June sizzles to 13th straight monthly heat record. String may end soon, but dangerous...
Earth's more than year-long streak of record-shattering hot months kept on simmering through June, according to the European climate service Copernicus.There's hope that the...
More records expected to shatter as long-running blanket of heat threatens 130 million in...
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Roughly 130 million people were under threat Saturday and into next week from a long-running heat wave that already has...
Beryl set to strengthen on approach to Texas due to hot ocean temperatures
With its unprecedented tear through the ultrawarm waters of the southeast Caribbean, Beryl turned meteorologists’ worst fears of a souped-up hurricane season into grim...
Fossils show huge salamanderlike predator with sharp fangs existed before the dinosaurs
WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have revealed fossils of a giant salamanderlike beast with sharp fangs that ruled waters before the first dinosaurs arrived.The predator,...
Newborn white rhino Silverio takes his first giant steps in a Chilean zoo in...
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Hannah, a 13-year-old white rhinoceros, has delivered a newborn calf in a rare zoo birth for the almost endangered species.The...
Dan David Prize names 9 historians as winners of prestigious award
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Dan David Prize on Tuesday named nine historians as the 2024 winners of the prestigious award, with each...
Melting of Alaska’s Juneau icefield accelerates, losing snow nearly 5 times faster than in...
The melting of Alaska's Juneau icefield, home to more than 1,000 glaciers, is accelerating. The snow covered area is now shrinking 4.6 times faster...
UN weather agency says Tropical Cyclone Freddy that hit eastern Africa last year was...
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. weather agency said Tuesday that Tropical Cyclone Freddy, a deadly Indian Ocean storm that lashed eastern Africa last year,...
Biden proposes new rule to protect 36 million workers from extreme heat
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday proposed a new rule to address excessive heat in the workplace, warning — as tens of...
How the hot water that fueled Hurricane Beryl foretells a scary storm season
Hurricane Beryl's explosive growth into an unprecedented early whopper of a storm shows the literal hot water the Atlantic and Caribbean are in right...
