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A large portion of Greenland melted about 416,000 years ago—perhaps a bit like the modern Greenland landscape shown in this photo—and became ice-free tundra, or boreal forest, a new study in the journal Science shows. The results help overturn a previous view that much of the Greenland ice sheet persisted for most of the last two and a half million years. Instead, moderate warming, from 424,000 to 374,000 years ago, led to dramatic melting. This finding…

Aquaman (2018) was an enormous hit. It grossed over $1 billion at the global box office and received mostly positive reviews from critics, who praised the charisma of Jason Momoa and the stylish direction of James Wan. A sequel seemed as though it would be a simple proposition, but the more time that’s passed, the more Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom appears to be a struggle. Some light has recently been shed on the film’s production. Most of the reasons are predictable, like reshoots and nonstop test screenings, but one is…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain This summer, global temperatures soared on July 4, reflecting one of the hottest days recorded on Earth, according to climate data from the U.S. National Centers for Environmental Prediction. Average global temperatures were approximately 63 degrees Fahrenheit—one of the warmest days in 125,000 years. …

Europe is currently in the midst of a heatwave. Italy, in particular, is expected to face blistering heat, with temperatures projected to reach 40℃ to 45℃. There's even a chance that the current European temperature record of 48.8℃, set in Sicily in 2021, could be surpassed. Searing temperatures have spread to other countries in southern and eastern Europe, including France, Spain, Poland and Greece. The heat will…

Temperatures are set to skyrocket to potentially record-setting levels across the U.S. Southwest as yet another heat dome entrenches itself over the southern tier of the country and Mexico. This is just one of the many punishing, deadly heat waves that have baked locations around the world, from China to Algeria, this spring and summer. The trend toward more frequent, longer-lasting and more intense heat waves is a hallmark of the climate emergency that has resulted from humans burning fossil fuels and releasing…

On Saturday night, David Zee and his family had only 20 minutes to get out of their home in a gated community in Rolling Hills Estates after the ground shifted and threatened to send it and other homes down a canyon.Since then, the slide has gotten worse.“It’s just amazing how quickly this all happened,” Zee, 52, said Monday morning after he returned to his street on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.“The ground is still moving,” he said. His home is “still standing, but I don’t know.”A dozen houses were evacuated because of a…

Although we’ve still got an indeterminate amount of time to wait before it streams on Disney Plus, the good news is that Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is now finally available to buy on VOD. The much-loved threequel’s digital release has been long awaited as James Gunn’s last Marvel outing was such a hit with audiences once it debuted in theaters back in May. Critics might’ve dubbed it the weakest of the Guardians trilogy, but it’s fair to say many fans out there disagree. Now that Guardians 3 is the kind of Marvel…

More than a thousand Californian sea lions have been poisoned by a toxic algae bloom that can cause seizures, brain damage, and death.Across California's beaches, sea lions have been exhibiting strange behaviors like swaying their heads back and forth, frothing at the mouth and being unusually violent when touched.Sea lions aren't normally aggressive towards humans, but there have been at least five instances where sea lions have bitten beachgoers in recent weeks.They aren't intentionally attacking humans, says Alissa…

Image via New Line Cinema Calling a movie that earned upwards of $100 million at the box office, secured an Academy Award nomination, and spawned a sequel (albeit an awful and entirely unconnected one) a decade later “underrated” or “overlooked” might not seem to hold much water, but anyone to have witnessed The Cell firsthand will know full well it doesn’t get the appreciation it deserves. Critics were left fairly cold on director Tarsem Singh’s feature-length debut to be fair, but a 45 percent approval rating…

CLIMATEWIRE | A major question has emerged as the world strives to reduce greenhouse gases: How much money should rich nations pay to poor ones for raising Earth's temperature? Scientists have found an answer. High carbon countries owe at least $192 trillion to low-emitting nations in compensation for their greenhouse gas pollution. That’s the conclusion of a new paper published Monday in the journal Nature Sustainability by researchers Andrew Fanning and Jason Hickel. “It is a matter of climate justice that if we are…