physical geography
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It Rained at the Summit of Greenland’s Ice Sheet for the First Time Ever Recorded
Last week, the Greenland ice sheet underwent a major melting event — its second in two weeks. This time around, the melting was quickened by a wholly unexpected and unwelcome visitor: rain.
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Devastating Floods Hit Turkey as Country Reels From Hundreds of Wildfires
Flash floods have killed at least 27 people in northern Turkey after intense rains hit areas around the Black Sea Wednesday and caused streams and rivers to burst their banks. The floods come as the country struggles in the aftermath of hundreds of fires in the country’s southern region that killed at least eight people,…
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Colorado Flash Flood Shuts Down Highway Due to Damage ‘Unlike Anything’ Seen Before
Well, it’s finally infrastructure week and not a moment too soon. On Sunday, Colorado’s crucial east-west artery of I-70 shut down indefinitely “due to extreme damage from the latest round of flooding” to hit the state.
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Tennis Star Feared Extreme Heat at the Tokyo Olympics Could Kill Him
The Tokyo Olympics continue to be an unmitigated climate disaster. It was so hot and humid on Wednesday that Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev thought he could die.