“I have no doubt a dip in Manatee Bay today would have been a hot tub-like experience,” said one meteorologist earlier this week. A buoy positioned roughly 40 miles south of Miami recorded a sea surface temperature of 101.1°F earlier this week, stunning scientists who say the reading could mark the latest in a string […]
“To be extremely clear: this is not normal,” said the Union of Concerned Scientists as nearly 120 million people in the U.S. faced extreme weather alerts. The weekend heat forecast in the United States on Friday signaled that new temperature records being set in quick succession is a trend that is here to stay, as […]
The world’s population is expected to reach 8 billion on November 15, the United Nations said Monday, with India replacing China as the world’s most populous country. The United Nations released its report, World Population Prospects 2022, on World Population Day, which is observed every year on July 11. This year’s theme is “A world […]
(Juneau) – Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy issued the following statement shortly after the Alaska Senate, by a super-majority vote of 15 out of 20 senators, passed a budget with one of the largest Permanent Fund Dividend in Alaska’s history through bipartisan effort: “The budget process is messy, and no budget is perfect,” said Governor Mike […]