Study heats up sea level concerns
Antarctica ice melt may cause oceans to rise faster than thought
DATE: Mar 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
SETH BORENSTEIN
Position: Staff reporter
A better twist on tornadoes?
System may help forecasters provide earlier warnings of deadly twisters
DATE: Mar 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Science
Year-in-space astronaut hangs up his spacesuit, retires
WASHINGTON – After spending nearly a year in space, astronaut Scott Kelly is hanging up his spacesuit.
NASA announced Kelly’s retirement Friday, less than two weeks after he retur...
DATE: Mar 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Climate change deniers suffer new setback
WASHINGTON – Climate change doubters may have lost one of their key talking points: a particular satellite temperature dataset that had seemed to show no warming for the past 18 years. ...
DATE: Mar 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Studies support fears about sea levels
Oceans rising at fastest pace in centuries
DATE: Feb 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Science
El Niño to linger around for awhile longer
Meteorologists say weather system is weakening
DATE: Feb 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Science
Can mighty cockroach come to the rescue?
Insect’s special abilities inspire ideas for disaster-rescue robots
DATE: Feb 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Science
Astronomers hail detection of Einstein’s gravitational waves
Gravity waves will change how scientists observe universe
DATE: Feb 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
High temperatures help mosquitoes spread Zika
WASHINGTON – In its brief lifespan, the mosquito that carries the Zika virus is caught in a race: Will it pass the disease to humans before it dies?
Weather might make the differ...
DATE: Feb 3, 2016 | CATEGORY: Health
Amount of man-made heat the oceans are absorbing is rising
Study raises alarms about how much heat seas are absorbing
DATE: Jan 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Science
2015 was Earth’s hottest in recorded history
WASHINGTON – Last year wasn’t just the Earth’s hottest year on record – it left a century of high temperature marks in the dust.
The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration a...
DATE: Jan 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Good Earth
El Niño helps year end on warmer, wetter note
WASHINGTON – December’s wild El Niño pushed 2015 in the United States to near-record levels for heat, moisture and downright extreme conditions, federal weather officials said Thursday. ...
DATE: Jan 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
