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December 12, 2018

'Scary' warming at poles is worrying scientists

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists are seeing surprising melting in Earth's polar regions at times they don't expect, like winter, and in places they don't expect, like eastern Antarctica.

December 11, 2018

How rising temperatures suffocated 96 percent of sea life in Earth's biggest extinction

The end of the Permian period, around 252 million years ago, was a dire time for life on Earth.

December 4, 2018

‘Collapse of civilization’ predicted at UN climate summit

You're probably used to hearing Sir David Attenborough's sonorous, British voice describe the miracles of pufferfish courtship and blooming stink flowers in nature documentaries like "Planet Earth" and "Blue Planet."

December 3, 2018

Can Venus teach us to take climate change seriously?

If human-induced climate change continues unchecked , 10 percent of the U.S. economy could evaporate by 2100, a 1,656-page federal report the White House slipped out on Black Friday (Nov.

November 21, 2018

Half of the year's rain falls on Earth in just 12 days

It takes less than two weeks for half of the planet's annual precipitation to fall.

November 16, 2018

Error in major climate study revealed – warming NOT higher than expected

A major new climate study in the journal Nature got worldwide media coverage for finding that the oceans warmed dramatically faster than previously thought — but now the researchers have retracted that conclusion after a man in the United Kingdom blogged about flaws he discovered in the paper.

November 13, 2018

Climate change could damage men's ability to procreate, study says

A new study highlights the risks that heatwaves can alter species' population numbers over time, resulting in drastically lower sperm counts for insects and could impact other groups for years to come.

November 1, 2018

This coffin-shaped iceberg is headed to die

Nearly 20 years ago, the Ross Ice Shelf, the largest ice shelf in Antarctica at several hundred meters thick, saw a huge chunk break off, float out to sea and break up again into several large pieces. Now, one of these pieces has started to float out to warmer waters where it is expected to die, NASA says.

October 24, 2018

An entire Hawaiian island has vanished beneath the waves

An entire island has vanished under the waves in the wake of Hurricane Walaka. 

October 19, 2018

Scientist: Decline in forest insects is 'hyperalarming'

The insects are disappearing from an American rainforest—and scientists say the implications are frightening.