US just sloshed through the wettest winter on record
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal meteorologists say this winter was America’s wettest on record. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says that from December to February,...
School lessons targeted by climate change doubters
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut lawmaker wants to strike climate change from state science standards. A Virginia legislator worries teachers are indoctrinating students with...
Chimps varied ‘culture’ matters for conservation, study says
WASHINGTON (AP) — Some chimpanzee groups are stone-throwers. Some use rocks to crack open tree nuts to eat. Others use sticks to fish for algae....
Scientists discover different kind of killer whale off Chile
WASHINGTON (AP) — For decades, there were tales from fishermen and tourists, even lots of photos, of a mysterious killer whale that just didn’t look...
Young Seychelles researcher offered surprise, historic dive
ALPHONSE ATOLL, Seychelles (AP) — A young scientist from the Seychelles on Friday became the first known Seychellois to explore deep below scuba depth in...
Young humpback whale freed from fishing gear off Hawaii
HONOLULU (AP) — A number of private boats helped a team of federal responders free a young humpback whale from heavy gauge fishing gear off...
Scientists revise magnitude of recent Alaska earthquake
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Seismologists announced Friday the magnitude of Alaska’s powerful Nov. 30 earthquake has been revised to 7.1 from the earlier magnitude 7.0....
Rain brings 2nd California super bloom in 2 years
BORREGO SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — It started with the desert lilies in December. Since then a wave of wildflower blooms has been crescendoing across Southern...
US regulators clear path for genetically modified salmon
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. regulators on Friday gave the green light to salmon genetically modified to grow about twice as fast as normal, but...
Explorers to send 1st live video broadcast from ocean depths
ALPHONSE ATOLL, Seychelles (AP) — Explorers are set to deliver the first live video broadcast from deep below an ocean’s surface. Early next week, a...
SpaceX crew capsule ends test flight with ocean splashdown
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX’s swanky new crew capsule returned from the International Space Station to an old-fashioned splashdown in the Atlantic on Friday,...
Arizona facility temporarily closing after 4th dolphin death
PHOENIX (AP) — After the death of a fourth dolphin, a Phoenix-area aquatic facility announced Tuesday that it will temporarily close for a reevaluation by...
Lava, gas flowing out Indonesia volcano sends people fleeing
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An eruption of one of Indonesia’s most active volcanoes sent lava and searing gas clouds out the crater and made villagers...
Belgian climate minister resigns after protest march scandal
BRUSSELS (AP) — A Belgian environment minister resigned Tuesday after claiming she had confirmation from state security services that massive climate demonstrations in recent weeks...
Third of Himalayan glaciers can no longer be saved: study
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — One-third of Himalayan glaciers will melt by the end of the century due to climate change, threatening water sources for 1.9...
UK-built Mars rover named after scientist Rosalind Franklin
LONDON (AP) — The British-built Mars rover that is scheduled to be launched in 2020 has been named after scientist Rosalind Franklin. The ExoMars mission...
Our Milky Way galaxy is truly warped, at least around edges
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — It turns out our Milky Way galaxy is truly warped, at least around the far edges. Scientists in China and...
The Latest: Belgian students march in climate protests
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Latest on student climate protests (all times local): 3:20 p.m. More than 10,000 teenagers in Belgium have skipped school...
Dutch students march for better climate policies
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Thousands of students skipped classes Thursday and marched past the Dutch parliament, calling for more ambitious climate policies in the...
Tiny satellites fall silent after proving new tech at Mars
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Two tiny satellites have fallen silent hundreds of millions of miles away, after proving new technology at Mars. The twin...
2018 was 4th warmest, but next 5 years could break records
WASHINGTON (AP) — While 2018 was the fourth-warmest year on record, British meteorologists are predicting the next five years will be much hotter, maybe even...
NASA, SpaceX aim for March test of 1st new astronaut capsule
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA and SpaceX are now aiming for a March debut of the first capsule from a private company designed to...
China says it exchanged data with NASA on far side landing
BEIJING (AP) — China exchanged data with NASA on its recent mission to land a Chinese spacecraft on the far side of the moon, the...
DNA of wolf declared extinct in wild lives on in Texas pack
DALLAS (AP) — Researchers say a pack of wild canines found frolicking near the beaches of the Texas Gulf Coast carries a substantial amount of...
CERN lays out vision for next-generation particle collider
GENEVA (AP) — Scientists behind the world’s largest atom smasher have laid out their multibillion-euro vision to build an even bigger one, in hopes of...
Iran satellite fails to reach orbit in US-criticized launch
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian satellite-carrying rocket blasted off into space Tuesday, but scientists failed to put the device into orbit in a launch...
Antarctica is losing ice 6 times faster today than in 1980s
WASHINGTON (AP) — Antarctica is melting more than six times faster than it did in the 1980s, a new study shows. Scientists used aerial photographs,...
Australian state to pump oxygen into rivers as fish die
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian state government on Tuesday announced plans to mechanically pump oxygen into lakes and rivers after hundreds of thousands of...
Lights, camera, action! Tumbling space snowman in film debut
WASHINGTON (AP) — The tumbling space snowman is making its out-of-this-world film premiere. Scientists from NASA’s New Horizons mission on Tuesday released the first stitched...
Northridge quake thrashed Los Angeles 25 years ago this week
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Twenty-five years ago this week, a violent, pre-dawn earthquake shook Los Angeles from its sleep, and sunrise revealed widespread devastation, with...
German official says neighbors closely watching coal debate
BERLIN (AP) — A senior German official says neighboring countries are closely watching Germany’s political debate on phasing out the use of coal. Brandenburg governor...
Teach kids about climate change? This state might require it
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A legislative proposal in Connecticut would mandate instruction on climate change in public schools statewide, beginning in elementary school. Connecticut already...
World’s permafrost gets warmer; Siberia rises the most
BERLIN (AP) — Scientists say the world’s permafrost is getting warmer, with temperatures increasing by an average of 0.3 degrees Celsius (0.54 Fahrenheit) over a...
Need some milk? Driverless cars start delivering groceries
The nation’s largest grocery chain stepped into the driverless delivery market Tuesday, bringing milk, eggs and other items to a customer’s home in a vehicle...
German gets 6 years for running darknet site used to buy gun
BERLIN (AP) — A court in Germany has sentenced a 31-year-old man to six years imprisonment for running a web forum where illegal goods were...
Social media and misinformation: It’s a game of whack-a-mole
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s a high-stakes game of whack-a-mole with no end in sight. Social media companies are fighting an expensive and increasingly complex...
Germany tightens checks on foreign investment plans
BERLIN (AP) — Germany tightened the rules Wednesday on foreign investments in some sectors, including the media, lowering the threshold at which it can consider...
Uber loses UK case on worker rights, expected to appeal
LONDON (AP) — Uber pledged Wednesday to challenge a U.K. Court of Appeal decision that drivers should be classed as workers rather than self-employed employees,...
Facebook purges more Myanmar accounts for misrepresentation
BANGKOK (AP) — Facebook has announced its third and biggest purge of military-linked accounts in Myanmar, where critics have charged that the social network did...
Consumer groups allege Google misleads kids in FTC complaint
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nearly two dozen consumer, privacy and public health groups are urging U.S. regulators to investigate whether children are being endangered by...
Elon Musk’s new tunnel ‘a little rough around the edges’
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Elon Musk unveiled his underground transportation tunnel on Tuesday, allowing reporters and invited guests to take some of the first rides...
US cybersecurity firm: Hackers stole EU diplomatic cables
LONDON (AP) — Hackers have spent years eavesdropping on the diplomatic communications of European Union officials, a U.S. cybersecurity firm said Wednesday, an operation disrupted...
DC sues Facebook over Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal
WASHINGTON (AP) — The District of Columbia sued Facebook on Wednesday for allowing data-mining firm Cambridge Analytica to improperly access data from as many as...
Report: Facebook shared private messages with partners
Facebook gave some companies more extensive access to users’ personal data than it has previously revealed, letting them read private messages or see the names...
UN climate talks inch forward, appear headed for overtime
KATOWICE, Poland (AP) — Agreement on the fine print of the Paris climate accord drew closer Thursday, three years after countries sealed the landmark deal...
States cite climate worries in push to stop US coal sales
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Four states that say burning coal will hurt their residents as it makes climate change worse are trying to stop the...
Weather agency chief: I’ve never briefed Trump on warming
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the government agency that monitors climate change says that in nearly two years he has never discussed the issue...
Congress OKs bill to allow killing sea lions to help salmon
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Congress has agreed to make it easier to kill sea lions threatening fragile runs of salmon in the Northwest. Oregon Public...
Former nicotine research monkeys now at primate sanctuary
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — More than two dozen monkeys that were test subjects in nicotine addiction research denounced by British primatologist Jane Goodall have been...
The Latest: Climate delegate: ‘What’s the point?’ of talks
KATOWICE, Poland (AP) — The Latest on the U.N. climate talks in Poland and other climate news (all times local): 8:45 p.m. The head of...