Seth Borenstein

Endangered Species Act at work in protecting butterflies at Fort Bragg鈥檚 artillery range

November 19, 2019 at 6:00 a.m.

In the unlikely setting of the world鈥檚 most populated military installation, amid all the regimented chaos, you鈥檒l find the Endangered Species Act at work.

U.S. tells UN it is pulling out of Paris climate deal

November 4, 2019 at 4:48 p.m.

The United States has told the United Nations it has begun the process of pulling out of the landmark 2015 Paris climate agreement.

“We鈥檙e all in big trouble”: Climate panel sees a dire future

September 25, 2019 at 1:34 p.m.

Earth is in more hot water than ever before, and so are we, an expert United Nations climate panel warned in a grim new report Wednesday.

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan addresses ...

“You are failing us”: Plans, frustration at United Nations climate talks

September 23, 2019 at 5:14 p.m.

Scolded for doing little, leader after leader promised the United Nations on Monday to do more to prevent a warming world from reaching even more dangerous levels.

Where have the wild birds gone? 3 billion fewer than 1970

September 20, 2019 at 6:00 a.m.

North America's skies are lonelier and quieter as nearly 3 billion fewer wild birds soar in the air than in 1970, a comprehensive study shows.

National Weather Service Director Louis Uccellini ...

NOAA scientist: Agency likely broke science integrity rules

September 9, 2019 at 3:43 p.m.

The acting chief scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said his agency likely violated its scientific integrity rules last week when it publicly chastised a weather office that...

Earth鈥檚 future is being written in fast-melting Greenland

August 21, 2019 at 6:00 a.m.

Experts say that by the year 2100, melting from Greenland alone could cause 3 or 4 feet of sea level rise

Chris Kraft dies: 1st flight director for NASA was 95

July 22, 2019 at 6:54 p.m.

Behind America's late leap into orbit and triumphant small step on the moon was the agile mind and guts-of-steel of Chris Kraft, making split-second decisions that propelled the nation to...

Trump administration fact check: Environment, VA, Russia and jobs

July 13, 2019 at 10:54 a.m.

President Donald Trump and his aides this past week celebrated an environmental legacy that is not theirs to claim.

FILE – In this Monday, Feb. 6, 2017 file photo, pedestrians cross a rainy street in downtown Los Angeles. According to a study released in April 2019 in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, even light rain significantly increases the risk of a fatal car crash. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Even light rain increases your risk of a deadly car crash, new study finds

April 23, 2019 at 8:10 p.m.

Even light rain significantly increases your risk of a fatal car crash, a new study finds.

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