earth science

CONNECTED BY EARTH: NASA’s investment in space – both the unique Earth science conducted in orbit and the technology developed by living in space and ...

SMETHPORT — A free program on getting prepared for the Aug. 21 solar eclipse will be held at the Hamlin Memorial Library at 6:30 p.m. June 14. Bernie ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — December's wild El Nino pushed 2015 in the United States to near-record levels for heat, moisture and downright extreme conditions, ...

PARIS (AP) — The world is about to go on a carbon diet. It won't be easy — or cheap. Nearly 200 nations across the world on Saturday approved a first-...

PARIS (AP) — The cold hard numbers of science haven't spurred the world to curb runaway global warming. So as climate negotiators struggle in Paris, s...

PARIS (AP) — In climate math, the difference between 1.5 and 2 degrees is much greater than 0.5. Small nations say that for them, that half-degree cou...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is trying to negotiate a legacy-making climate change pact this coming week in Paris with one hand tied behin...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Pope Francis warned Thursday that it would be "catastrophic" for world leaders to let special interest groups get in the way of ...

San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf typically bustles this time of year as workers prepare to haul millions of pounds of Dungeness crab that are a tradi...

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Climate change could push more than 100 million people into extreme poverty by 2030 by disrupting agriculture and fueling the spread ...

PARIS (AP) — A survey across 40 countries around the world found most people see global warming as a serious problem, and most of them want their gove...

MOUNT BAKER, Wash. (AP) — Mauri Pelto digs his crampons into the steep icy slope on Mount Baker in Washington state and watches as streams of water ca...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The latest developments at the Vatican's meeting of mayors on fighting climate change and human trafficking. All times local. ___ ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — One city banned Styrofoam. Another has the highest percentage of "clean" cars in Europe. Still another has cut greenhouse gas emis...

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — The devastating heat wave that struck southern Pakistan last weekend is slowly subsiding but the toll was still climbing Thur...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — In a sweeping environmental manifesto aimed at spurring action, Pope Francis called Thursday for a bold cultural revolution to cor...