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Alex Wong/Getty Images North AmericaScientists say that August was the hottest month ever recorded globally. In the U.S., summer temperatures also shattered heat records. -
Nate CarrollAn extremely well preserved fossil feather could reveal why some birds survived the dinosaur-killing asteroid, and others did not.
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The European climate service Copernicus said the Earth just sweltered through its hottest month on record in August. Scientists said the heat surge is mostly due to human-caused climate change. -
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with theoretical astrophysicist Priyamvada Natarajan of Yale University about a strange blip recorded by a dark matter detector in South Dakota and what the fluke could mean.
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As the Earth warms, glacial collapses will become more common. -
The Category 2 storm passed by the western part of Hawaii overnight with wind gusts in parts of Kauai up to 100 miles per hour.
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Spawning salmon, bald eagles, dragonflies and signs of bears are everywhere. -
Heat kills thousands of people across the U.S. every year. The risk is especially high for the millions of Americans who live in manufactured housing like mobile homes and trailers. -
A floating island is playing peekaboo on Williston Lake in British Columbia. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe chats with BC Hydro's Bob Gammer about this natural mystery.
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The Western U.S.'s wildfire season has been one of the worst in years. More than 8 million acres have burned, at least seven wildland firefighters have died, and hundreds of homes have been destroyed.
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New research at the American Chemical Society meeting showcased a potentially edible cookie made out of — plastic!
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The American chestnut once dominated the Eastern woodlands. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Andrew Newhouse, an environmental biologist, about efforts to bring these trees back from the brink of extinction.
