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Where the weather is saving homeowners lots of money

Fabian Jimenez walks his dogs atop Tank Hill in San Francisco, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. California officials are bracing for the potential of another drought amid a record-breaking warm and dry February. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) A historically warm meteorological winter combined with generally cheaper costs for natural gas and heating oil have led to substantial home heating savings for United...

Could a big storm end snow drought in the Northeast this winter?

Meteorologists are closely monitoring two storms that could potentially come together and yield a big snowstorm in the northeastern United States late this week -- or skip over coastal areas altogether once again, continuing the mostly snowless pattern this winter.Two cities - Baltimore, Maryland, and Islip, New York \- did not experience any snow during the entire month of February for the...

Over 1 week after landfall, Esther still raising flood concerns across Australia

Moisture from Esther has survived over a week after the former tropical cyclone made landfall in northern Australia. Now, meteorologists say its heavy rainfall will make it all the way to the capital city of Canberra.Esther made landfall as a Category 1 tropical cyclone, or the equivalent of a tropical storm in the Atlantic or East Pacific basins on Feb. 24 near the border between Queensland and...

How a Trump Insider Embeds Climate Denial in Scientific Research

An official at the Interior Department embarked on a campaign that has inserted misleading language about climate change -- including debunked claims that increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is beneficial -- into the agency's scientific reports, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times.The misleading language appears in at least nine reports so far, including environmental...

Another potent storm to aggravate flooding concerns in southern Europe following Storm Karine

Residents from Spain to France and Italy will be left with little time to clean up behind Storm Karine before the next storm takes aim at the region late this week.Storm Karine blew through southern Europe from late Sunday through much of Monday with soaking rain and high winds. This satellite image shows Storm Karine impacting central Europe on Monday afternoon, local time. (CIRA/RAMMB) In...

NASA accepts applications for astronauts for the first time in four years

Want to be one of the earlier astronauts to return to the Moon or explore Mars? You now have your chance. NASA has started taking applications for its next round of astronauts, some of them likely to be part of future Moon and Mars expeditions. You'll have until the very end of the month (March 31st at 11:59PM Eastern) to apply, although time isn't the main constraint here -- qualifying...

NASA images show fall in China pollution over virus shutdown

NASA satellite images show a dramatic fall in pollution over China that is "partly related" to the economic slowdown due to the coronavirus outbreak, the space agency said. The reduction in nitrogen dioxide (NO2) pollution was first noticed near Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak, but eventually spread across China, according to NASA scientists who examined data collected by their and European...