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Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473–1543)
Dan Brown’s portrayal of the Illuminati is a fictionalized, central plot device in Angels & Demons (published as Illuminati in some editions): an “ancient secret group of scientists” said to have been...
Global seasonal model ensembles agree on a La Niña-influenced winter for December 2025 (NDJ/DJF) with elevated odds of above‑normal land surface temperatures across much of the Northern Hemisphere and...
The public record for shows an unmistakable spike: multiple independent datasets and monitoring services report 2024 as the warmest year on record, with several records placing the global mean near or...
Law enforcement detects fast, low-profile maritime threats using a layered mix of coastal surveillance radars (X‑/S‑band and dual‑band systems), airborne and long‑endurance unmanned aerial systems (UA...
NASA-linked datasets and complementary climate agencies show that 2025 produced exceptional heat anomalies, significant ice deficits in both polar regions during parts of the year, and a rise in extre...
Rivers and reservoirs are sharply elevated after recent storms, with authorities warning that already saturated soils, incoming heavy rain and warming that will turn snow to runoff combine to raise . ...
Global datasets agree that the past three years are the —2024, 2023 and 2025—placing 2025 typically as the third-warmest year globally, with small differences among analyses ( puts 2025 0.01°C cooler ...
appears to refer to tidal behavior and tide times for (a coastal location) and the underlying causes of ; tides are driven principally by the Moon’s and Sun’s gravitational influence on Earth’s oceans...
Scientists measure not with a single instrument but by assembling multiple complementary indicators—surface air temperatures, , sea level, greenhouse‑gas concentrations and the Earth’s energy imbalanc...
Historical climate change is documented through overlapping streams of and that together show long-term variability across centuries to millions of years and an unprecedented recent rise in ; instrume...
The best-available instrumental records and major scientific assessments show the planet’s average surface temperature has risen by about 1.0–1.2°C (≈1.8–2.2°F) since the late 19th century or the comm...
Regional climate projections remain indispensable for adaptation and planning but are bounded by three families of uncertainty—scenario (what humans do), model (how the climate system is represented) ...
Scientific agencies and peer-reviewed reports say human activities — chiefly burning fossil fuels — are the primary cause of the recent rise in global temperatures and many related impacts (NOAA: “une...
Mainstream science and multiple agencies state human activity—especially burning fossil fuels, land use change and industrial emissions—is the dominant driver of recent global warming (see NASA, IPCC ...
Major scientific and policy reports attribute the recent, rapid warming of the planet primarily to human activities—chiefly the burning of fossil fuels and land‑use change—which have driven greenhouse...
Multiple recent scientific assessments conclude that human activity — primarily emissions from burning fossil fuels and land-use change — is the dominant driver of the warming observed since the mid-2...
Yes — multiple recent assessments show Earth is warmer now than in pre‑industrial times and that 2024–2025 are among the hottest years on record: global mean temperatures in 2025 are predicted to be 1...