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November 11, 2020 at 8:05 am

Hurricanes stay stronger longer after landfall than in past

Hurricanes are keeping their staying power longer once they make landfall, spreading more inland destruction, according to a new study. Warmer ocean waters from climate...

November 9, 2020 at 9:20 pm

Final weeks of historic hurricane season bring new storms VIEW

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Just when you thought it should be safe to go back to the water, the record-setting tropics are going crazy....

November 5, 2020 at 11:05 am

Study: Fix to food climate problem doesn’t require veganism

The world likely can’t keep global warming to a relatively safe minimum unless we change how we grow, eat and throw away our food, but...

November 4, 2020 at 8:03 am

Flash of luck: Astronomers find cosmic radio burst source VIEW

A flash of luck helped astronomers solve a cosmic mystery: What causes powerful but fleeting radio bursts that zip and zigzag through the universe? Scientists...

November 4, 2020 at 2:20 am

US formally exits Paris pact aiming to curb climate change

BERLIN (AP) — The United States on Wednesday formally left the Paris Agreement, a global pact it helped forge five years ago to avert the...

November 1, 2020 at 6:59 am

US vote to shape how world warms as climate pact exit looms

What happens on election day will to some degree determine how much more hot and nasty the world’s climate will likely get, experts say. The...

FILE – In this Oct. 22, 2019, photo, plastic and other debris sits on the beach on Midway Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. According to a study released on Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, more than a million tons a year of America’s plastic trash isn’t ending up where it should. The equivalent of as many as 1,300 plastic grocery bags per person is landing in places such as oceans and roadways. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)

October 30, 2020 at 11:03 am

Study: 1 to 2 million tons of US plastic trash go astray

More than a million tons a year of America's plastic trash isn't ending up where it should. The equivalent of as many as 1,300 plastic...

October 23, 2020 at 11:33 am

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s skewed indictment of wind power

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's dismissal of wind power as a glitchy, pricey, bird-slaughtering way to make electricity is out of step with the...

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US President Donald Trump taking his mask off before speaking at a rally from the South Portico of the White House in Washington, DC on October 10, 2020 shows. – Trump spoke publicly for the first time since testing positive for Covid-19, as he prepares a rapid return to the campaign trail just three weeks before the election. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images/TNS) 1796460 1796460

October 20, 2020 at 5:00 am

AP-NORC/USAFacts poll: US trust in COVID-19 information down

The poll finds that the percentage of people saying they trust COVID-19 information from their state or local governments, the news media, social media and...

October 15, 2020 at 11:32 am

Forecasters: Drought more likely than blizzards this winter

Don’t expect much of a winter wallop this year, except for the pain of worsening drought, U.S. government forecasters said Thursday. Two-thirds of the United...