U.S employers added 943,000 jobs in July and drove the unemployment rate down to 5.4% in another sign the economy is bouncing back with surprising vigor from COVID-19. But there is growing fear the fast-spreading delta variant will set back the recovery.
This year’s Gulf of Mexico “dead zone” — an area where there’s too little oxygen to support marine life — is larger than average, according to researchers.
At peril is a vast ecosystem that includes the potable water for 40 million, the livelihood of fishing communities and farmers, and the navigability of the main grain export node in the world.
A wildfire broke out on the northern suburbs of Athens on Tuesday afternoon, it rekindled on Thursday and forced more evacuations as it continued to burn through the forest, scorching homes and cars.