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Scientists say warming makes storms, like Harvey, wetter

WASHINGTON – By the time the rain stops, Harvey will have dumped about 1 million gallons of water for every man, woman and child in southeastern Texas – a soggy, record-breaking glimpse of t...

DATE: Aug 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

2016 weather report not normal

Extremes concern researchers

DATE: Aug 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. officially tells United Nations it wants out of Paris climate deal

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration on Friday officially told the United Nations that the U.S. intends to pull out of the 2015 Paris climate pact. But the State Department’s ann...

DATE: Aug 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Shhh. Hear the rustle of grass? Not so much now in U.S. parks

WASHINGTON – The call of the wild is getting harder to hear. Peaceful, natural sounds – bird songs, rushing rivers and rustling grass – are sometimes being drowned out by noise fr...

DATE: Jul 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

First half of 2017 ranks 2nd hottest globally, behind 2016

WASHINGTON – The first half of 2017 was the second warmest on record for Earth, only behind last year. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Tuesday Earth’...

DATE: Jul 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Weather forecasts improve, under the radar

WASHINGTON – Make fun of the weatherman if you want but modern forecasts have quietly, by degrees, become much better. Meteorologists are now as good with their five-day forecasts...

DATE: Jun 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Global warming may get Americans off the couch more

WASHINGTON – Global warming’s milder winters will likely nudge Americans off the couch more in the future, a rare, small benefit of climate change, a new study finds. With less ch...

DATE: Apr 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Health

Tastier tomatoes a few genetic tweaks away

Flavor has taken a back seat to size

DATE: Jan 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Study: Big tornado outbreaks spawn more twisters

WASHINGTON – The most extreme tornado outbreaks are mysteriously spawning many more twisters than they did decades ago, a new study claimed. The once-every-five-years-or-so outbre...

DATE: Dec 1, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Coldest place in the solar system? Right nearby

Astronomers: It's on the moon

DATE: Oct 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Student Aide