Today: October 05, 2024
Today: October 05, 2024

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Environment|Science

Hot history: Tree rings show that last northern summer was the warmest since year 1

A new study finds that the broiling summer of 2023 was the hottest in the Northern Hemisphere in more than 2,000 years

Hot history: Tree rings show that last northern summer was the warmest since year 1
Environment|Science|World

Heat-trapping carbon dioxide and methane levels in the air last year spiked to record highs again

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the levels of the crucial heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere reached historic highs last year, growing at near-record fast paces

Heat-trapping carbon dioxide and methane levels in the air last year spiked to record highs again
Environment|Science

Study says since 1979 climate change has made heat waves last longer, spike hotter, hurt more people

A new study says climate change is making giant heat waves crawl slower across the globe and they are baking more people for a longer time with higher temperatures over larger areas

Study says since 1979 climate change has made heat waves last longer, spike hotter, hurt more people
Environment|Science

US energy industry methane emissions are triple what government thinks, study finds

A new study calculates that U.S. oil and natural gas wells, pipelines and compressors are spewing three times the amount of the potent heat-trapping gas methane as the government thinks

US energy industry methane emissions are triple what government thinks, study finds
Science

Space telescope spies neutron star in the debris of famous supernova

Scientists have confirmed what became of a star that exploded in a stunning supernova visible to Earth more than three decades ago

Space telescope spies neutron star in the debris of famous supernova
Economy|Environment|Science

For threatened polar bears, the climate change diet is a losing proposition

With Arctic sea ice shrinking from climate change, many polar bears have to shift their diets to land during parts of the summer

For threatened polar bears, the climate change diet is a losing proposition
Environment|Science|World

System of Atlantic Ocean currents approaches 'cliff-like' tipping point, could collapse, study says

An abrupt shutdown of Atlantic Ocean currents that could put large parts of Europe in a deep freeze is looking a bit more likely and closer than before as a new complex computer simulation finds a “cliff-like” tipping point looming in the future

System of Atlantic Ocean currents approaches 'cliff-like' tipping point, could collapse, study says
Environment|Science

Ozone hole is about average size, despite undersea volcano eruption that was expected to worsen it

With last year’s undersea volcano injecting massive amounts of water high into the atmosphere, scientists were bracing for a big Antarctica ozone hole this fall

Ozone hole is about average size, despite undersea volcano eruption that was expected to worsen it
Americas|Economy|News

Bahamas seeks help to pay off debt brought by huge storms, result of climate change

Bahamas Prime Minister Philip Davis tells The Associated Press that his nation is in a financial pickle

Bahamas seeks help to pay off debt brought by huge storms, result of climate change
Economy|Environment|News|Science|World

For a week, New York will be center of money-focused fight to slow climate change

The annual New York City Climate Week and United Nations General Assembly that's just about to start are emphasizing how to generate trillions of dollars that will be needed to help poorer countries move away from gas, oil and coal, fuels that release greenhouse gases and heat the planet

For a week, New York will be center of money-focused fight to slow climate change
Environment|News|World

In NYC and elsewhere, climate protesters say pace of change isn't fast enough

Six years after a teenage Greta Thunberg walked out of school in a solitary climate protest outside of the Swedish parliament, young people around the world staged fresh marches and said their protests are not being sufficiently acted upon

In NYC and elsewhere, climate protesters say pace of change isn't fast enough
Environment|News|Science

What has worked to fight climate change? Policies where someone pays for polluting, study finds

To figure out what really works when nations try to fight climate change, researchers looked at 1,500 ways countries have tried to curb heat-trapping gases

What has worked to fight climate change? Policies where someone pays for polluting, study finds
News|World

Beryl set to strengthen on approach to Texas due to hot ocean temperatures

After hitting Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and downgrading to a tropical storm, Beryl is expected to once again become a hurricane as it hurtles towards southern Texas by Sunday evening

Beryl set to strengthen on approach to Texas due to hot ocean temperatures
Environment|News|Science

How the hot water that fueled Hurricane Beryl foretells a scary storm season

Hurricane Beryl’s explosive growth into an unprecedented early storm shows the literal hot water the Atlantic and Caribbean are in right now and the kind of season ahead

How the hot water that fueled Hurricane Beryl foretells a scary storm season
Environment|News|World

Leaders see hope in tackling deadly climate change and public health problems together

Experts hope the sputtering global public health system and efforts to curb global warming through collaboration can combine to create a better system for handling the problem

Leaders see hope in tackling deadly climate change and public health problems together
Environment|News|Science

UN official highlights how better preparation has shrunk disaster deaths despite worsening climate

A top United Nations official says even though climate change makes disasters such as cyclones, floods and droughts more intense, more frequent and striking more places, fewer people are dying from those catastrophes globally

UN official highlights how better preparation has shrunk disaster deaths despite worsening climate
Environment|News|Science

Dangerous brew: Ocean heat and La Nina combo likely mean more Atlantic hurricanes this summer

Get ready for what nearly all the experts think will be one of the busiest Atlantic hurricane seasons on record thanks to unprecedented ocean heat and a brewing La Nina

Dangerous brew: Ocean heat and La Nina combo likely mean more Atlantic hurricanes this summer
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Study says it's likely a warmer world made deadly Dubai downpours heavier

A new report says circumstantial evidence points to climate change as worsening the deadly deluge that flooded Dubai and surroundings

Study says it's likely a warmer world made deadly Dubai downpours heavier
Business|Environment|News|World

New study calculates climate change's economic bite will hit about $38 trillion a year by 2049

A new study says climate change will reduce future global income by about 19% in the next 25 years compared to a fictional world that’s not warming, with the poorest areas and those least responsible for heat-trapping gases taking the biggest monetary hit

New study calculates climate change's economic bite will hit about $38 trillion a year by 2049
Economy|Environment|News|Science

Cicadas are nature's weirdos. They pee stronger than us and an STD can turn them into zombies

The periodical cicadas that are about to infest two parts of the United States aren’t just plentiful, they’re downright weird

Cicadas are nature's weirdos. They pee stronger than us and an STD can turn them into zombies
News|Science

NASA wants to come up with a new clock for the moon, where seconds tick away faster

NASA wants to come up with an out-of-this-world way to keep track of time, putting the moon on its own souped-up clock

NASA wants to come up with a new clock for the moon, where seconds tick away faster
Economy|Environment|News|Science

Invaders from underground are coming in cicada-geddon. It's the biggest bug emergence in centuries

Trillions of evolution’s bizarro wonders, red-eyed periodical cicadas, are about to emerge in numbers not seen in decades and possibly centuries

Invaders from underground are coming in cicada-geddon. It's the biggest bug emergence in centuries
News|Science

A faster spinning Earth may cause timekeepers to subtract a second from world clocks

For the first time in history, world timekeepers may have to consider subtracting a second from our clocks in a few years because the planet is rotating a tad faster

A faster spinning Earth may cause timekeepers to subtract a second from world clocks
Business|Environment|News|Science|World

Higher temperatures mean higher food and other prices. A new study links climate shocks to inflation

A study by an environmental scientist and the European Central Bank finds that food prices and overall inflation will rise as temperatures climb with climate change

Higher temperatures mean higher food and other prices. A new study links climate shocks to inflation
Environment|News|Science

The US may catch a spring break on weather. Forecasters see minimal flooding and drought for spring

Federal meteorologists predict that the United States can expect a nice spring break from past too rainy or too dry extremes

The US may catch a spring break on weather. Forecasters see minimal flooding and drought for spring

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