The storm was more than 400 miles off Mexico’s west coast on Thursday. It was forecast to stay offshore.
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Hurricane Adrian Forms Off the Coast of Mexico in the Eastern Pacific
The storm was nearly 400 miles off Mexico’s west coast on Wednesday night. It was moving away from land and forecast to stay offshore.
Your Tuesday Briefing: Texas Reels From Mass Shootings
Also, evacuation orders in occupied Ukraine.
Overlooked No More: Alice Ball, Chemist Who Created a Treatment for Leprosy
After she died — and just a year after her discovery — another scientist took credit for her work. It would be more than half a century until her story resurfaced.
What It Takes to Keep the Keeling Curve Going
Ever since an eruption in Hawaii halted a long-running record of carbon dioxide, scientists have found ways to carry on — atop a neighboring volcano.
The Nature Conservancy Buys Insurance to Protect Hawaii’s Coral Reefs
If worsening coastal storms damage the reefs, the Nature Conservancy will get a payout and use the money to repair the coral — work that state officials can’t afford to do.
Hawaii Closes Its Last Coal-Fired Power Plant
A state law bans the use of coal for energy production beginning next year.
Did Nature Heal During the Pandemic ‘Anthropause’?
Covid precautions created a global slowdown in human activity — and an opportunity to learn more about the complex ways we affect other species.
Hawaii, the last state with an indoor mask mandate for public schools, will make masks optional.
Masks will become optional in Hawaii’s schools when the new academic year starts on Aug. 1, as the state tries for “a more normal classroom experience this fall,” a state health official said.
A New 10-Year Plan for the Cosmos
On astronomers’ wish list for the next decade: two giant telescopes and a space telescope to search for life and habitable worlds beyond Earth.