Earth on Track to Beat 2014’s Record Hottest Year August 21, 2015 By Brian K. Sullivan With an El Nino growing in the Pacific Ocean and climate change spurring global temperatures ever higher, almost nothing can...
Global Warming Blamed for 75% of Very Hot Days April 30, 2015 By SETH BORENSTEIN If you find yourself sweating out a day that is monstrously hot, chances are you can blame humanity. A new...
Extreme Weather Hits U.S. Hard: Munich Re March 4, 2015 Over the past years, persistent extreme weather conditions have triggered severe natural catastrophes and caused losses in the billions. There...
Weather in U.S. in 2014 Not too Bad January 9, 2015 By SETH BORENSTEIN On a day when much of the U.S. struggled with cold, U.S. meteorologists said America’s weather in 2014 wasn’t really...
Studies Attribute 2013 Wild Weather to Global Warming September 30, 2014 By SETH BORENSTEIN Scientists looking at 16 cases of wild weather around the world last year see the fingerprints of man-made global warming...
Changing Winds Linked to Warming in Pacific September 24, 2014 By JEFF BARNARD A new study released Monday found that warming temperatures in Pacific Ocean waters off the coast of North America over...
Southwest Could See ‘Megadrought’ This Century September 15, 2014 Due to global warming, scientists say, the chances of the southwestern United States experiencing a decade long drought is at...
NASA to Launch Second Satellite to Track Global Warming July 2, 2014 By ALICIA CHANG Five years after a NASA satellite to track carbon dioxide plunged into the ocean after liftoff, the space agency is...
Globe Breaks May Temperature Record June 26, 2014 By SETH BORENSTEIN Driven by exceptionally warm ocean waters, Earth smashed a record for heat in May and is likely to keep on...
Insurer Files Class Action Climate Change Suit Against Illinois Communities May 20, 2014 By Mica Rosenberg A major insurance company is accusing dozens of localities in Illinois of failing to prepare for severe rains and flooding...