Cicadas were flying; for hours, Biden’s press plane was not
WASHINGTON (AP) — The cicadas were flying. The reporters hoping to join the president in Europe were not. Reporters traveling to the United Kingdom for...
Carbon dioxide levels hit 50% higher than preindustrial time
Heat-trapping carbon dioxide levels in the air peaked in May 2021, in amounts nearly 50% higher than when the industrial age began, and they are...
Shrinking giants: North Atlantic right whales getting tinier
The younger generation of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales is on average about three feet shorter than whales were 20 years ago, drone and...
When next pandemic hits, new science chief wants vaccine ready in 100 days
In his first interview after being sworn in, Eric Lander paints a rosy near future in which a renewed U.S. emphasis on science not only...
Study blames climate change for 37% of global heat deaths
Researchers looked at heat deaths in 732 cities around the globe from 1991 to 2018 and calculated that 37% were caused by higher temperatures from...
Grim western fire season starts much drier than record 2020 VIEW
As bad as last year’s record-shattering fire season was, the western U.S. starts this year’s in even worse shape. "The dice are loaded toward a...