The Equinox Is Not What You Imagine It Is

[ad_1] Delighted September equinox! Or, as we say north of the equator, pleased autumnal equinox! On Saturday, September 23, at 6:50 A.M. UTC (2:50 A.M. EDT or 11:50 P.M. Friday PDT), the sun will be right around Earth’s equator, which is how astronomers outline the equinox. (Seasons, months and names get a small puzzling in
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This Researcher Captured Air from the Amazon in Dive-Bombs–And Found Grim Clues That the Forest Is Dying

[ad_1] SUBSCRIBE: Apple | Spotify [CLIP: Radio chatter. Engine revving and taking off. Plane sounds] Daniel Grossman: Climate researcher Luciana Gatti stares grimly out of an oval porthole. I’m sitting next to her in a single-engine prop plane. We climb into the sky above the eastern Amazon in Brazil. She motions toward the ground below us. Luciana Gatti:
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