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FILE - In this Aug. 12, 2016 file photo, visitors from Korea shield themselves from the early morning sun as they tour the Capitol in Washington, with temperatures lingering in upper 90s. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

U.S. Had Near-Record Weather in 2016

by Seth Borenstein AP Science WriterJanuary 10, 2017

FILE - In this June 17, 2016 file-pool photo, a fisherman drives a boat during Secretary of State John Kerry's tour of the Jakobshavn Glacier and the Ilulissat Icefjord, located near the Arctic Circle in Ilulissat, Greenland. A new federal report says warming at the top of the world went into overdrive, happening twice as fast as the rest of the globe, and extending unnatural heating into fall and winter. In its annual Arctic Report Card, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016, tallied record after record of high temperatures, low sea ice, shrinking ice sheets and glaciers. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool, File)

Arctic’s Year of Crazy Extremes as Warming Hits Overdrive

by Seth Borenstein AP Science WriterDecember 18, 2016

Chart shows average daily earthquakes in Oklahoma by month in 2016; 2c x 3 inches; 96.3 mm x 76 mm;

After New Fracking Regulations, Okla. Quakes Calm Down a Bit

by Seth Borenstein AP Science WriterNovember 30, 2016

FILE - In this July 21, 2016 file photo, Hank, a quarter horse from Paris, Ill., stays close to a fan keeping cool inside a barn at the Illinois State Fair grounds in Springfield, Ill. Ouch. NASA calculates that just Earth broiled to its hottest month in recorded history: last July. Even after the fading of a strong El Nino, which spikes global temperatures on top of man-made climate change, July burst global temperature records no sweat. Well, lots of sweat, actually for anyone who went outside. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

July Was Hottest Month on Record

by Seth Borenstein AP Science WriterAugust 15, 2016

A male greater honeyguide in the Niassa National Reserve, Mozambique on Oct. 4, 2013. Humans and a wild bird species over centuries have learned to work together, adapt to each other culturally and genetically with a simple sound: “Brrr-hm.” When human honey-hunters make that call, the wild bird called the honeyguide does its namesake job with incredible accuracy, leading people to hidden bees’ nests. (Claire Spottiswoode via AP)

Honey on the Wing

by Seth Borenstein AP Science WriterAugust 2, 2016