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Astronomy: “Earth-like” planet only 14 lightyears away
Alien life could be closer to us than previously thought. Scientists have just discovered the nearest habitable planet to Earth….
Week in Weather: What’s been making headlines this week
What a crazy week in the weather world! We’ve had hailstorms, tornadoes, record high temperatures, grim forecasts for 2016 and…
2016 set to be ‘hottest year on record’
Global temperatures have already smashed records this year, and now meteorologists are warning 2016 will be even hotter. The annual…
Violent storm hits Sydney, possible tornado, tennis ball sized hail
A violent supercell thunderstorm tore through southeastern suburbs of Sydney this morning, producing a possible tornado, golf-to-tennis-ball size hail and…
USA – Record high temperatures expected over Christmas
It’s beginning to look a lot like — September? While retailers may be hitting their full holiday shopping season stride,…
Detailed update: El Nino’s big dry now showing up across New Zealand (+Map)
Drier than average soil conditions are clearly showing up in the latest nationwide soil moisture maps, provided by Niwa –…
Obama: Climate change agreement is ‘the best chance we have’ to save the planet
President Barack Obama praised a landmark climate change agreement approved Saturday in Paris, saying it could be “a turning point…
Historic Climate Change agreement reached
“We must protect the planet that sustains us. For that we need all hands on deck,” U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon…
Week in Weather: What’s been making headlines this week
It’s been another dramatic week of weather around the world, while New Zealand slowly makes the transition from spring to…
What is El Niño? A climatologist gives the ABCs of the current weather phenomenon
El Nino is an ocean and atmospheric phenomenon that has a significant impact on our planet’s weather. While an El…
