Seth Borenstein
Experts say coral reef bleaching near record level globally because of ‘crazy’ ocean heat
Ocean temperatures have gone so "crazy haywire" hot that scientists are hoping for a few hurricanes to cool things off.
Hot history: Tree rings show that last northern summer was the warmest since year 1
The broiling summer of 2023 was the hottest in the Northern Hemisphere in more than 2,000 years, a new study published in the...
From flooding in Brazil and Houston to brutal heat in Asia, extreme weather seems nearly everywhere
Some climate scientists say they are hard pressed to remember when so much of the world has had its weather on overdrive at...
Here’s why experts don’t think cloud seeding played a role in Dubai’s downpour
With cloud seeding, it may rain, but it doesn't really pour or flood — at least nothing like what drenched the United Arab...
European court decision shows that a safe climate is a human right, former UN rights chief says
OXFORD, England (AP) — Having a safe climate is becoming more of a human right globally with this week’s European court decision that...
UN climate chief says humans have two years left ‘to save the world’
Time is running out to make changes and find the crucial funding to do so, says Simon Stiell in a plea to global...
Heat-trapping carbon dioxide and methane levels in the air last year spiked to record highs again
Carbon dioxide, the most important and abundant of the greenhouse gases caused by humans, rose in 2023 by the third highest amount in...
Higher temperatures mean higher food and other prices. A new study links climate shocks to inflation
Food prices and overall inflation will rise as temperatures climb with climate change, a new study by an environmental scientist and the European...
The US may catch a spring break on weather. Forecasters see minimal flooding and drought for spring
The United States can expect a nice spring break from past too rainy or too dry extremes, federal meteorologists predicted Thursday. After some...
UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change after record heat, ice-melt increases in 2023
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. weather agency is sounding a “red alert” about global warming, citing record-smashing increases last year in greenhouse gases,...
