Scientists Take on Severe Storms to Study Hail, Costliest Weather Danger June 6, 2025 By Seth Borenstein, Carolyn Kaster and Brittany Peterson As severe storms once again soak, twist and pelt the nation’s midsection, a team of dozens of scientists is driving...
More Tornadoes, Fewer Meteorologists Make for a Dangerous Mix May 27, 2025 By Seth Borenstein As nasty tornadoes popped up from Kansas to Kentucky, a depleted National Weather Service was in scramble mode. The agency’s...
Get Ready for Another Busy Atlantic Hurricane Season May 22, 2025 By Seth Borenstein With warmer than normal ocean waters, forecasters are expecting yet another unusually busy hurricane season for the Atlantic. But they...
World’s Biggest Companies Have Caused $28 Trillion in Climate Damage: Study April 25, 2025 By Seth Borenstein The world’s biggest corporations have caused $28 trillion in climate damage, a new study estimates as part of an effort...
Experts: Weather Forecasts Will Worsen as DOGE Cuts Mean Fewer Balloon Launches March 25, 2025 By Seth Borenstein With massive job cuts, the National Weather Service is eliminating or reducing vital weather balloon launches in eight northern locations,...
Firings at NOAA Risk Lives and Economy, Former Agency Heads Warn March 4, 2025 By Seth Borenstein The federal weather and oceans agency touches people’s daily lives in unnoticed ways, so massive firings there will likely cause...
Computer Simulations Suggest Atlantic Current Shutdown Less Likely This Century March 3, 2025 By Seth Borenstein The nightmare scenario of Atlantic Ocean currents collapsing, with weather running amok and putting Europe in a deep freeze, looks...
Hurricanes Like Helene Keep Killing for Years After They Strike October 8, 2024 By Seth Borenstein Hurricanes in the United States end up hundreds of times deadlier than the government calculates, contributing to more American deaths...
What Policies Have Worked to Fight Climate Change? Answer: When the Polluter Pays. August 27, 2024 By Seth Borenstein To figure out what really works when nations try to fight climate change, researchers looked at 1,500 ways countries have...
Hurricanes Get the Headlines But Inland Flooding Tops the Disaster List July 25, 2024 By Seth Borenstein Floyd County keeps flooding and the federal government keeps coming to the rescue. In July 2022, at least 40 people...