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A cross erected on Shell Beach as a memorial to the residents in St. Bernard Parish, La. who died after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 is visible before Hurricane Ida makes landfall in New Orleans, Aug. 28, 2021. Hurricanes in the U.S. over last few decades killed thousands more people than meteorologists traditionally calculate and a disproportionate number of those victims are poor, vulnerable and minorities, according to a new epidemiological study released Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton, File)

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New study finds far more hurricane-related deaths in US, especially among poor and vulnerable
By SETH BORENSTEIN - AP Science Writer
Wed,08/16/23-1:12PM , 235 Reads
Hurricanes in the U.S. the last few decades killed thousands more people than meteorologists traditionally calculate and a disproportionate number of those victims are poor, vulnerable and minorities, according to a new epidemiological study.
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A hiker walks past the Hole-in-the-Rock at Papago Park during sunrise July 17, 2023, in Phoenix. Scientists say by far the biggest cause of the recent extreme warming is human-caused climate change and a natural El Nino. But some say there’s got to be something more. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

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Scientists look beyond climate change and El Nino for other factors that heat up Earth
By SETH BORENSTEIN - AP Science Writer
Tue,08/08/23-11:10PM , 286 Reads
Scientists are wondering if global warming and El Nino have an accomplice in fueling this summer’s record-shattering heat.
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A man pours cold water onto his head to cool off on a sweltering hot day in the Mediterranean Sea in Beirut, Lebanon, July 16, 2023. European climate monitoring organization made it official: July 2023 was Earth's hottest month on record by a wide margin. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

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European scientists make it official. July was the hottest month on record by far
By SETH BORENSTEIN - AP Science Writer
Tue,08/08/23-3:01AM , 195 Reads
Now that last month's sizzling numbers are all in, the European climate monitoring organization made it official: July 2023 was Earth's hottest month on record by a wide margin.
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A person walks along a trail as the sun sets, Sunday, July 16, 2023, in Death Valley National Park, Calif. Human-caused global warming made July hotter for four out of five people on Earth, according to a new report issued Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023, by Climate Central. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

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Climate change made July hotter for 4 of 5 humans on Earth, scientists find
By SETH BORENSTEIN - AP Science Writer
Wed,08/02/23-5:10AM , 278 Reads
Human-caused global warming made July hotter for four out of five people on Earth, with more than 2 billion people feeling climate change-boosted warmth daily, according to a flash study.
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