12 Extreme Weather Events of the Summer of 2016 September 23, 2016 By Seth Borenstein The summer of 2016 has lurched from one extreme weather disaster to another at great cost in lives and damages....
Researchers Link Global Warming to Rise in Waterborne Illnesses August 10, 2016 By Seth Borenstein Rising global temperatures are clearly linked to increasing waterborne food poisoning, particularly from eating raw oysters, along with other nasty...
Meteorologists Pioneer Method of Predicting Tornadoes Weeks in Advance March 21, 2016 By Seth Borenstein Researchers say they’ve come up with a way to predict the likelihood of tornadoes two or three weeks in advance...
Meteorologists Can Predict Tornadoes Weeks in Advance March 7, 2016 By Seth Borenstein Researchers say they’ve come up with a way to predict the likelihood of tornadoes two or three weeks in advance...
Snowy East Coast Digs Out After Massive Weekend Blizzard January 25, 2016 By Jennifer Peltz and Seth Borenstein Millions of Americans started digging themselves out Sunday after a mammoth blizzard with hurricane-force winds and record-setting snowfall brought much...
Oklahoma Officials Avoid Tough Measures Despite More, Stronger Quakes January 20, 2016 By Kelly P. Kissel, Sean Murphy and Seth Borenstein In Oklahoma, now the country’s earthquake capital, people are talking nervously about the big one as man-made quakes get stronger,...
Texas Earthquake Swarm Linked to Drilling, Wastewater Injection April 22, 2015 By Seth Borenstein With real-time monitors, scientists have linked a swarm of small earthquakes west of Fort Worth, Texas, to nearby natural gas...
Solar Storm Jolts Earth; No Damage Reported March 19, 2015 By Seth Borenstein A severe solar storm smacked Earth with a surprisingly big geomagnetic jolt Tuesday, potentially affecting power grids and GPS tracking...
NOAA Says Don’t Expect a Sequel of Last Winter’s Polar Vortex November 3, 2014 By Seth Borenstein If you thought last winter was a horror show, with cold blasts from the polar vortex and a lack of...
2 Explosions Trigger Debate Over Future of Private Space Business November 2, 2014 By Seth Borenstein Fiery failures are no stranger to the space game. It’s what happens when you push the boundaries of what technology...