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A woman holds up a sign that says "Save NOAA"
PoliticsDOGE just ordered 1,000 job cuts at the U.S. agency that monitors the weather. A former administrator says ‘this is not government efficiency’
By Seth Borenstein and The Associated PressMarch 12, 2025
The U.S. is abnormally cold and La Niña usually eases warming, but Earth just set another heat record anyway
EnvironmentThe U.S. is abnormally cold and La Niña usually eases warming, but Earth just set another heat record anyway
By Seth Borenstein and The Associated PressFebruary 6, 2025
Climate change made California wildfires more likely and more intense, scientific study finds
EnvironmentClimate change made California wildfires more likely and more intense, scientific study finds
By Seth Borenstein and The Associated PressJanuary 29, 2025
Earth recorded its hottest year ever in 2024 and the jump was so big it breached the 1.5 degree Celsius threshold
EnvironmentEarth recorded its hottest year ever in 2024 and the jump was so big it breached the 1.5 degree Celsius threshold
By Seth Borenstein and The Associated PressJanuary 10, 2025
A person in a blue hat and denim jacket participates in a snowball fight
EnvironmentHow cold blasts are paradoxically caused by global warming, as freezing polar vortex sweeps U.S.
By Seth Borenstein and The Associated PressJanuary 7, 2025
Climate change has made hurricane winds 18 mph stronger since 2019, study says
EnvironmentClimate change has made hurricane winds 18 mph stronger since 2019, study says
By Seth Borenstein and The Associated PressNovember 20, 2024
COP29 reveals world’s most polluting states and provinces are all in China—except for one U.S. exception
EnvironmentCOP29 reveals world’s most polluting states and provinces are all in China—except for one U.S. exception
By Seth Borenstein, Sibi Arasu and The Associated PressNovember 15, 2024
Carbon emissions increase again in 2024 as Earth races toward 1.5 degree warming threshold
EnvironmentCarbon emissions increase again in 2024 as Earth races toward 1.5 degree warming threshold
By Seth Borenstein and The Associated PressNovember 13, 2024
Hurricanes Helene and Milton are both likely to cost more than $50 billion, joining ranks of priciest disasters
FinanceHurricanes Helene and Milton are both likely to cost more than $50 billion, joining ranks of priciest disasters
By Seth Borenstein and The Associated PressOctober 17, 2024
Here’s what made Hurricane Milton so intense and unusual
EnvironmentHere’s what made Hurricane Milton so intense and unusual
By Seth Borenstein and The Associated PressOctober 10, 2024
Dustin Holmes, second from right, holds hands with his girlfriend, Hailey Morgan, while returning to their flooded home with her children Aria Skye Hall, 7, right, and Kyle Ross, 4, in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.
EnvironmentScientists confront conspiracy theorists, say it’s impossible to control hurricanes
By Melina Walling, Seth Borenstein and The Associated PressOctober 8, 2024
woman kayaks on flooded street
EnvironmentMore than 40 trillion gallons of rain flooded the South over the past week
By Seth Borenstein and The Associated PressSeptember 30, 2024
Summer 2024 officially sweltered to Earth’s hottest on record
EnvironmentSummer 2024 officially sweltered to Earth’s hottest on record
By Seth Borenstein and The Associated PressSeptember 6, 2024
A woman sifts through a mountain of plastic waste
EnvironmentThe amount of plastic waste produced each year could fill NYC’s Central Park and reach as high as the Empire State Building
By Seth Borenstein and The Associated PressSeptember 4, 2024
PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 26: Athletes sail in a boat along the river Seine as rain starts at the start of the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France on July 26, 2024. (Photo by Aytac Unal/Anadolu via Getty Images)
EnvironmentParis ‘flipped the coin’ and took a €1.4 billion gamble against climate change with its plan for the Olympics—and lost
By Seth Borenstein and The Associated PressJuly 31, 2024
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