SETH BORENSTEIN

July 18, 2019 at 10:21 am

The heat goes on: June toastiest on record, July may follow

WASHINGTON (AP) — The heat goes on: Earth sizzled to its hottest June on record as the climate keeps going to extremes. The National Oceanic... Updated 8:43 pm

July 17, 2019 at 1:11 pm

US heat wave just warming up for long and scorching weekend VIEW

DETROIT (AP) — The heat wave that has been roasting much of the U.S. in recent days is just getting warmed up, with temperatures expected...

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July 4, 2019 at 11:01 am

Best way to fight climate change? Plant a trillion trees

WASHINGTON (AP) — The most effective way to fight global warming is to plant lots of trees, a study says. A trillion of them, maybe...

This January 2017 photo provided by Ted Scambos shows sea ice on the ocean surrounding Antarctica during an expedition to the Ross Sea. Ice in the ocean off the southern continent steadily increased from 1979 and hit a record high in 2014. But three years later, the annual average extent of Antarctic sea ice hit its lowest mark, wiping out three-and-a-half decades of gains, and then some, according to a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Monday, July 1, 2019. (Ted Scambos/National Snow and Ice Data Center via AP) NY835 NY835

July 1, 2019 at 12:10 pm

Floating Antarctic ice goes from record high to record lows

WASHINGTON (AP) — The amount of ice circling Antarctica is suddenly plunging from a record high to record lows, baffling scientists. Floating ice off the...

President Donald Trump and President Moon Jae-in, left, of South Korea view North Korea at Observation Post Ouellette in the Demilitarized Zone at Camp Bonifas in South Korea, June 30, 2019. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times) XNYT3 XNYT3

June 30, 2019 at 9:05 pm

AP fact-checks Trump on N. Korea, wages, climate and lists Dem misfires VIEW

WASHINGTON (AP) — Straining for deals on trade and nukes in Asia, President Donald Trump hailed a meeting with North Korea's leader that he falsely...

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Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and former Vice President Joe Biden gesture during an exchange about his opposition to school busing as Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) looks on during the Democratic presidential debate in Miami on Thursday night, June 27, 2019. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) XNYT252 XNYT252

June 27, 2019 at 6:33 pm

AP FACT CHECK: Dems on migrant kids, the rich and climate VIEW

WASHINGTON (AP) — A fired-up field of Democrats stumbled on some facts at the most visceral turns in their debate Thursday as they took on...

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Democratic presidential candidates, from left, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., former Texas Rep. Beto Oâ€™Rourke, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, and former Maryland Rep. John Delaney listen before the start of a Democratic primary debate hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Wednesday, June 26, 2019, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) MHX301 MHX301

June 26, 2019 at 6:44 pm

AP FACT CHECK: Dems’ missteps on climate, wages in debate VIEW

WASHINGTON (AP) — This was no Trump rally. Ten Democrats kicked off the presidential debate season with a sober rendering of policy that featured a...

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June 19, 2019 at 11:06 am