Off the charts “crazy” heat in the North Atlantic ocean and record-smashing Antarctic sea ice lows last year are far more severe than what Earth’s supposed to get with current warming levels. They are more like what happens at twice this amount of warming, a new study said. The study’s main author worries that it’s […]
Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for Yahoo There are five reasons the stock rally will broaden out to more names this year, Tom Lee said. Lee had the most accurate stock market outlook for 2023, accurately forecasting a big year of gains. A dovish Fed, a loosening housing market, and improving equity inflows will push […]
National weather analysts released their 2023 “billion-dollar disasters list” on Jan. 9, just as 2024 was getting off to a ferocious start. A blizzard was sweeping across across the Plains and Midwest, and the South and East faced flood risks from extreme downpours. The U.S. set an unwelcome record for weather and climate disasters in […]
Dec. 31—In the back room of Bienvenidos Outreach on a recent morning, food stretched toward the ceiling, stacked on shelves and in black milk crates well above head-height. The rush of nonperishable goods — from clam juice to yellow mustard, masa flour to cooking oil, refried beans to coffee beans — are destined for the […]
In this calendar year’s last episode of The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman select various under-covered stories from the past year across three categories: politics, science, and culture. So long, 2023! 01:45—Under-covered stories in politics 30:13—Under-covered stories in science 46:00—Under-covered stories in culture Mentioned in this podcast: “Introducing REASON,” […]
Global Currency Holiday makers can hardly have failed to notice 2023 was a stellar year for the pound. Of the world’s major currencies, sterling was a top performer. Every £100 taken abroad would have purchased almost $121 at the start of the year but buys just over $125 now. That is not a bad performance […]
The year 2023 was marked by extraordinary heat, wildfires and weather disasters. In the U.S., an unprecedented heat wave gripped much of Texas and the Southwest with highs well over 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 Celsius) for the entire month of July. Historic rainfall in April flooded Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with 25 inches of rain in […]