The Associated Press Seen on the screen of a device in Sausalito, Calif., Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announces their new name, Meta, during a virtual event on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. Zuckerberg talked up his latest passion -- creating a virtual reali...

Russian test blamed for space junk threatening space station U.S. officials say a Russian weapons test created the space junk now threatening the seven astronauts aboard the International Space Station By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer November 16, 202...

Ice on the edge of survival: Warming is changing the Arctic The Arctic is warming three times faster than the rest of the Earth and it's on the knife edge of survival By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer November 15, 2021, 9:39 PM • 6 min read Share t...

'Watered-down hope': Experts wanted more from climate pact While world leaders hail the Glasgow climate pact as a good compromise that keeps a key temperature limit alive, scientists are much more skeptical By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer November...

The Associated Press FILE - The Pacific Ocean looks over nuclear reactor units of No. 3, left, and 4 at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan on Feb. 27, 2021. A team from the U.N. nuclear agen...

The Associated Press This still image provided by SpaceX shows a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifting off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., Space Force Station on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021. SpaceX expanded its constellation of low Earth orbit satellites with the launc...

AP analysis: Exposure to extreme heat has tripled since 1983 An Associated Press analysis of temperature and population data shows that exposure to extreme heat has tripled and now affects about a quarter of the world’s population By DREW COSTLEY and...

Can world's climate target and India's development coexist? No country will see energy needs grow faster in coming decades than India, and even under the most optimistic projections part of that demand will have to be met with dirty coal power — a key...

UN chief says global warming goal on 'life support' United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 F) is “on life support” in the final days of the U.N.'s climate talks in Glasg...

The Associated Press FILE - This Nov. 14, 2018 photo shows a Rivian R1T at Rivian headquarters in Plymouth, Mich. Rivian Automotive, a company that went public a day ago and hopes to produce 1,000 electric vehicles by the end of the year, will surpass G...