Science

U.N. aims to give every person on Earth access to natural disaster early warning systems

By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press

The chief of the United Nations announced a project Wednesday to put every person on Earth in range of early weather-warning systems within five years.

National Guard sent to tornado disaster area in Louisiana

By Gerald Herbert, Rebecca Santana, Associated Press

Louisiana is sending 300 National Guard troops to the New Orleans area where tornadoes flipped cars, ripped off rooftops and killed at least one person.

Tornado strikes New Orleans as storms move through Deep South

By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press, Acacia Coronado, Associated Press/Report for America

A tornado tore through parts of New Orleans, spawned by a storm that produced multiple tornadoes through parts of Texas and Oklahoma, killing one person and causing multiple injuries and widespread damage.

SEC proposes new rules for companies to monitor climate risks

By Marcy Gordon, Associated Press

Under the proposals, public companies would have to report on their climate risks, including the costs of moving away from fossil fuels.

Antarctica and the Arctic are at least 50 degrees warmer than average

By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

Earth’s poles are undergoing simultaneous freakish extreme heat with parts of Antarctica more than 70 degrees (40 degrees Celsius) warmer than average and areas of the Arctic more than 50 degrees (30 degrees Celsius) warmer than average.

Our past and future is written in Earth’s landscape. Here’s how one geomorphologist is reading it

By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas

Taylor Perron seeks to answer questions about Earth's past and future by reading landscapes from our world and out in the solar system.

NASA says there is still cooperation with Russian colleagues

By Alex Sanz, Associated Press

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Friday played down recent comments by the head of Russia's space agency that the U.S. would have to use broomsticks to fly to space after Russia said it would stop supplying rocket engines to U.S.

Climate change is already disrupting the global supply chain. Here’s how

By Jacques Leslie, Yale Environment 360

The impact of the COVID pandemic on the global supply chain has been widely reported. But extreme weather, from floods to wildfires, is increasingly hammering ports, highways, and factories worldwide, and experts warn these climate-induced disruptions will only get worse.

Physicist Eugene Parker, namesake of NASA probe, dies at 94

By Kathleen Foody, Associated Press

A physicist who theorized the existence of solar wind and became the first person to witness the launch of a spacecraft bearing his name has died.

Pfizer asks U.S. to approve a 4th COVID vaccine dose for seniors

By Zeke Miller, Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press

If the government approves the request, made by the company Tuesday, a key question would be how soon seniors would be advised to roll up their sleeves, given that cases currently are dropping.