EU invests in ocean monitoring as US cuts funding
By SAM McNEIL BRUSSELS (AP) — With underwater drones and ocean-focused satellites, the EU is expanding its monitoring network of Earth’s seas as climate change fuels heat waves and stronger…
2026 Election Results: Kim and Allen lead pack for California insurance commissioner
Democrats Jane Kim and Ben Allen, with more than three-quarters of the votes counted in the race for California insurance commissioner, jumped ahead in initial counts of the vote-by-mail ballots…
Think it’s hot now? The next five years will smash records, UN says
By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — In the next five years, the Earth is overwhelmingly likely to surge again and again past the international climate threshold set…
In Texas Senate race, Ken Paxton falsely claims James Talarico is a vegan
Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico ahead of the commencement at Paul Quinn College in Dallas, on Saturday, May 2, 2026. Shafkat Anowar/The Dallas Morning News After clinching the Republican Senate…
Parking lots get hot and are bad for storm runoff. These groups are testing other options
By AYA DIAB and ALEXA ST. JOHN At the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission headquarters in Virginia, staff knew their crumbling asphalt parking lot was in desperate need of repair.…
Amazon launched a California disaster relief hub. Then came the Eaton, Palisades fires
Talk about a baptism by fire. The Amazon Disaster Relief California Wildfire Hub, based in an Inland Empire warehouse, opened less than six months before the January 2025 Eaton and…
FACT FOCUS: Trump distorts recent revisions of scientific projections of global warming
By SETH BORENSTEIN WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump recently blasted the accuracy of global warming projections in a Truth Social post that itself painted a distorted view of the…
Pennsylvania starts tracking red meat allergy caused by tick bites as hundreds of cases appear in state
Listen to article • 0:00 minPennsylvania health officials want to stay ahead of an emerging tick-related disease that can cause a life-threatening reaction to red meat.A bite from a lone…
The possibility of a ‘super’ El Niño is starting to make coastal California nervous
Winter is months away, but the mere possibility that a major El Niño will whack places like San Diego late this year is stirring deep concern in the town square…
California, Nevada and Arizona announce temporary plan to save water from the Colorado River
By DORANY PINEDA LOS ANGELES (AP) — Absent a longer term deal on how to share a key but dwindling water source in the U.S. West, three states say they’ll…