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July’s Heat Waves make for a Record-Breaking Month, Including Record Ice Melt in Greenland
August 6, 2019July 2019 was the hottest month on record for the planet, a period that saw numerous heat waves smash regional records around the globe, including one in the Arctic that triggered massive ice loss in Greenland. Although July only narrowly... continued
Trauma and Missing Time: A New Rendlesham Witness Comes Forward
August 2, 2019A new witness to the infamous Rendlesham Forest incident has come forward, former USAF Security Police Master Sergeant and retired police officer, Michael Stacy Smith. Smith was a 19-year old recruit when he witnessed the events that occurred over two... continued
Astronomers Shocked by Sudden Appearance of “City-Killer” Asteroid
July 31, 2019Earth had a close brush with a large "city-killer" asteroid on July 25, when a pyramid-sized rock whizzed by at less than one-fifth the distance to the Moon at nearly 25 km per second (15.5 miles per second). While not... continued
“Unprecedented” Wildfires are Burning Across the Arctic
July 28, 2019 Over the past six weeks more than 100 intense and long-lived wildfires have been recorded burning north of the Arctic Circle, an "unprecedented" event since record-keeping began on such events. The fires have been most severe in Alaska and... continued
Did the Pentagon Weaponize Tick-Borne Lyme Disease?
July 24, 2019The US House of Representatives has voted to order the US Department of Defense Inspector General to disclose to Congress whether or not the Pentagon conducted Cold War-era experiments aimed at weaponizing disease-carrying insects, including ticks that carry Lyme disease,... continued
Storming Area 51 is a Bad Idea, According to Bob Lazar
July 23, 2019A Facebook event called "Storm Area 51, They Can't Stop All of Us", scheduled for September 20 this year, calls for the event's attendees to storm the highly-classified Area 51 facility located in the Nevada desert. Since its posting in... continued
50 Years Later, Apollo 11’s Achievements–and its Mysteries–Continue to Endure
July 19, 2019"Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon, July 1969, A.D. We came in peace for all mankind" ~Engraving on Lunar plaque, affixed to Apollo 11 Lunar Module Fifty years ago, Apollo 11, the culmination of... continued
June 2019 was the Hottest June on Record
July 17, 2019June 2019 is officially the warmest June on record since record-keeping began in 1880, according to new data released by NASA. And on top of this dubious distinction, the first half of 2019 was the second hottest such period on... continued
Increasingly Unstable Antarctic Glaciers may be Reaching their Point of No Return
July 15, 2019A new report published by the National Academy of Sciences is warning that glaciers in Antarctica may have already reached a tipping point that will continue to see the destabilization of its ice sheets, even if rising global temperatures were... continued
Tropical Storm Barry Makes Landfall as a Category 1 Hurricane
July 11, 2019Tropical Storm Barry escalated into a Category 1 hurricane when it made landfall on Saturday, and is expected to pour up to 20 inches of rain on eastern Louisiana, accompanied by a storm surge of several feet along the coastline... continued