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Climate Change May Be Creating More Catastrophic ‘Sky Rivers’ over India: Study | Weather.com

A massive atmospheric river (NASA Earth Observatory) While the Brahmaputra might have the deserved moniker of India’s “sky river”, did you know atmospheric rivers are a very real (and often horrifying destructive) phenomenon? But they might not look like anything…

A new world order seeks to prioritise security and climate change – The Economist

After the cold war, America and Europe established an economic order based upon open markets, global trade and limited state meddling in the economy. Climate change was a distant threat. Allowing countries like China or Russia into the global economy…

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Add EarthSky to your home screen

Would you like easy access to EarthSky’s astronomy and space information? You can add an icon to the home screen on your phone as a daily reminder to check our site for what’s happening in the sky tonight and breaking space news. Once it’s on your home screen, our site is just a simple tap away. Follow the steps below for how to add the EarthSky icon to your phone’s home screen.

On iOS

To add the EarthSky.org website as an icon to your home screen, follow these easy steps. It works for any website you’re interested in!

  1. Open Safari (or your preferred web browser on your phone) and go to EarthSky.org
  2. At the bottom of the screen below the url, tap the box with an arrow up
  3. Then scroll down and tap “Add to Home Screen”
  4. Now you can edit the name and precise url, if desired. Voilà! You’re all set up!

On Android

And here’s how to add the EarthSky.org website as an icon to your home screen on an Android phone:

  1. Open Chrome (or your preferred web browser on your phone) and go to EarthSky.org
  2. At the right side of the screen, to the right side of the url, tap the three dots
  3. Then tap “Add to Home screen”
  4. Now you can edit the name and precise url, if desired. Quick! Go check it on your phone! How does it look?

Here are some Android screenshots

Screenshot from a phone. There are news from the EarthSky.org site.
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Screenshot from a phone. There is a list of options at the top right.
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Screenshot from a phone. There are news from the EarthSky.org site as the background. A white box shows up in the foreground.
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Bottom line: Add EarthSky to the home screen on your phone for easy access to our stories and night sky information. Here’s how to do it!

Inside efforts to scale direct air capture to slow climate change | 60 Minutes – CBS News

Inside efforts to scale direct air capture to slow climate change | 60 Minutes – CBS News Watch CBS News Carbon dioxide is captured from the air and buried underground as part of groundbreaking new technology to slow climate change….

Are we making any progress with global warming? – CBS News

Are we making any progress with global warming? – CBS New York Watch CBS News More than half of Americans say they are concerned about global warming, according to polling from Yale University late last year. Are we making any…

Climate change impacting the U.S. and global wine industries – CBS News

Climate change impacting the U.S. and global wine industries – CBS News Watch CBS News Water shortages, weather patterns and global warming are impacting winemakers. Tor Wines owner Tor Kenward joined CBS News’ Vladimir Duthiers and Shanelle Kaul to discuss…

Smart window technology marks new tool to combat climate change – CBS News

Smart window technology marks new tool to combat climate change – CBS News Watch CBS News Energy-saving smart windows, which include a microscopic coating connected to computer chips, can help buildings use less electricity for heating and cooling. Ben Tracy…

The ocean is as important to the climate as the atmosphere – The Economist

For Homo sapiens, a dry-land species, discussions of the climate and how it is changing tend to revolve around what is going on in the atmosphere. This is a dangerously parochial attitude, for the atmosphere is but one of two…

What would the perfect climate-change lender look like? – The Economist

Imagine, for a second, that you are a guest at the Mount Washington Hotel in the ski resort of Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. You have arrived to enjoy neither the slopes nor the hotel’s 18-hole golf course. Instead, you are…

NASA focuses 5 new missions on gathering data about climate change – CBS News

NASA focuses 5 new missions on gathering data about climate change – CBS News Watch CBS News Most people associate NASA with space shuttles, rovers and telescopes. But now it’s putting into orbit satellites and powerful radars with the mission…

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