Insignia Air Fryers Recalled Over Glass Shattering, Handles Melting, and Just Generally Catching Fire

Over 180,000 Insignia air fryers and air fryer ovens sold at Best Buy are being recalled, according to an announcement Thursday from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. The agency has received dozens of reports of the ovens overheating, causing the handles to melt or break, and glass in the unit to shatter. At least … Read more

Siberia’s ice is melting, revealing its past and endangering its future

Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave Nikita Zimov walked through the sticky brown muck of Siberia, just above the Arctic Circle. The sun radiated over the Russian republic of Sakha, also known as Yakutia, on a nearly 70 degree day. It was August of 2022, but in many ways the young scientist had … Read more

Greenland’s glaciers are melting twice as fast this century, new study shows

We have known for a while that Greenland’s ice sheet is melting worryingly fast. But a new study from Northwestern University and the University of Copenhagen has found that Greenland’s thousands of peripheral glaciers have entered a new and widespread state of rapid retreat. In their research, the team used satellite images and rarely seen … Read more

Climbers have a good time Mount Everest seventieth anniversary amid melting glaciers, rising temperatures

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Because the mountaineering group prepares to have a good time the seventieth anniversary of the conquest of Mount Everest, there may be rising concern about temperatures rising, glaciers and snow melting, and climate getting harsh and unpredictable on the world’s tallest mountain. For the reason that 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) mountain peak was first … Read more