Stories by Lauren Morello

Congress is preparing a plan to end mandatory cuts until 2016

Overflowing in-boxes and confusion greet relieved researchers after the 16-day partial government shutdown

The shutdown may force evacuation of U.S. research stations

A stalemate in Congress puts spending plans on hold

Oceanographer and spacewalker Kathryn Sullivan will head up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency, where she has been acting chief since March

Temperature and rainfall extremes linked to more frequent feuds and wars

Officials in Rhode Island, Kentucky, Kansas, Maryland and Vermont have approved standards to introduce climate change science and evolution in science classrooms well before high school

Above-average warmth continues as a result of increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere

Average temperatures were a full degree warmer in 2012 than in 1998, the previous record-holder

The cycle of Pacific Ocean surface water warming and cooling has become more variable in recent decades, suggesting El Niño may strengthen under climate change

Climate deniers used the leak to press their case but the new IPCC report closes the case on a human cause for global warming

Travel funding for government scientists has begun to disappear

Record emissions of carbon dioxide mean atmospheric concentrations have reached levels that lead to the highest temperature increases

A report by 47 scientists using data from 10 satellites provides exquisitely detailed measurements of Greenland and Antarctica

Release of CO2 is overlooked in climate models; better monitoring needed

Earth's atmosphere may be more sensitive to carbon dioxide than previously thought, which means that extreme weather events could become more frequent

A rare combination of a hurricane from the south and a winter storm from the west could wreak havoc along the Atlantic coast

Shifting summer winds may be to blame for record low Arctic summer sea ice as well as severe weather farther south

The ocean acidification caused by rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will disrupt marine ecosystems

The rivers that billions of Asians rely on to survive may not be dramatically affected by the meltdown of glaciers in the Tibetan Plateau, according to a new report

As the Amazon rainforest disappears, rainfall falters over a much wider area

The federal government is cutting back on its ability to monitor greenhouse gas emissions, and scientists are crying foul

Greenland's massive ice sheet has melted at a record-setting pace this year--and summer isn't over yet