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A drop of water falls off an iceberg melting in the Nuup Kangerlua Fjord near Nuuk in southwestern Greenland, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. Earth’s poles are undergoing simultaneous freakish extreme heat with parts of Antarctica more than 70 degrees (40 degrees Celsius) warmer than average and areas of the Arctic more than 50 degrees (30 degrees Celsius) warmer than average. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

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Hot poles: Antarctica, Arctic 70 and 50 degrees above normal
By SETH BORENSTEIN - AP Science Writer
Fri,03/18/22-8:26PM , 542 Reads
Earth’s poles are undergoing simultaneous freakish extreme heat with parts of Antarctica more than 70 degrees (40 degrees Celsius) warmer than average and areas of the Arctic more than 50 degrees (30 degrees Celsius) warmer than average.
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A pier and dock sits above Lake Tahoe's receding shoreline Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021 at Tahoe City, Calif. There’s no relief in sight for the West’s record-shattering megadrought, which will likely only deepen this spring, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said in its seasonal outlook Thursday, March 17, 2022. But central and eastern states should be mostly spared from significant flooding. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner, File)

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Hot spring forecast: Drought deepens in West, flooding ebbs
By SETH BORENSTEIN - AP Science Writer
Thu,03/17/22-5:00PM , 450 Reads
There’s no relief in sight for the West’s record-shattering megadrought, which will likely only deepen this spring, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said in its seasonal outlook Thursday. But central and eastern states should be mostly spared from significant flooding.
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Floodwaters surround a bur oak tree southwest of Columbia, Mo., on Wednesday, June 5, 2019. A study published Tuesday, March 15, 2022, in the journal Nature Communications details how warmer temperatures and extra carbon dioxide in the air will make pollen season even more of a bother than it is now. (Kate Seaman/Missourian via AP, File)

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The Big Sneeze: Climate change to make pollen season nastier
By SETH BORENSTEIN - AP Science Writer
Tue,03/15/22-11:06AM , 576 Reads
Climate change has already made allergy season longer and pollen counts higher, but you ain’t sneezed nothing yet.
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A man walks past a shelter covering the exploded reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, in Chernobyl, Ukraine, Thursday, April 15, 2021. When fighting from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine resulted in power cuts to the critical cooling system at the closed Chernobyl nuclear power plant, some feared that spent nuclear fuel would overheat. But nuclear experts say there’s no imminent danger because time and physics are on safety's side. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

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EXPLAINER: What's behind latest scare at Chernobyl plant?
By SETH BORENSTEIN - AP Science Writer
Wed,03/09/22-2:35PM , 528 Reads
When fighting from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine resulted in power cuts to the critical cooling system at the closed Chernobyl nuclear power plant, some feared that spent nuclear fuel would overheat. But nuclear experts say there’s no imminent danger because time and physics are on safety's side.
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