3rd October - Today's News: Record Deluge Hits Bundaberg, Qld

Bundaberg deluge: Residents clean up after rain soaks town and southern Queensland

A heavy early-season snowstorm sweeps into Rockies

Sudden storm wreaks havoc in Hyderabad, at least 7 killed

Autumn brings a record drop in weather temperatures in Azerbaijan

Down in Antarctica: Return of the Weddell polynya supports Kiel climate model

Grass-fed cows won’t save the climate, report finds - but I will continue eating and enjoying meat regardless.  If everyone else stops driving cars and flying and leaving the lights on, then, maybe, you can start having a go at me!

Did life on Earth start due to meteorites splashing into warm little ponds? as long as 4.5 billion years ago ....   If so, life (of some kind) on other "water worlds" ought be quite common.   And that goes for Mars too as meteorite tells us that Mars had a dense atmosphere 4 billion years ago

Siberian volcanic eruptions caused extinction 250 million years ago, new evidence shows

It's the 50th anniversary of plate tectonics: When we discovered how the Earth really works

The database of earthquakes triggered by human activity is growing, with some surprises

And the scale of human impact on planet has changed course of Earth's history, scientists suggest, supporting the idea of a new geological era: the Anthropocene