Axial Seamount doesn’t pose a threat to humans, but observing what happens before and after its potential eruption could help scientists learn about submerged volcanoes and strengthen predictions

America is experiencing its worst whooping cough outbreak in a decade. Experts say there's a cyclical nature to outbreaks like this but that the timing was altered by the COVID-19 pandemic.

"Mpox is transmitted very efficiently through sexual contact."

The Great Barrier Reef is vast and spectacular. But repeated mass coral bleachings, driven by high ocean temperatures, are threatening the survival of coral colonies which are the backbone of the reef.

While experts note that this would be an arduous fight, it would set the precedent for future cases of climate-related deaths. Lawyers devise way to charge industry with homicide after fatal heat wave: 'These climate disasters didn't come out of nowhere' first appeared on The Cool Down.

For decades, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit held that the Voting Rights Act allows voting districts that give Black and Hispanic voters the ability to elect candidates of their choice when they have common interests and can form coalitions.

The 245,000-acre fire, worsened by thunderstorms and strong winds, is so big it’s even creating its own weather. The Biggest Blaze in the US A massive wildfire currently burning near the Oregon–Idaho border, about 130 miles west of Boise, Idaho, has officially been called the biggest active blaze in the US – so big, in fact, that it’s creating its ... Read More

The quake was felt across Lubbock.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for COVID-19 still call for a period of isolation for those dealing with the virus. This comes after a summer COVID wave appears to have grown in some parts of the country. CBS News medical contributor Dr. Céline Gounder has more on the current protocols in place.

Project 2025 proposes major government changes if a Republican wins the 2024 election, drawing both criticism and praise.

Americans throughout the Eastern U.S. are experiencing temperatures in the high 90s and triple digits this week. July 16, 2024.

“If we miss it by a couple of years, which is probably what will happen, the goals are still worthy,” says Gov. Hochul in response to official notice that New York won’t meet its 2030 green-energy goals. She’s whistling in the wind: The state is decades from meeting the goals. It’s simply burning billions, slamming consumers and disastrously undermining its reliable-energy capacity in pursuit of a fantasy. The New York State Energy Research and...

A new climate change map shows predictions for just how devastated the future climate will be in various places around the world. The map, which … The post New map shows how devasted the climate is predicted to be where you live appeared first on BGR.