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Japan’s SLIM moon lander defies death to survive 3rd frigid lunar night (image)

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Dr. Sarah Adams

The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) has survived its third week-long night on the moon. This is despite the fact the ...

Searing heat is back across Southeast Asia and it’s not going away anytime soon

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Dr. Sarah Adams

The death of a toddler from extreme heat highlighted the risk of climate-related illnesses across Malaysia. The same week, Vietnam declared a ...

March is 10th straight month to be hottest on record, scientists say

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Dr. Sarah Adams

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the 10th consecutive month, Earth in March set a new monthly record for global heat — with both ...

February 2024 was the hottest on record, data shows

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Dr. Sarah Adams

The world has marked yet another consecutive month of record-breaking heat. New data from Copernicus, the European Union’s climate change monitoring service, ...

Study says 2023’s crazy Atlantic ocean heat, low Antarctic sea ice give glimpse of much hotter world

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Off the charts “crazy” heat in the North Atlantic ocean and record-smashing Antarctic sea ice lows last year are far more severe ...

Japan’s ‘Moon Sniper’ miraculously wakes up on lunar surface

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Dr. Sarah Adams

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Japan’s “Moon Sniper” ...

World smashes record for hottest January ever observed

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Dr. Sarah Adams

The world just had its hottest year ever recorded, and 2024 has already set a new heat record for the warmest January ...

Globe breaks heat record for 8th straight month. Golfers get to play in Minnesota’s ‘lost winter’

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Dr. Sarah Adams

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — For the eighth straight month in January, Earth was record hot, according to the European climate agency. ...

Ocean sponges suggest Earth has warmed longer, more than thought; some scientists dubious

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Dr. Sarah Adams

A handful of centuries-old sponges from deep in the Caribbean are causing some scientists to think human-caused climate change began sooner and ...

UN agency confirms 119.8 degrees reading in Sicily two years ago as Europe’s record high temperature

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Dr. Sarah Adams

FILE – People enjoy time at the beach in Aci Trezza, near Catania, Sicily, Italy, Friday, Aug. 13, 2021. The U.N.’s weather ...