Seth Borenstein
Reporter for The Associated Press
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Warming causes more extreme rain, not snow, over mountains. And that’s a problem
A warming world is transforming some major snowfalls into extreme rain over mountains instead, somehow worsening both dangerous flooding like the type that devastated Pakistan last year as well as long-term water shortages, a new study found.
Climate change, pesticides and disease wreak havoc on U.S. honeybees. Here's how beekeepers are coping
Honeybees are crucial to the food supply, pollinating more than 100 of the crops we eat, including nuts, vegetables, berries, citrus and melons
UN forecasts odds of hitting key heat limit soon, at least for a short time
There’s a two-out-of-three chance within the next five years that the world will temporarily reach the internationally accepted global temperature threshold for limiting the worst effects of climate change, a new World Meteorological Organization report forecasts.
UN's weather agency sums up 2022: nasty, deadly, costly and hot
The World Meteorological Organization said last year really was as bad as it seemed when people were muddling through it. And about as bad as it gets — until more warming kicks in.
As the planet warms, more ‘flash droughts’ suck soil and plants dry
Climate change is making droughts faster and more furious, especially a specific fast-developing heat-driven kind that catches farmers by surprise, a new study found.
The U.S. leads the world in weather catastrophes. Here's why
The United States is Earth's punching bag for nasty weather.
Killer tornadoes, supercells likely to hit southern U.S. more often
America will probably get more killer tornado- and hail-spawning supercells as the world warms, according to a new study that also warns the lethal storms will edge eastward to strike more frequently in the more populous Southern states, like Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee.
This year's climate report warns world on 'thin ice'
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report says the world has a chance but only if we quite oil, gas and coal
UN science report to give world a stark climate warning
A major new United Nations report being released on Monday is expected to provide a sobering reminder that time is running out if humanity wants to avoid passing a dangerous global warming threshold.
World likely to hit key warming threshold in 10 to 12 years. That’s what new AI modelling sees
The study in Monday’s journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reignites a debate on whether it's still possible to limit global warming to 1.5 C, as called for in the 2015 Paris climate agreement, to minimize the most damaging effects of climate change.