Scientists are analyzing the disaster for clues about the potential strength and location of future West Coast quakes.The scientists studying the powerful earthquakes that devastated parts of Turkey and Syria this month may bring new insights to a seismic zone that…
Climate change didn’t make the dry spell more likely, researchers found, though extreme heat probably made it hurt more.Lack of rainfall that caused severe drought in Argentina and Uruguay last year was not made more likely by climate change, scientists said…
Deploying an underwater robot beneath a rapidly melting ice shelf in Antarctica, scientists have uncovered new clues about how it is melting. The findings will help assess the threat it and other ice shelves pose for long-term sea-level rise.The researchers said…
Rogue emissions from China of ozone-depleting chemicals had threatened to delay recovery by a decade. But the emissions were stopped, according to a U.N.-backed report.The protective ozone layer in the upper atmosphere could be restored within several decades, scientists said Monday,…
The storm pummeling large swaths of the United States and Canada is what forecasters call a “bomb cyclone.” While this kind of storm is not exceedingly rare, this one is very strong, with high winds that are bringing heavy snow or…
The polar vortex is descending on the midsection of the United States, bringing bitterly cold Arctic air and causing temperatures to plunge rapidly in many areas. The deep freeze will be accompanied by a major snowstorm that is expected to cause…