Mid-century temps set to soar
Study estimates when cities will experience heat like never before
DATE: Oct 16, 2013 | CATEGORY: Good Earth
SETH BORENSTEIN
Position: Staff reporter
Scientists 95% certain warming is human-made
WASHINGTON – Top scientists from a variety of fields say they are about as certain that global warming is a real, human-made threat as they are that cigarettes kill.
They are as s...
DATE: Sep 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Good Earth
Arctic sea ice 6th lowest, but rebounds from 2012
WASHINGTON – The amount of ice in the Arctic Ocean shrank this summer to the sixth lowest level, but that’s much higher than last year’s record low.
The ice cap at the North Pole ...
DATE: Sep 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Good Earth
Apes plan trips, research shows
WASHINGTON – It’s the ape equivalent of Google Maps and Facebook. The night before a big trip, Arno the orangutan plots his journey and lets others know where he is going with a long, whoopi...
DATE: Sep 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Sandy’s ‘freaky’ path may not be repeated
WASHINGTON – Man-made global warming may further lessen the likelihood of the freak atmospheric steering currents that last year shoved Superstorm Sandy due west into New Jersey, a new study...
DATE: Sep 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Being poor hurts IQ, too
WASHINGTON – Being short on cash may make you a bit slower in the brain, a new study suggests.
People worrying about having enough money to pay their bills tend to lose temporaril...
DATE: Aug 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
New mammal species found
WASHINGTON – Imagine a mini-raccoon with a teddy bear face that is so cute it’s hard to resist, let alone overlook. But somehow science did – until now.
Researchers have announced...
DATE: Aug 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Mosquitoes far worse this summer in parts of U.S.
WASHINGTON – The tiny mosquito all too often has man on the run. And this summer, it seems even worse than usual.
“You can’t get from the car to inside our house without getting a...
DATE: Aug 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Good Earth
Study: Hot weather leads to hot heads
WASHINGTON – As the world gets warmer, people are more likely to get hot under the collar, scientists say. A massive new study finds that aggressive acts such as committing violent crimes an...
DATE: Jul 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
94 in Alaska? Abnormal weather tied to jet stream
WASHINGTON – Lately, the jet stream isn’t playing by the rules. Scientists say that big river of air high above Earth that dictates much of the weather for the Northern Hemisphere has been u...
DATE: Jun 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Natural disasters hit Okla. all too frequently
WASHINGTON – Many states get hit frequently with tornadoes and other natural catastrophes, but Oklahoma is Disaster Central.
The twister that devastated Moore, Okla., was the 74t...
DATE: May 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Are long-sunken World War II ships ‘ticking time bombs’?
Ships that went down in wartime known to contain oil
DATE: May 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Good Earth
