Seth Borenstein
@borenbears.bsky.social
Climate and science writer at The Associated Press, covers disasters, all sorts of science. Teaches journalism at NYU/DC. Father of 3, husband of 1. Red Sox fan.
apnews.com/article/wild... Study shows the world is far more ablaze now with damaging fires than in the 1980s
Study shows the world is far more ablaze now with damaging fires than in the 1980s
A new study shows that the world's most damaging wildfires are happening four times more often now compared to the 1980s.
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October 2, 2025 at 11:45 PM
apnews.com/article/wild... Study shows the world is far more ablaze now with damaging fires than in the 1980s
What does a shutdown do to EPA and our air, water and land? Previous one in first Trump term meant more deadly air pollution, a study found. apnews.com/article/epa-...
EPA's job is to protect America's air, water and land. Here's how a shutdown affects that effort
The Environmental Protection Agency faces challenges during a government shutdown. The agency's mission to protect health and the environment is at risk without a federal budget.
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October 1, 2025 at 11:47 AM
What does a shutdown do to EPA and our air, water and land? Previous one in first Trump term meant more deadly air pollution, a study found. apnews.com/article/epa-...
Global warming’s heat adds to America’s craving for sugar. apnews.com/article/heat...
As world gets hotter, Americans are turning to more sugar, study finds
A new study finds that climate change is increasing sugar consumption in the United States. As temperatures rise, Americans, especially those who are poorer and less educated, are drinking more sugary...
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September 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Global warming’s heat adds to America’s craving for sugar. apnews.com/article/heat...
apnews.com/article/clim... AP asked scientists & Economists about key Trump climate documents and 64 answered. An overwhelming majority blasted them for bias, distortions, cherry picking and errors. Asked to give a grade, the most common response was F.
Scientists give harsh grades to Trump administration work aimed at undoing a key climate finding
Scientists are criticizing two key documents from the Trump administration that challenge the idea that climate change endangers the public.
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August 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
apnews.com/article/clim... AP asked scientists & Economists about key Trump climate documents and 64 answered. An overwhelming majority blasted them for bias, distortions, cherry picking and errors. Asked to give a grade, the most common response was F.
Large chunks of area east of the Rockies have had record muggy (dew point >65) days this summer. Average June July dew point in area has increased 2.5 dF since 1951 data shows. Basic physics says warmer air holds more moisture.
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Feel sticky this summer? That's because it's been record muggy East of the Rockies
More than 70 million Americans have experienced the muggiest start to summer on record, with climate change increasing humidity in the Eastern U.S.
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August 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Large chunks of area east of the Rockies have had record muggy (dew point >65) days this summer. Average June July dew point in area has increased 2.5 dF since 1951 data shows. Basic physics says warmer air holds more moisture.
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apnews.com/article/humi...
To host UN climate talks, Brazil chose one of its poorer cities. That's no accident
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To host UN climate talks, Brazil chose one of its poorer cities. That's no accident
This year's United Nations climate conference in November is in Belem, Brazil, a city facing high poverty and infrastructure challenges.
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July 27, 2025 at 11:40 PM
To host UN climate talks, Brazil chose one of its poorer cities. That's no accident
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Our weather is getting more extreme but our thinking about it and actions aren’t catching up. apnews.com/article/texa... with @drshepherd2013.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com and others
The US faces more frequent extreme weather events, but attitudes and actions aren't keeping up
Experts say climate change is making extreme weather events more frequent and severe, but that our attitudes and actions haven't kept up.
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July 9, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Our weather is getting more extreme but our thinking about it and actions aren’t catching up. apnews.com/article/texa... with @drshepherd2013.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com and others
apnews.com/article/clim... 60 international scientists update on warming getting hotter faster: “Things aren’t just getting worse. They’re getting worse faster” @hausfath.bsky.social tells AP. Less than 3 years till 1.5dC is locked in; decade rate of warming now.27 sC
Scientists warn that greenhouse gas accumulation is accelerating and more extreme weather will come
A team of 60 international scientists report that by early 2028 society will have emitted enough greenhouse gases that the Earth will be pretty much locked into hitting the internationally agreed upon...
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June 18, 2025 at 10:16 PM
apnews.com/article/clim... 60 international scientists update on warming getting hotter faster: “Things aren’t just getting worse. They’re getting worse faster” @hausfath.bsky.social tells AP. Less than 3 years till 1.5dC is locked in; decade rate of warming now.27 sC
Ping. Ping. Ping. AP takes you into the heart of a hailstorm with storm-chasing scientists to find out how better to forecast & reduce the annual $10B in damage. Join me, @brittanykpeters.bsky.social & Carolyn Kaster inside a Texas hailstorm. Hear it. See it. apnews.com/article/stor...
Ping, ping ping. Here's what it's like to drive into a big hailstorm in the name of science
A team of about 60 researchers are spending six weeks in the Great Plains chasing hail. It's a first-of-its-kind giant science project that may eventually help better forecast an underappreciated weat...
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June 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Ping. Ping. Ping. AP takes you into the heart of a hailstorm with storm-chasing scientists to find out how better to forecast & reduce the annual $10B in damage. Join me, @brittanykpeters.bsky.social & Carolyn Kaster inside a Texas hailstorm. Hear it. See it. apnews.com/article/stor...
We asked 30 scientists about EPA’s new proposal saying fossil fuel power plant greenhouse gas emissions aren’t dangerous. Here’s what they told us: apnews.com/article/clim...
EPA says power plant carbon emissions aren't dangerous. We asked 30 scientists: Here's what they say
The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency Wednesday proposed a new ruling that heat-trapping carbon gas “emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants do not contribute significantly ...
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June 11, 2025 at 11:32 PM
We asked 30 scientists about EPA’s new proposal saying fossil fuel power plant greenhouse gas emissions aren’t dangerous. Here’s what they told us: apnews.com/article/clim...
Join AP and scientists as we drive into hailstorms. The underappreciated weather extreme costs $10 billion a year. @brittanykpeters.bsky.social apnews.com/article/hail...
Join scientists as they drive into hailstorms to study the costly weather extreme
A team of scientists is driving into severe storms to study hail. It's one of the nation’s costliest but least-appreciated weather dangers.
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June 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Join AP and scientists as we drive into hailstorms. The underappreciated weather extreme costs $10 billion a year. @brittanykpeters.bsky.social apnews.com/article/hail...
apnews.com/article/hurr... Turmoil, worry swirl over cuts to key federal agencies as hurricane season begins
Turmoil, worry swirl over cuts to key federal agencies as hurricane season begins
As hurricane season begins, experts in storms and disasters are worried about massive cuts to the federal system that forecasts, tracks and responds to the storms.
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May 31, 2025 at 1:46 PM
apnews.com/article/hurr... Turmoil, worry swirl over cuts to key federal agencies as hurricane season begins
Get ready for another busy Atlantic hurricane season, but maybe not as crazy as 2024 apnews.com/article/hurr...
Get ready for another busy Atlantic hurricane season, but maybe not as crazy as 2024
With warmer-than-normal ocean waters, forecasters are expecting another unusually busy hurricane season for the Atlantic.
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May 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Get ready for another busy Atlantic hurricane season, but maybe not as crazy as 2024 apnews.com/article/hurr...
apnews.com/article/clim... world's biggest companies have caused $28 trillion in climate damage, a new study estimates
The world's biggest companies have caused $28 trillion in climate damage, a new study estimates
A new study estimates that the world’s biggest corporations have caused $28 trillion in climate damage, which is a shade less than the sum of all goods and services produced in the United States last ...
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April 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
apnews.com/article/clim... world's biggest companies have caused $28 trillion in climate damage, a new study estimates
Nearly half of the local weather service offices are down by 20% after DOGE cuts, according to data obtained by AP apnews.com/article/doge...
Nearly half of National Weather Services offices have 20% vacancy rates, and experts say it's a risk
Data obtained by The Associated Press shows that close to half of the local National Weather Service forecast offices have 20% vacancy rates as severe weather chugs across the nation’s heartland.
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April 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Nearly half of the local weather service offices are down by 20% after DOGE cuts, according to data obtained by AP apnews.com/article/doge...
Experts say US weather forecasts will worsen as DOGE cuts balloon launches
March 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Experts say US weather forecasts will worsen as DOGE cuts balloon launches
apnews.com/article/noaa... US agency that monitors weather will cut another 1,000 jobs, AP sources say
The US agency that monitors weather will cut another 1,000 jobs, AP sources say
Multiple sources tell The Associated Press that the Trump Administration is starting another round of job cuts — this one more than 1,000 — at the nation’s weather, ocean and fisheries agency.
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March 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
apnews.com/article/noaa... US agency that monitors weather will cut another 1,000 jobs, AP sources say
Study says climate change will even make Earth's orbit a mess. Climate change cools upper atmosphere, making it less dense. So there’s less pulling of satellites down to Earth & more clutter in orbit. apnews.com/article/clim...
Study says climate change will even make Earth's orbit a mess
A new study finds that climate change is already causing all sorts of problems on Earth, but soon it will be making a mess in orbit around the planet too.
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March 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Study says climate change will even make Earth's orbit a mess. Climate change cools upper atmosphere, making it less dense. So there’s less pulling of satellites down to Earth & more clutter in orbit. apnews.com/article/clim...
Rats! Warmer temperatures are making more of the rodents as rat sightings in cities soar. Washington DC leads in increasing trend. apnews.com/article/rats...
Rats! More rodents are infesting cities as scientists say warmer temperatures mean more rat babies
A new study finds that rat infestation in many of the world’s cities appears to be soaring, especially in Washington.
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January 31, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Rats! Warmer temperatures are making more of the rodents as rat sightings in cities soar. Washington DC leads in increasing trend. apnews.com/article/rats...
Why Greenland? I explain why the remote resource rich island occupies a key position in a warming world. You may never go there like I did in 2019 but this beautiful place is the focus of Earth’s future for climate, geopolitical & economic reasons. apnews.com/article/gree...
Why Greenland? Remote but resource-rich island occupies a key position in a warming world
Greenland plays an outsized role in the daily weather experienced by billions of people and in the climate changes taking shape all over the planet.
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January 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Why Greenland? I explain why the remote resource rich island occupies a key position in a warming world. You may never go there like I did in 2019 but this beautiful place is the focus of Earth’s future for climate, geopolitical & economic reasons. apnews.com/article/gree...