Nature News for English Learners

Delhi is very hot now. On Tuesday, the air was 43.5C. But the ground was much hotter. In the sun, the ground reached 64C. Researchers measured it with a camera. The ground gets hotter than the air.

Big storms hit the central United States this week. More than 90 million people are in danger. The storms bring heavy rain, strong wind, and floods. Hot, wet air helps the storms grow strong.

Mount Rainier is a big mountain in the US. Scientists say it is the most dangerous volcano. The danger is mud and rock that moves very fast. It can travel 100 miles in one hour. Rainier has 25 big ice fields.

The Pacific Ocean is very warm now. The warm water is huge. It reaches from Hawaii to Mexico. NOAA (a U.S. weather group) says it will grow. Many heat records have broken this year.

Two baby bald eagles were born in Chicago. This has not happened in 100 years. The nest is in a park near a river. Pat and Steve found the first one. Bald eagles are the national bird of the US.

Scientists looked at the 2026 hurricane season in the Atlantic. They think there will be fewer storms this year. The normal number is 14 storms. This year there may be 11 to 16. The season starts on June 1.

Scientists found very old octopus fossils. The fossils are 100 million years old. So these octopuses lived with dinosaurs. They were very big. Some were 20 metres long.