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Raucous bird tornado touches down as snow geese make annual flight to Arctic
4+ hour, 30+ min ago (54+ words) Raucous bird tornado touches down as snow geese make annual flight to Arctic'Arizona Daily Star Javascript is required to use this website. A human-made reservoir became the center of a natural spectacle created by snow geese migrating from America to…...
King penguins are the rare species benefiting from a warming world. But that could change
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (821+ words) The study says climate change's rising seas may threaten tens of millions more people than scientists and government planners originally thought because of mistaken research assumptions on how high coastal waters already are. WASHINGTON " The warming world has disrupted the…...
As Iran war shakes energy system, some see powerful argument for renewable energy
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (793+ words) Bombed refineries, disrupted shipping channels for oil and liquefied natural gas and skyrocketing fuel prices should point even the most reluctant leaders to a cleaner fossil free future, some experts hope. But others are dismissive, noting the same speculation emerged,…...
Record heat could put Colorado River closer to crisis
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (1497+ words) The record-breaking heat in this month's forecast is likely to help push the Colorado River Basin to the edge of "disaster," in which drastic cuts in water use will be necessary next year, experts say." The heat is almost certain…...
Local opinion: Project Blue lawsuit shows why TEP’s rate case needs scrutiny
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (386+ words) Arizonans are used to sunshine. What we should never get used to is secrecy, especially when it comes to the decisions that determine what we pay for electricity. State Attorney General Kris Mayes" ongoing legal challenge to Tucson Electric Power…...
Extreme Weather California
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (105+ words) Extreme Weather California'Arizona Daily Star Javascript is required to use this website. Construction workers spray water during an unseasonably hot day at MacArthur Park on March 12 in Los Angeles. US weather to go nuts with blizzard, polar vortex, heat dome,…...
Local opinion: Turns out water actually is life
1+ week, 2+ day ago (374+ words) "Twilight Zone: The movie" opens inside a car eerily cruising down a lonely desert highway on a pitch-black night. Feels scary watching it. After the driver nervously jokes about being scared, the passenger turns to him and says: "Do you…...
The sea is higher than we thought and millions more are at risk, study finds
1+ week, 4+ day ago (165+ words) The sea is higher than we thought and millions more are at risk, study finds'Arizona Daily Star Javascript is required to use this website. The Latest: US submarine sinks Iranian navy ship as war expands Neighbor's Ring camera captures potential…...
For Northeast blizzard, everything was just right to roll up a monster snowfall
1+ week, 5+ day ago (965+ words) WASHINGTON " The nor'easter smacking much of the Northeast with nearly 3 feet of snow in places is as classic and powerful a blizzard as you can get, the strongest in a decade and up there with the most intense in history,…...
Local opinion: What the drying Colorado River reveals about us
1+ week, 5+ day ago (425+ words) The Colorado River didn't fail us. We failed to pay attention, choosing comfort over correction when maturity was required. For two decades, scientists have been saying the same thing: the West is hotter, the river is shrinking, and the math…...