Jury to decide on climate scientist Michael Mann’s defamation suit over comparison to molester

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WASHINGTON (AP) — It's been 12 years since a pair of conservative writers compared a prominent climate scientist to a convicted child molester for...

Saturn’s Death Star-looking moon may have vast underground ocean

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have found the best evidence yet of a vast, young ocean beneath the icy exterior of Saturn’s Death...

A pod of killer whales trapped in drift ice off northern Japan has apparently...

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TOKYO (AP) — A pod of killer whales that was trapped in drift ice off Japan's northern main island of Hokkaido, prompting concern from...

CLIMATE GLIMPSE: Fires in Chile, California rains and Spain drought spread pain of weather...

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Camila Lange, who is 7-months-pregnant, on Monday sat with her husband and dog in what used to be their home in Vina del Mar,...

Dial it up to Category 6? As warming stokes storms, some want a bigger...

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A handful of super powerful tropical storms in the last decade and the prospect of more to come has a couple of experts proposing...

How climate change contributes to wildfires like Chile’s

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At least 112 people have been killed by wildfires in central Chile, leading its president to declare two days of national mourning. The devastation...

Scientists move forward with plans for giant new atom-smasher to begin operating by 2040

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GENEVA (AP) — Scientists at the world's largest atom smasher expressed confidence Monday about moving forward with a multibillion-euro project to build a larger...

Ocean sponges suggest Earth has warmed longer, more than thought; some scientists dubious

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A handful of centuries-old sponges from deep in the Caribbean are causing some scientists to think human-caused climate change began sooner and has heated...

A Russian cosmonaut sets a new record for the most time in space

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Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko has broken the world record for the most cumulative time spent in space, Russia’s space agency Roscosmos reported Sunday.The 59-year-old...

Residents ask for a full examination of damage to a Japanese nuclear plant caused...

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TOKYO (AP) — A group of residents of towns near Japanese nuclear plants submitted a petition on Friday asking regulators to halt safety screening...