Science Aug 13 July was hottest month on record, NOAA says "This is climate change," said Pennsylvania State University climate scientist Michael Mann. "It is an exclamation mark on a summer of unprecedented heat, drought, wildfires and flooding."…
Politics Aug 04 This year’s summer of climate extremes hits wealthier places The founder of a disaster database maintained at a Belgian University says, "It is not only a poor country problem, it's now very obviously a rich country problem."…
Politics Mar 26 Biden invites Russia, China to global climate talks President Joe Biden is including rivals Vladimir Putin of Russia and Xi Jinping of China among the invitees to the first big climate talks of his administration.
Science Mar 18 Forecast shows nasty drought worsens for much of U.S. Thursday's spring outlook is bad news for the West, which has been under a megadrought for more than 20 years.
World Feb 19 Back in Paris accord, U.S. vows no more sidelining of climate The United States has returned to the Paris climate accord. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says climate change and science diplomacy “can never again be ‘add-ons’ in our foreign policy discussions.”…
World Dec 02 U.N. calls on humanity to end ‘war on nature,’ go carbon-free The head of the United Nations is calling on countries to end what he calls a war on nature and instead embrace a future without carbon pollution triggering global warming.
Science Oct 15 Drought more likely than blizzards this winter, forecasters say U.S. weather officials are predicting a mostly warmer than normal winter, but they are also worried about a worsening drought.
Science Oct 06 Three scientists win Nobel physics prize for black hole research Three scientists won this year's Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for advancing our understanding of black holes, the all-consuming monsters that lurk in the darkest parts of the universe.
Science Sep 09 Think 2020’s disasters are wild? Experts predict worse in the future What's happening is the basic physics of climate change. Scientists know it will only get crazier because what we're seeing now is what they foresaw 20 years ago would happen.
World Sep 09 UN report: Increased warming closing in on agreed upon limit The world is getting closer to passing a temperature limit set by global leaders five years ago and may exceed it in the next decade or so, according to a new United Nations report.