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Byline: SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer

07 May

Scientists say don’t forget about plants. Climate change is endangering tens of thousands of species

published on May 7, 2026 - 2:00 PM

Global warming extinctions usually have people picturing the last polar bears or other furry critters disappearing, but the crucial and

08 Apr

March smashes record as most abnormally hot month for continental US, federal meteorologists say

published on April 8, 2026 - 3:05 PM

March’s persistent unseasonable heat was so intense that the continental United States registered its most abnormally hot month in 132

16 Mar

Spring, climate change, jet stream serves up buffet of wild weather hitting US

published on March 16, 2026 - 2:47 PM

Nearly every type of wild weather hit some part of the United States on Monday as the normal changing seasons

20 Feb

Scientists change how El Nino is labeled to keep up with spike in temperature

published on February 20, 2026 - 2:30 PM

The natural El Nino cycle, which warps weather worldwide, is both adding to and shaped by a warming world, meteorologists

02 Oct

Study shows the world is far more ablaze now with damaging fires than in the 1980s

published on October 2, 2025 - 2:46 PM

Earth’s nastiest and costliest wildfires are blazing four times more often now than they did in the 1980s because of

08 Sep

As world gets hotter, Americans are turning to more sugar, study finds

published on September 8, 2025 - 2:26 PM

Global warming in the United States is amping up the country’s sweet tooth, a new study found. When the temperature

24 Jun

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

published on June 24, 2025 - 2:36 PM

Extensive triple digit heat, broken temperature records and oppressive humidity piled up into a steaming mess as the heat dome

10 Apr

La Nina exits after three weak months, leaving Earth in neutral climate state

published on April 10, 2025 - 3:07 PM

(AP) — See you later La Nina, we hardly knew you. La Nina, the natural cooling flip side of the

12 Mar

Study shows rain-soaking atmospheric rivers are getting bigger, wetter and more frequent

published on March 12, 2025 - 1:40 PM

(AP) — As extreme weather events have hit the world hard in recent years, one meteorology term — atmospheric rivers

28 Jan

Study says climate change made conditions that fed California wildfires more likely, more intense

published on January 28, 2025 - 2:44 PM

Human-caused climate change increased the likelihood and intensity of the hot, dry and windy conditions that fanned the flames of

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