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November 14, 2018 at 10:02 am

Houston skyscrapers may have worsened Hurricane Harvey rain

WASHINGTON (AP) — Humans helped make recent devastating U.S. hurricanes wetter but in different ways, two new studies find. Hurricane Harvey snagged on the skyscrapers... Updated 5:17 pm

Flames climb trees as the Camp Fire tears through Paradise, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File) NY914 NY914

November 12, 2018 at 10:09 am

Scientists: Wind, drought worsen fires, not bad management

Wildfires have become more devastating because of the extreme weather swings from global warming, fire scientists said. The average number of U.S. acres burned by... Updated 4:32 pm

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November 5, 2018 at 4:02 am

More protection: UN says Earth’s ozone layer is healing

WASHINGTON (AP) — Earth's protective ozone layer is finally healing from damage caused by aerosol sprays and coolants, a new United Nations report said. The...

FILE – In this Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012 file photo, a pedestrian talking on a cellphone is silhouetted in front of a fountain in Philadelphia. Two U.S. government agencies are giving conflicting interpretations of a safety study on cellphone radiation: One says it causes cancer in rats. The other says there’s no reason for people to worry. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) NY460 NY460

November 1, 2018 at 2:37 pm

Cross talk: Federal agencies clash on cellphone cancer risk

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two U.S. government agencies are giving conflicting interpretations of a safety study on cellphone radiation: One says it causes cancer in rats....

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October 25, 2018 at 8:16 am

Government ranks 18 US volcanoes as ‘very high threat’

WASHINGTON (AP) — Government scientists have classified 18 U.S. volcanoes as "very high threat" because of what's been happening inside them and how close they...

October 24, 2018 at 9:01 am

Report: Efforts to suck carbon from air must be ramped up

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation needs to ramp up efforts to suck heat-trapping gases out of the air to fight climate change, a new U.S....

October 18, 2018 at 9:11 am

Wet and mild: Warm winter predicted for much of the US

WASHINGTON (AP) — Winter looks wet and especially mild for much of the country, thanks to a weak El Nino brewing, U.S. meteorologists said. The...

October 17, 2018 at 2:06 am

Tornadoes are spinning up farther east in US, study finds

WASHINGTON (AP) — Over the past few decades tornadoes have been shifting — decreasing in Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas but spinning up more in states...

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FILE – This Wednesday, April 19, 2017 file photo shows the beer cooler behind the counter in a convenience store in Sheridan, Ind. In future sweltering years with a double whammy of heat and drought, losses of barley yield can be as much as 17 percent, computer simulations show. And that means “beer prices would, on average, double,” even adjusting for inflation, said a study published in the journal Nature Plants on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) NY328 NY328

October 15, 2018 at 8:02 am

Global warming to leave us crying in our costlier beer

Increasing bouts of extreme heat waves and drought will hurt production of barley, a key beer ingredient, in the future.

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October 10, 2018 at 9:30 am

Fast, furious: How Michael grew into a 155 mph monster

WASHINGTON (AP) — Moist air, warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico, and ideal wind patterns supercharged Hurricane Michael in the hours before it smacked...