Tourists enjoying in sonmarg 80 km from srinagar on 05, April, 2009, the summer capital of indian kashmir tourist have flocked to ski resort of sonmarg as the road was cleared for traffic after a gap of five months the high altitude ski resort of sonmarg lies on the road to ladakh which remains cut of for the six months of winter due to heavy snow fall.

Deep South braces for a rare winter storm threatening heavy snow, sleet and ice
Newsday Millions of people across the northern Gulf Coast braced Tuesday for a rare winter storm that's expected to scatter heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain around the Deep South as a blast of Arctic... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)

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Astronaut Rick Mastracchio, STS-118 mission specialist, participates in the mission´s third planned session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the 5-hour, 28-minute s

NASA's stuck astronaut steps out on a spacewalk after 7 months in orbit
Journal Gazette CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — One of NASA's two stuck astronauts got a much welcomed change of scenery Thursday, stepping out on her first spacewalk since arriving at the... (photo: NASA)

Smoke rises from the charred remains of a structure at the Pasadena Waldorf School campus, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, in Altadena, Calif.

Los Angeles races to contain wildfires before severe winds return

CyprusMail Firefighters raced to contain the frontiers of two Los Angeles wildfires that burned for the sixth straight day on Sunday, taking advantage of a brief respite in... (photo: AP / Chris Pizzello)

This May 18, 1969 photo made available by NASA shows Earth from 36,000 nautical miles away as photographed from the Apollo 10 spacecraft during its trans-lunar journey toward the moon.

Earth passed a critical climate change threshold in 2024, scientists announce
Usatoday 2024 on track to be the hottest year on record 2024 is expected to be the hottest year in recorded history, breaking last year's heat record. The final global average... (photo: AP / NASA)

File - Jesus Hernandez guides his granddaughter Angelina in a container through a flooded street in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Batabano, Cuba, Sept. 26, 2024.

Climate crisis ‘wreaking havoc’ on Earth’s water cycle, report finds

The Guardian Global heating is supercharging storms, floods and droughts, affecting entire ecosystems and billions of people... (photo: AP / Ramon Espinosa)

Andre Dresino uses a snow blower to clear a sidewalk Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, in St. Louis, US

US hit with severe winter storm, six states declare state of emergency
The Times of India A severe winter storm swept across the central United States on Sunday, unleashing snow, ice, strong winds, and plunging temperatures, creating hazardous travel... (photo: AP / Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Travis County, Texas Sheriff's office on a snowy evening during 2021 snowstorms and power crisis

Massive winter storm expected to bring heavy snow, ice, cold to 25 states
CBS News A massive winter storm is expected to bring heavy snow, ice and bitter cold to large parts of the U.S. beginning Saturday. 50 million people and 25 states are in the... (photo: Creative Commons / Jno.skinner)