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Start of spring to usher in severe weather threat for central US

An uptick in stormy weather across the country will put the Plains to the Ohio Valley on alert for severe weather later this week.An intense storm wrecked havoc earlier in the week, dumping feet of snow in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the West and sweeping rain across the remainder of the Southwest into Wednesday.Meanwhile, several rounds of wet weather will target the center of the country. Wet...

These Lab Animals Will Help Fight Coronavirus

Among the many lessons of the coronavirus pandemic is how close humans are to the rest of the animal kingdom. We get diseases from other animals, and then we use more animals to figure out how to stop the diseases. As research ramps up treatments and vaccines, animals are crucial to fighting the pandemic.There are different animals at each end of the pandemic, of course. The new disease almost...

After Math: How COVID-19 is already clobbering 2020

Welp, we had a good run, America. While every other developed nation on the planet scrambles to defend itself against the deadly spread of COVID-19, the US had to be dragged into fielding a response. This year everything is cancelled. Schools have been shuttered, universities have migrated to online classes, and group gatherings larger than a couple hundred people are being postponed. Major league...

Parts of central US to face pummeling from blizzard conditions as spring arrives

Meteorologists expect a potent storm to track across the center of the country later this week, bringing a return to wintry conditions -- just as the start of spring arrives.The far-reaching storm system has already been responsible for much-needed snowfall across the Sierra Nevada and will next travel through the Intermountain West on Wednesday.All the while, the Plains and Midwest will ride a...

Above-average February temperatures set over 1,000 new records in US alone

After delivering waves of springlike temperatures across the globe and even toppling a few daily highs, February 2020 ranked globally as the second warmest on record, which date back to 1880.The month's global land and ocean surface temperature departure from average measured 1.17 degrees Celsius (2.11 F) above the 20th century average, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...