October 21, 2015 Antarctic ozone hole hits 2013 peak size The Antarctic ozone hole reached its biggest extent for the year on Sept.
October 21, 2015 Leaked draft of climate report struggles with drop in warming An unreleased draft of the U.N.’s next major climate report claims the world’s scientists are more certain than ever that man’s actions are warming the planet -- even as the report struggles to explain a slow-down in warming that climate skeptics have seized upon.
October 21, 2015 CIA wants to control the weather, climate change The CIA is funding a study examining various ways mankind can geo-engineer the planet -- blocking or limiting the sunlight that reaches the Earth, stripping carbon dioxide from the skies, seeding the clouds and so on.
October 20, 2015 Oregon stalagmite tells 13,000-year-long story Scientists have found a stalagmite in an Oregon cave that tells the story of thousands of winters in the Pacific Northwest.
October 20, 2015 Scientists cool buildings by beaming heat into space Ready to give expensive air conditioning bills the cold shoulder? Researchers at Stanford have found a way to keep buildings cool using a new super-thin material that can beam indoor heat into space.
October 20, 2015 Tim Cook, John Kerry, make climate rallying call A day after almost 400,000 people took to the streets of Manhattan on the People’s Climate March, Secretary of State John Kerry and Apple CEO Tim Cook helped kick off Climate Week NYC.
October 20, 2015 NASA keeping close eye on Arctic climate A speedy trip across Alaska's vast, roadless tundra and tall mountains requires travel by air.
October 20, 2015 Hundreds of methane plumes erupting along East Coast In an unexpected discovery, hundreds of gas plumes bubbling up from the seafloor were spotted during a sweeping survey of the U.S.
October 20, 2015 World must act quickly to reverse buildup of heat-trapping gases, UN climate change panel says The cost of keeping global warming in check is "relatively modest," but only if the world acts quickly to reverse the buildup of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere, the head of the U.N.'s expert panel on climate change said Sunday.
October 20, 2015 Major US winter storm spotted from space The West and Midwest have gotten a harsh blast of winter thanks to a powerful storm that blanketed a large swath of the country.