A global warming-triggered collapse of the North Atlantic current “would have devastating and irreversible impacts” to the global climate, according to an open letter sent to Nordic policymakers by forty-four of the world’s leading climate scientists, with the more immediate effect of plunging northwestern Europe—especially Scandinavian countries—into an irreversible deepread more

Defying expectations, solar activity is back in a big way, with the number of sunspots counted on the Sun’s surface last month reaching levels not seen in nearly 23 years, more than twice the number predicted by previous forecasts. This newfound activity signals not only that the Sun is wellread more