Science and climate news today is shaped by warning signs, both earthly and cosmic. In Japan, rescuers are still searching through quake-hit Kumamoto as the death toll from this week’s powerful earthquake climbs to 34, with thousands displaced and hopes fading for more survivors....
Science and climate news today is shaped by warning signs, both earthly and cosmic. In Japan, rescuers are still searching through quake-hit Kumamoto as the death toll from this week’s powerful earthquake climbs to 34, with thousands displaced and hopes fading for more survivors. At the global level, UN chief António Guterres says a strengthening El Niño is likely to intensify heat, floods, drought and other extremes, warning it could drive temperatures to new records on a planet already under severe climate stress. Beyond Earth, attention has turned to a discarded SpaceX rocket stage now projected to slam into the Moon at high speed, a striking reminder that the debris problem extends well past low-Earth orbit. Together, the day’s developments underscore a common theme: the growing challenge of managing risk in a world—and increasingly, a near-space environment—under mounting pressure.
Top Science stories
- Arizona sheriff releases ransom notes in Nancy Guthrie disappearance case seeking public help (15 sources)
- Axel Rudakubana charged with prison assaults at Belmarsh (10 sources)
- Discarded SpaceX rocket set for high-speed collision with the Moon (7 sources)
- Japan earthquake death toll rises to 34 as rescuers search for survivors (6 sources)
- UN chief warns strong El Niño will intensify extreme weather and global heat (6 sources)
- Aguiyi-Ironsi family demands federal apology, compensation over 1966 counter-coup killing (5 sources)
- Eric Trump-backed Space-Eyes to go public in $638 million SPAC deal (5 sources)
- SpaceX rocket upper stage set for unintended collision with the Moon on Wednesday (4 sources)
Drew Drafton
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