Seth Borenstein
The Associated Press
New York, NY, United States
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Levels of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the air hit another peak and show no signs of slowing
Levels of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere increased to record highs in its spring peak, yet another sign that global warming isn't slowing down. → Read More
Amount of warming triggering carbon dioxide in air hits new peak, growing at near-record fast rate
The cause of global warming is showing no signs of slowing as heat-trapping carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere increased to record highs in its annual Spring peak, jumping at one of the fastest rates on record. → Read More
Amount of warming triggering carbon dioxide in air hits new peak, growing at near-record fast rate
The cause of global warming is showing no signs of slowing as heat-trapping carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere increased to record highs in its annu... → Read More
Earth is 'really quite sick now' and in danger zone in nearly all ecological ways, study says
A new study says Earth has pushed past 7 of 8 safety limits and into 'the danger zone' for an overheating planet and for well-being of people on it. → Read More
Triple-whammy of cyclones, a 1-in-200-year event, drove Italy’s deadly flooding, scientists say
ROME (AP) — A rare, triple-whammy of cyclones drove the deadly flooding that devastated much of northern Italy this month, but scientists said Wednesd... → Read More
Earth is ‘really quite sick now’ and in danger zone in nearly all ecological ways, study says
A new study says Earth has pushed past seven out of eight scientifically established safety limits and into “the danger zone,” according to a new study. → Read More
Earth is ‘really quite sick now’ and in danger zone in nearly all ecological ways, study says
Earth has pushed past seven out of eight scientifically established safety limits and into “the danger zone,” not just for an overheating planet that’... → Read More
How busy will Atlantic hurricane season be? Depends on who wins unusual battle of climatic titans
Two clashing climatic behemoths, one natural and one with human fingerprints, will square off this summer to determine how quiet or chaotic the Atlant... → Read More
Italy’s deadly floods just latest example of climate change’s all-or-nothing weather extremes
ROME (AP) — The floods that sent rivers of mud tearing through towns in Italy’s northeast are another drenching dose of climate change’s all-or-nothin... → Read More
El Niño Can Cost the Global Economy Trillions of Dollars
An El Niño is brewing now and it might be a big—and therefore costly—one, scientists warn in a new study. → Read More
El Ninos are far costlier than once thought, in the trillions, study says — and one’s brewing now
The natural burst of El Nino warming that changes weather worldwide is far costlier with longer-lasting expenses than experts had thought, averaging trillions of dollars in damage, a new study found. → Read More
Flirting with climate danger: UN forecasts 2 in 3 chance of briefly hitting key heat limit soon
The world has been inching closer to the 1.5-degree threshold due to human-caused climate change for years. → Read More
Warming-stoked tides eating huge holes in Greenland glacier
Scientists now fear increasingly warmer water in daily tides are doing much more damage to one of Greenland's glaciers than they thought. → Read More
Warming-stoked tides eating huge holes in Greenland glacier
Daily tides stoked with increasingly warmer water ate a hole taller than the Washington Monument at the bottom of one of Greenland’s major glaciers in... → Read More
Spain’s April heat nearly impossible without climate change
MADRID (AP) — Record-breaking April temperatures in Spain, Portugal and northern Africa were made 100 times more likely by human-caused climate change... → Read More
There’s an extra 50 home runs in an MLB season thanks to climate change, a new study found
Climate change is making major league sluggers into even hotter hitters, sending an extra 50 or so home runs a year over the fences, a new study found. → Read More
The US leads the world in weather catastrophes. Here’s why
The United States is Earth’s punching bag for nasty weather. → Read More
World on 'thin ice': U.N. climate report gives stark warning
Humanity still has a chance, close to the last one, to prevent the worst of climate change’s future harms, a top U.N. panel of scientists said Monday. → Read More
Scientists say climate change goosed New Zealand storm fury
Climate change worsened flooding from a tropical cyclone that shut down much of New Zealand last month in one of the country’s costliest disasters, scientists said, but they couldn’t quite calculate how much it magnified the catastrophe. A flash study Tuesday by 23 scientists from around the globe found that global warming from the burning […] → Read More
La Nina is gone. These were the deadly storms during its run
La Nina seemed to treat Louisiana and the rest of the Southeast United States like a punching bag. Its three-year barrage of body blows has come to an end, but left behind a lot of scars from hurricanes and tornadoes among other weather disasters. Experts caution that attributing any single event to La Nina or […] → Read More