More than 445,000 New York City voters flooded the polls Tuesday despite punishing heat — as a crowded field of mayoral candidates duked it out for the Democratic nomination. Some 446,487 New Yorkers had cast their ballots as of 6 p.m. — three hours before polls closed — with the total turnout coming to a whopping … Read more
New research from the University of California, Davis, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Texas A&M University reveals that massive emissions, or burps, of carbon dioxide from natural earth systems led to significant decreases in ocean oxygen concentrations some 300 million years ago. Combining geochemical analyses of sediment cores and advanced climate modeling, the study, … Read more
A massive heat dome fueling the first major heat wave of the summer brought record-breaking temperatures to cities across the Northeast on Monday, and the life-threatening conditions will continue on Tuesday as millions of people from the Midwest to New England fight to stay cool. As temperatures skyrocketed across the region, many cities experienced heat that hadn’t been seen in a century, breaking long-standing records. New York … Read more