Science Sep 03 Global warming will exceed 1.5-degree limit, UN says in report that maps path back below danger zone In a strategic retreat in the fight against climate change, the United Nations has acknowledged that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst of global warming's harms. So now the world must figure out how to get…
World Aug 07 Climate change created conditions for Canada fires, scientists say, as Trump blames mismanagement Human-caused climate change doubled the likelihood of the tinderbox weather conditions that sparked Canada’s massive summer wildfires and in turn angered U.S. President Donald Trump, according to a study released Thursday.
Science Jun 11 El Nino is here. It'll be big, bad and costly, scientists fear El Nino, Nature's chaotic climate agent, has formed in a warmed-up Pacific Ocean and is expected to grow to historic strength, meteorologists announced Thursday.
Science Jun 04 Energy, water use and pollution of AI and data centers rival most countries If data centers were a country, the country would be projected to rank sixth-highest in power use in 2030.
Nation May 27 A warmer world creates bigger and more damaging hailstones, study says A warmer world will likely make bigger and more damaging hail, a new study said.
Nation May 21 WATCH: NOAA forecasts milder Atlantic hurricane season thanks to El Nino A developing El Nino that is forecast to get quite strong will likely dampen the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season, but it won't make the potentially deadly storms disappear, federal and outside meteorologists predict.
World Apr 13 Monster typhoon in the Pacific Ocean is bearing down on group of remote U.S. islands A super typhoon is taking aim at several remote U.S. islands in the Pacific Ocean, lashing Guam with heavy rain and tropical storm-force wind gusts hours before its arrival.
Nation Apr 09 The U.S. smashed heat records in March. Just wait for El Niño this summer March’s persistent heat was unseasonably intense, and the next year or so looks to turn the dial up on global warmth even more, as some forecasts predict a brewing El Niño will reach superstrength.
Science Apr 05 Newly discovered fossils give scientists first look at the evolution of early complex animals Newly discovered fossils have given scientists their first real glimpse of when Earth made a crucial transition from plants and unrecognizably simple animals to the complex creatures that took over the world and would eventually lead to us.
Nation Mar 16 Severe storms blast eastern half of U.S. with snow and high winds, while heat rises in the West Chaotic weather, from surprising heat in California to the threat of storms rolling into the East Coast, put over half the U.S. population in the path of extreme conditions Monday.