Global warming forced scientists to change the way they look at El Niño

The Pacific Ocean is warming so quickly that scientists had to find a new method for detecting and predicting El Niño and La Niña events.

Scientific studies calculate climate change as health danger, while Trump calls it a ‘scam’

The Trump administration has revoked a scientific finding that climate change is a danger to public health, an idea that ...
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China to ban hidden car door handles made popular by Tesla in world first

China is banning hidden door handles on all cars sold in the country, becoming the first country in the world to target the feature – which was popularized by Tesla but has for years drawn concern ...
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Venezuelan oil is key to Trump’s Russia plan. There’s a problem with that

America dramatically lowers tariffs on Indian goods. India stops buying Russian oil in favor of Venezuelan and American crude. Russia will be deprived of a core customer and source of funding for the ...
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Trump claims blue states have less-reliable, more expensive electricity. Here’s the reality

Electricity costs are climbing nearly everywhere in the United States. But, in recent months, the Trump administration has framed the problem as one impacting only blue states. While several blue ...
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Trump’s attempts to kill offshore wind aren’t working

A federal judge on Monday dealt a fifth blow to the Trump administration’s attempts to kill the offshore wind farms under construction up and down the east coast. In December, Trump suspended all five ...
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What did the groundhog see? Punxsutawney Phil’s winter prediction is in

Punxsutawney Phil, the groundhog weather icon, saw his shadow when he was plucked from his warm burrow and thrust out into the frigid air Monday morning. According to Phil, that means six more weeks ...
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Trump slashes tariffs on India after he says Modi agrees to stop buying Russian oil

President Donald Trump on Monday announced he would reduce tariffs on Indian goods in exchange for, among other things, a promise to stop buying Russian oil. That will be a tall task: India has been ...
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February 1, 2026 — Bomb cyclone drops historic amounts of snow on Southeast as snowflakes fly in Florida freeze

The record-breaking snowstorm in North Carolina caused more than 1,000 collisions, which included two fatalities and a traffic jam involving more than 100 vehicles, North Carolina Governor Josh Stein ...
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New research shows surprising trend in Norway’s polar bears

Hudson River used to be one of the most polluted rivers in the world. This activist swam its entire length ...
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Australia’s hottest towns hit 120F in a grueling heat wave: ‘It’s just damn hot’

Scientists at the World Weather Attribution found the intense heat wave that hit southeastern Australia in early January was made five times more likely to occur because of the human-caused climate ...
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Polar bears in Norway’s Arctic are getting fatter and healthier, despite melting sea ice

As the sea ice melts due to climate change, the trend of polar bears getting thinner and having fewer cubs has been well documented in areas such as Baffin Bay, a stretch of ocean between Greenland ...