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  • AntarcticaEnvironment

    Study gets real on climate change: Antarctica faces the ‘unavoidable’ melting of enough ice to raise sea levels nearly 6 feet

    By Seth Borenstein and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Rescue workers with Tidewater Disaster Response wade through a tidal surge on a highway while looking for people in need of help after the Steinhatchee River flooded on, Aug 30, 2023, in Steinhatchee, Fla., following the arrival of Hurricane Idalia. With warmer oceans serving as fuel, Atlantic hurricanes are now more than twice as likely as before to rapidly intensify from wimpy minor hurricanes to powerful and catastrophic, a study said Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. (Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via AP, File)Environment

    Atlantic hurricanes are twice as likely to go from wimpy to catastrophic in 24 hours than in decades past

    By Seth Borenstein and The Associated Press
  • Pumpjack/pump jack operating at an onshore oil well in Texas, United States/USA. (Photo by: Marica van der Meer/Arterra/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)Environment

    ‘We’re in a fossil trap’: U.S. oil production hits an all-time high despite the huge push for green energy

    By Seth Borenstein and The Associated Press
  • FILE – A man cools off in a shower at Ipanema beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sept. 24, 2023. After a summer of record-smashing heat, warming somehow got even worse in September as Earth set a new mark for how far above normal temperatures were, the European climate agency reported Thursday, Oct. 5. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado, File)Environment

    September was so hot climate scientists are calling it ‘mind-blowing’

    By Seth Borenstein and The Associated Press
  • Bill GatesEnvironment

    Bill Gates sees ‘a lot of climate exaggeration’ out there: ‘The climate is not the end of the planet. So the planet is going to be fine’

    By Seth Borenstein, Fatima Hussein, and others
  • March to End Fossil FuelsEnvironment

    Gen Z New Yorkers are furious with the UN: ‘If you do not want the blood of my generation to be on your hands, end fossil fuels’

    By Seth Borenstein and The Associated Press
  • Climate activists prepare to march to voice opposition to the use of fossil fuels, in New York, Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)Environment

    New York flooded by tens of thousands of climate protesters pushing Biden to stop approving new oil and gas projects and end current ones

    By Seth Borenstein and The Associated Press
  • KULA, HI- AUGUST 16: Volunteers looks for a man’s wedding ring in the rubble of home on Wednesday August 16, 2023 in Kula, HI. The death toll continues to rise for the fires on Maui. (Photo by Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images)Environment

    With 4 months still left, the U.S. has already set a new record for the most costly weather disasters in a year—for a total of $58 billion

    By Seth Borenstein and The Associated Press
  • Fullerton, CA – August 04: Kids cool off amid the heat on a summer day at the Lemon Park Spray Pool in Fullerton Friday, Aug. 4, 2023. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)Environment

    Scorching temperatures made this summer a record breaker and raise fears about even more warming that could ‘wreak havoc worldwide’

    By Jamey Keaten, Seth Borenstein, and others
  • The sunrise behind chimneys at the British Steel Ltd. plant in Scunthorpe, UK, on Monday, March, 27, 2023. British Steel has proposed closing its coke ovens in a bid to overcome global economic challenges and build a green and sustainable future, according to an emailed statement. Photographer: Dominic Lipsinski/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesEnvironment

    If companies had to pay for their carbon emissions, nearly half their profits would evaporate, study finds

    By Seth Borenstein and The Associated Press
  • heat waveEnvironment

    4 out of 5 people on Earth were hotter this July because of climate change, study finds. That’s over 6.5 billion humans

    By Seth Borenstein and The Associated Press
  • Climate changeEnvironment

    The heat, the rain and the smoke: July’s record-setting weather is just the beginning of the summer of Earth’s discontent

    By Seth Borenstein and The Associated Press
  • In this image provide by NOAA, a fish swims near coral showing signs of bleaching at Cheeca Rocks off the coast of Islamorada, Fla., on July 23, 2023. Scientists have seen devastating effects from prolonged hot water surrounding Florida — coral bleaching and some death. (Andrew Ibarra/NOAA via AP)Environment

    Florida ocean temperature hits 100-degree hot-tub levels, potentially setting the record for the hottest seawater ever measured

    By Seth Borenstein and The Associated Press
  • Tony Berastegui Jr., 15, right, and his sister Giselle Berastegui, 12, drink water as temperatures are expected to hit 115-degrees, Monday, July 17, 2023, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)Environment

    Phoenix posts record 10th straight day of 110-degree heat—and only drops to 90 degrees at night—turning the city into a ghost town

    By Seth Borenstein, Anita Snow, and others
  • A security guard wearing an electric fan on his neck wipes his sweat on a hot day in Beijing, Monday, July 3, 2023. Heavy flooding has displaced thousands of people around China as the capital had a brief respite from sweltering heat. Beijing reported 9.8 straight days when the temperature exceeded 35 C (95 F), the National Climate Center said Monday. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)Environment

    The planet probably just had its 2 hottest days ever as scientists grapple with ‘truly unreal meteorology and climate stats for the year’

    By Melina Walling, Seth Borenstein, and others