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SETH BORENSTEIN

SETH BORENSTEIN

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Feel sticky this summer? That's because it's been record muggy East of the Rockies

More than 70 million Americans have experienced the muggiest start to summer on record, with climate change increasing humidity in the Eastern U.S. An Associated Press analysis shows that parts of 20 states and Washington, D

Feel sticky this summer? That's because it's been record muggy East of the Rockies
Environment|World

To host UN climate talks, Brazil chose one of its poorer cities. That's no accident

This year's United Nations climate conference in November is in Belem, Brazil, a city facing high poverty and infrastructure challenges

To host UN climate talks, Brazil chose one of its poorer cities. That's no accident
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For hope on climate change, follow the money, UN chief tells AP

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says money, not just science, makes the case for curbing climate change

For hope on climate change, follow the money, UN chief tells AP
Economy|Environment|Science|Technology|World

UN says booming solar, wind and other green energy hits global tipping point for even lower costs

The United Nations reports a global shift toward renewable energy, calling it a "positive tipping point."

UN says booming solar, wind and other green energy hits global tipping point for even lower costs
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Camp Mystic leader may not have seen urgent alert before Texas flood, family spokesman says

A spokesman for Camp Mystic, the Texas enclave devastated by a July 4 flash flood, is raising concerns about communication failures during the disaster

Camp Mystic leader may not have seen urgent alert before Texas flood, family spokesman says
Environment|Health|Science|Sports|Technology

How climate change could force FIFA to rethink the World Cup calendar

Soccer faces growing challenges from extreme heat, as seen during the FIFA Club World Cup in the U.S. this summer

How climate change could force FIFA to rethink the World Cup calendar
Environment|Political|Science|Technology|World

Trump administration says it won't publish major climate change reports on NASA website as promised

The Trump administration has made it harder for people, local and state governments to find critical climate change reports

Trump administration says it won't publish major climate change reports on NASA website as promised
Environment|Health|Science|Technology|World

Texas leads nation in flood deaths due to geography, size and population

A study puts the spotlight on Texas as the leading U.S. state by far for flood-related deaths, with more than 1,000 of them from 1959 to 2019

Texas leads nation in flood deaths due to geography, size and population
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Burning of fossil fuels caused 1,500 deaths in recent European heat wave, study estimates

Scientists have linked last week’s European heat wave to human-caused climate change and estimate that climate change was responsible for 1,500 deaths

Burning of fossil fuels caused 1,500 deaths in recent European heat wave, study estimates
Environment|Health|Science

The US faces more frequent extreme weather events, but attitudes and actions aren't keeping up

Experts say climate change is making extreme weather events more frequent and severe, but that our attitudes and actions haven't kept up

The US faces more frequent extreme weather events, but attitudes and actions aren't keeping up
Environment|Science|Technology|US

Websites hosting major US climate reports taken down

Websites displaying legally mandated U.S. national climate assessments seem to have disappeared

Websites hosting major US climate reports taken down
Business|Environment|Health|Science|Technology

One more sizzling hot day for the eastern US before temperatures plunge 30 degrees

Weather forecasters are predicting wild temperature swings across the eastern U.S. Wednesday was expected to be another scorcher before temperatures plunge as much as 30 degrees

One more sizzling hot day for the eastern US before temperatures plunge 30 degrees
Environment|Health|Science|US|World

Temperature in New York City reaches 100 degrees as eastern US swelters under extreme heat wave

The temperature in New York City has reached 100 degrees as the eastern U.S. sweltered under an extreme heat wave

Temperature in New York City reaches 100 degrees as eastern US swelters under extreme heat wave
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Early-season heat dome brings highest temperatures in years to parts of Eastern US

An intense and nearly historic weather pattern is cooking much of America in a dangerous heat dome this week with triple-digit heat that hasn’t been seen in some places in more than a decade

Early-season heat dome brings highest temperatures in years to parts of Eastern US
Business|Education|Environment|Science|Technology

Crushing it. What do you do with 4,000 hailstones that you collect while chasing storms

Dozens of researchers are chasing, driving and running into storms to collect fresh hail, getting their car bodies and their own bodies dented in the name of science

Crushing it. What do you do with 4,000 hailstones that you collect while chasing storms
Business|Environment|Science|Technology|World

Scientists warn that greenhouse gas accumulation is accelerating and more extreme weather will come

A team of 60 international scientists report that by early 2028 society will have emitted enough greenhouse gases that the Earth will be pretty much locked into hitting the internationally agreed upon preferred limit for global warming

Scientists warn that greenhouse gas accumulation is accelerating and more extreme weather will come
Environment|Science|World

Here's why Hurricane Erick is quickly strengthening into dangerous storm

Doubling in strength in less than a day and expected to further grow further, Hurricane Erick is chugging through the ideal environment to power up quickly as it approaches Mexico's southern Pacific Coast

Here's why Hurricane Erick is quickly strengthening into dangerous storm
Environment|Science|Technology|World

Study finds planetary waves linked to wild summer weather have tripled since 1950

A new study says climate change has tripled the frequency of atmospheric wave events linked to extreme summer weather in the last 75 years

Study finds planetary waves linked to wild summer weather have tripled since 1950
Business|Environment|Science|Technology

Ping, ping ping. Here's what it's like to drive into a big hailstorm in the name of science

A team of about 60 researchers are spending six weeks in the Great Plains chasing hail

Ping, ping ping. Here's what it's like to drive into a big hailstorm in the name of science
Environment|Health|Science|World

EPA says power plant carbon emissions aren't dangerous. We asked 30 scientists: Here's what they say

The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency Wednesday proposed a new ruling that heat-trapping carbon gas “emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants do not contribute significantly to dangerous air pollution

EPA says power plant carbon emissions aren't dangerous. We asked 30 scientists: Here's what they say
Environment|Health|Science|Technology

Planet-warming emissions dropped when companies had to report them. EPA wants to end that

The Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency is taking aim at dozens of rules aimed at protecting the environment, including one that requires big polluters to report greenhouse gas emissions

Planet-warming emissions dropped when companies had to report them. EPA wants to end that
Environment|Health|Science

How AP calculated the costs and death toll of EPA rule rollbacks

When Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin proposed rolling back more than two dozen rules aimed at protecting clean air and water, he called it the biggest day for deregulation in American history

How AP calculated the costs and death toll of EPA rule rollbacks
Business|Economy|Environment|Health|Science|Technology|World

Trump EPA rollbacks would weaken rules projected to save billions of dollars and thousands of lives

When the head of the Environmental Protection Agency earlier this year announced a massive rollback of environmental regulations, he said it would spark a “Golden Age” for the American economy

Trump EPA rollbacks would weaken rules projected to save billions of dollars and thousands of lives
Business|Economy|Environment|Science|Technology

Join scientists as they drive into hailstorms to study the costly weather extreme

A team of scientists is driving into severe storms to study hail

Join scientists as they drive into hailstorms to study the costly weather extreme
Business|Economy|Education|Environment|Science|Technology|World

Turmoil, worry swirl over cuts to key federal agencies as hurricane season begins

As hurricane season begins, experts in storms and disasters are worried about massive cuts to the federal system that forecasts, tracks and responds to the storms

Turmoil, worry swirl over cuts to key federal agencies as hurricane season begins

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