New Year Brings Frigid Weather January 3, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan A deep freeze is about to descend on North America, Europe and Asia thanks to record high temperatures across the...
Researchers Say Climate Change Will Drive Stronger, Smaller Storms in the U.S. December 27, 2016 The effects of climate change will likely cause smaller but stronger storms in the United States, according to a new...
Arctic’s Warming Hits Overdrive December 16, 2016 By SETH BORENSTEIN Warming at the top of the world has gone into overdrive, happening twice as fast as the rest of the...
College Disaster Prep Officials Prepare for the Unexpected December 9, 2016 By CAROLYN THOMPSON When Jefferson Community College was making plans to build its first residence hall, there was one must-have for President Carole...
Study Predicts Warming Will Trigger 3 Times as Many Extreme Downpours in U.S. December 8, 2016 By SETH BORENSTEIN Extreme downpours – like those that flooded Louisiana, Houston and West Virginia earlier this year – will happen nearly three...
Study Finds Extreme Tornado Outbreaks Spawning Greater Number of Twisters December 6, 2016 The most extreme tornado outbreaks are mysteriously spawning many more twisters than they did decades ago, a new study claimed....
Northeast Could See Increased Hurricane Risk November 30, 2016 The Northeastern coast of the USA could be struck by more frequent and more powerful hurricanes in the future due...
Researchers Develop Natural Disaster Early Warning System September 29, 2016 Earlier this year, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) was able to detect a gravity wave wafting through space from...
2016 Weather Disasters Tallied to Date September 27, 2016 By SETH BORENSTEIN This summer’s weather was relentless and hellish, crowded with the type of record-smashing extremes that scientists have long warned about....
Northeastern US Drought Could Last Months July 28, 2016 By MICHAEL CASEY At Lavoie’s Farm in New Hampshire, beans and corn haven’t broken through the ground yet and fields of strawberries are...