Why one region of the US will survive climate change better than any other,...
A safe haven sounds like a good idea right about now.Somewhere that's warm but not too warm, free from hurricanes and flood-causing downpours, and close to a body of water yet far enough to avoid the...
View ArticleClimate change is preventing marathon runners from breaking time records
Running fans hoped to see history made in Berlin on Sunday, when Eliud Kipchoge, widely regarded as the world’s top marathoner, set out to break a world record. But the Kenyan, who took gold in the...
View ArticlePower is still down for the vast majority of Puerto Rico — and food and water...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello reported progress in getting fuel supplies to the island's 3.4 million inhabitants on Monday as they faced a 13th day largely...
View ArticleAn earthquake expert says there’s one neighborhood in San Francisco where...
There's a 76% chance that the Bay Area will experience a more severe earthquake than 1989's Loma Prieta temblor in the next three decades."It could happen tomorrow or in 30 years,"Mary Comerio, an...
View ArticleAn expedition to the lost continent of Zealandia is revealing new details...
A team of 32 scientists from 12 countries returned last week from a nine-week voyage to study the once-lost continent of Zealandia in the South Pacific.This mostly submerged or hidden continent is an...
View ArticleThe best US cities to live in to escape the worst effects of climate change
The world is changing fast. Farmable land is shrinking, storms are strengthening, and temperatures are rising. Across the US, cities aren't all equally equipped to handle these threats."Climate change...
View ArticleNate becomes a Category 1 hurricane as it heads for the Gulf Coast
Nate strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane on Friday night, according to the National Hurricane Center.The storm has killed at least 22 people in Central America.Hurricane warnings are in effect in...
View ArticleVintage photos taken by the EPA reveal what America looked like before...
The Trump administration plans to try to repeal the Clean Power Plan, the Obama administration's main initiative to fight climate change by lowering emissions, according to news reports.At the same...
View ArticleWhy people around the world fear climate change way more than Americans do
When asked about major threats to their country, Europeans are more likely than Americans to cite global climate change, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey.Just 56 percent of Americans...
View ArticleEPA chief Pruitt is killing the centerpiece of Obama's climate-change arsenal
President Donald Trump's administration plans to kill the centerpiece of President Barack Obama's climate-change action.The Environmental Protection Agency administrator, Scott Pruitt, on Monday said...
View ArticlePhotos show Hurricane Nate's destruction in the Gulf Coast and Central America
Hurricane Nate flooded the Gulf Coast as it made landfall in the US over the weekend.The center of the storm first hit land at the mouth of the Mississippi River, then again near Biloxi,...
View ArticleAt least 10 dead as fires burn in California wine country
SANTA ROSA, California — Wildfires whipped by powerful winds swept through California wine country Monday, killing at least 10 people, destroying 1,500 homes and businesses, and sending thousands...
View ArticleWatch California's wine-country wildfires spread in these incredible new...
It's peak wildfire season in California, where more than a dozen blazes ignited on Sunday.Officials have yet to determine the origin of these fires, most of which are in Northern California. But dry,...
View ArticleApple made 2 simple changes to iPhone packaging that drastically cut the...
Subtle changes in recent Apple packaging has significantly reduced the amount of plastic that ends up in the trash — and most iPhone buyers probably didn't even notice. Apple was able to redesign...
View ArticleApocalyptic before-and-after photos show how wildfires are destroying parts...
Since late Sunday, a series of wildfires has torched more than 115,000 acres in Northern California. The situation is being called one of the worst firestorms in state history.On Tuesday, a clearer...
View ArticleSan Francisco is overdue for a big earthquake — here are the most vulnerable...
Most of San Francisco rests on trash.It was added during the latter half of the 19th century, when zealous settlers loaded the bay with landfill as a way to widen the peninsula. When shaken by an...
View ArticleHurricane Ophelia is headed toward Europe
Hurricane Ophelia is the latest weather system to whip up winds and rain in the Atlantic. But the storm is heading east toward the northwest coast of Spain instead of crossing the Atlantic toward the...
View ArticleA mysterious hole nearly the size of South Carolina has opened in...
A massive hole called a polynya recently appeared in Antarctica's frozen sea ice.The hole is unusual because it's huge and far from the coast where such open water patches more frequently...
View ArticleNew satellite photos reveal the California wildfire's shocking damage from space
More than a dozen wildfires ignited on Sunday in Northern California, a region at its driest this time of year.Flames have consumed more than 170,000 acres of land, killed at least 23 people, destroyed...
View ArticleA deadly supervolcano lies under Yellowstone — and an eruption would emit...
Yellowstone National Park may be best known for its Old Faithful geyser and its stunning wildlife, but the national park also sits atop a supervolcano that simmers just under the surface.You can see...
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