extreme weather

Summer heat peaks though Earth is farthest from Sun

Every January, the Earth is at its nearest- perihelion and around July it is far away from the Sun- aphelion. During the summer in the Northern hemisphere, which begins with June Summer Solstice, temperatures soar because of the axial tilt. Jul 6, 2018
Google celebrates Hubert Cecil Booth's 147th birthday

Vacuum cleaner inventor Hubert gets a Google Doodle homage on July 4

For Fourth of July celebration, Google chose to acknowledge the 147th birth anniversary of an English engineer Hubert Cecil Booth, not something related to American independence. Booth has designed factories, suspension bridges, and Ferris wheels but noted for inventing the first powered vacuum cleaner. Jul 4, 2018