Climate change taking toll on ocean life
Study shows global warming hurting major hot spots for fish species
DATE: Feb 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Science
SETH BORENSTEIN
Position: Staff reporter
50,000-year-old microbes found in crystals in cave
BOSTON – In a Mexican cave system so beautiful and hot that it is called both Fairyland and hell, scientists have discovered life trapped in crystals that could be 50,000 years old. ...
DATE: Feb 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Science
Weak La Niña fades away after just four months
WASHINGTON – La Niña, we hardly knew ye.
U.S. weather forecasters said Thursday the cool flip side to the climate phenomenon El Niño has faded away.
The La Niña episode...
DATE: Feb 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Science
Primates may be facing extinction
WASHINGTON – Gorillas, monkeys, lemurs and other primates are in danger of becoming extinct, and scientists say it’s our fault that our closest living relatives are in trouble, a new interna...
DATE: Jan 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Science
‘Fairy circles’ may not be so magical
Theory suggests termites, plant life may create intricate patterns
DATE: Jan 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Science
Climate change will bring mild surprise
Global warming will steal 10 picture-perfect days each year, study finds
DATE: Jan 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Science
Rising temps raising cost of U.S. disasters
WASHINGTON – With steamy nights, sticky days and torrential downpours, last year went down as one of the warmest and wildest weather years on record in the United States.
The Nati...
DATE: Jan 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Arctic sea ice continues retreat
WASHINGTON – Though this is when the Arctic is supposed to be refreezing, scientists say sea ice there hit record low levels for November. In the crucial Barents Sea, the amount of floating ...
DATE: Dec 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Science
Warming to open tap for downpours
Study says extreme storms will happen more frequently
DATE: Dec 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Science
The heat is on to keep setting new records
WASHINGTON – The United States is already setting twice as many daily heat records as cold records, but a new study predicts that will get a lot more lopsided as man-made climate change wors...
DATE: Nov 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Study shows growing threat to sea ice
New report links emissions to thawing in Arctic region
DATE: Nov 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Science
Coldest place in the solar system? Right nearby
Astronomers: It's on the moon
DATE: Oct 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Student Aide
