Human use of fire has produced an era of uncontrolled burning: Welcome to the Pyrocene
Humans have become a geologic force by cooking the planet – using fire on a scale that is altering land, water, air and ...
The Times of Northwest Indiana2d
How to catch the Quadrantids, the first meteor shower of 2025
When these fast-moving space rocks enter Earth's atmosphere, the debris encounters new resistance from the air and becomes very hot, eventually burning up. Sometimes the surrounding air glows ...
The Forward on MSN9d
‘Like the burning bush’: Rabbi’s book survives Holocaust – and the Los Angeles fire
Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater stood in what used to be his family room, a place that once pulsed with life — holiday gatherings, ...
WPXI14d
Hollywood Hills fire breaks out as deadly wildfires burn out of control across Los Angeles area
The Sunset Fire was burning near the Hollywood Bowl and about a mile (1.6 kilometers) from the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The streets around Grauman’s Chinese Theatre and Madame Tussauds were ...
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It’s Christmas for the elephants as unsold trees are fed to the animals at Berlin Zoo
(AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi) A giraffe grazes on a Christmas tree during the feeding of animals with unused Christmas trees at the Zoo, in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim ...
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Family with children escapes burning home in Chattanooga on the first day of the year
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A family with children safely escaped a burning home in Chattanooga on the first night of the new year. Now, they must find a new place to stay after the fire caused ...