The world inches closer to catastrophic climate events
NEW YORK (AP) — In the opening scene of American writer Kim Stanley Robinson’s “The Ministry for the…
NOAA says the Lower 48 US states set a record for hottest month in July
KENSINGTON, Maryland (AP) — The contiguous United States sizzled to its hottest month ever last month, according to…
Global Warming Has Kicked Into Overdrive, Scientists Warn
It’s been a particularly apocalyptic summer. Relentless, record-shattering heatwaves, untamable wildfires, and deadly floods are just some of…
Climate change heats Mediterranean Sea, threatening biodiversity
ROME (AP) — The Mediterranean of our ancestors is no more. Scientists say climate change, caused mainly by…
Scientists Finally Solved the Mystery of Earth’s ‘Great Dying.’ It’s Bad News for Our Future
Roughly 252 million years ago, nearly all life on Earth vanished. In a blink of geologic time, the…
NOAA Raises Odds of a Historic ‘Super’ El Niño
El Niño, declared by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) just one month ago, is strengthening at…
Scientists Say This Climate Hack Could Stop El Niño Before It Starts
For months, scientists have been sounding the alarm over the rapid development of El Niño, which could reach…
Why Mars May Remain Uninhabitable for Centuries
Realistic image of a completely terraformed Mars. Credit: Daein Ballard Making Mars Earthlike is not impossible in principle,…
Lawmakers push to stop Trump dismantling of ocean observatory project
SEATTLE (AP) — A group of Democratic senators and one Republican, as well as two Democratic House committees,…
El Nino has formed in the Pacific and could set records, forecasters say
WASHINGTON (AP) — El Nino, Nature’s chaotic climate agent, has formed in a warmed-up Pacific Ocean and is…
Coastal floods are linked to climate change and sea level rise
Extreme floods that once swamped coastal communities only rarely are becoming far more common as climate change caused…
The Atlantic’s ‘Cold Blob’ Could Change Weather Across America
The mysterious North Atlantic “cold blob”—an unusually cool patch of ocean south of Greenland—may be more than a…