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NEW ORLEANS — The oceanic conditions that churn up the very strongest of hurricanes and typhoons are heating up in the North Atlantic and Western Pacific, fueled by warm water that extends well below ...

After two unusually large permafrost collapses in Canada’s Northwest Territories in 2017 and 2018 that left scars up to 2 ...

A new study projects that intense rainfall events lasting less than an hour in tropical cities will hit two to three times more often and deliver up to 17% more water by 2100 under 4.5 degrees Celsius ...

WASHINGTON — Summer storms are generally more frequent, intense and concentrated over cities than over rural areas, according to new, detailed observations of eight cities and their surroundings. The ...

WASHINGTON — Normally, America’s smokiest cities lie out west. But Canada’s unusually intense 2023 wildfire season smothered American cities in smoke farther east than is usual, according to new ...

Penguin poop is fertilizing snow algae blooms along the Antarctic Peninsula, feeding dense green algae patches along the coastline, according to a new study in Journal of Geophysical Research: ...

Up to now, most analyses of global warming have indicated a fairly steady rise in the average global temperature of about 0.2 degrees Celsius per decade since the 1970s. Recently, however, scientists ...

WASHINGTON, May 28, 2020 — AGU, an international nonprofit association that advances Earth and space sciences, announces Randy Fiser will be its next CEO and executive director, effective August 17, ...

WASHINGTON — Widespread 20 th-century reforestation in the eastern United States helped counter rising temperatures due to climate change, according to new research. The authors highlight the ...

Oases gained 85,000 square miles, mostly from artificial expansion projects Oases lost 52,000 square miles from desertification and water scarcity Oases gained a net area of about 33,400 square miles, ...

WASHINGTON — Throughout the Arctic, fallen trees make their way from forests to the ocean by way of rivers. Those logs can stack up as the river twists and turns, resulting in long-term carbon storage ...