Seth Borenstein

Seth Borenstein is an Associated Press science writer, covering climate change, disasters, physics and other science topics. He is based in Washington, D.C.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Seth Borenstein

Environment

Astronomers discover galaxy far, far away, and it’s baby blue
May 8, 2015 By Seth Borenstein
It's among the universe's first generation of galaxies, from 13.1 billion years ago.
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Environment

Study: Cutting carbon dioxide saves 3,500 U.S. lives a year
May 5, 2015 By Seth Borenstein
The study from Harvard and Syracuse University calculates the decline in heart attacks and lung disease when soot and smog are reduced.
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Environment
$Study links Texas quakes to fracking$

Study links Texas quakes to fracking
April 24, 2015 By Seth Borenstein
Scientists have linked a swarm of small earthquakes west of Fort Worth, Texas, to nearby natural gas wells and wastewater injection.
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Environment

Top scientists: Test use of poison to re-engineer climate
February 11, 2015 By Seth Borenstein
"You're talking about potentially changing weather and climate. You don't want to do that without as good an understanding as you can possibly have."
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Environment

East Coast to be overrun by billions of cicadas
May 8, 2013 By Seth Borenstein
Any day now, billions of cicadas with bulging red eyes will crawl out of the earth after 17 years underground and overrun the East Coast.
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