White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders dismissed the findings of the administration’s own report on the dire economic consequences of climate change, as world leaders prepare to discuss the subject at a summit in Buenos Aires. ...

A view of the Guaymas Basin seafloor taken from Alvin, a submersible research vessel used by the team. (Brett Baker/University of Texas) At a Glance Nearly two dozen microbes were found to usehydrocarbons such as methane and butaneas energy sources.The microbes discovered are genetically different from any others previously studied. Scientists have discovered deep-sea microbes that have the ability to gobbleup greenhouse gases and oil spills. Nearly two dozen of these microbes discovered some 6,500 feet below the surface of...

At a Glance At least 173 sea turtles were found dead over the Thanksgiving weekend alone.In total, 600 cold-stunned turtles have been recovered so far this fall. Of those, more than 250 have died. Scientists believe a warming trend in the Gulf of Maine has caused the turtles to delay migration south. Dozens of sea turtles were discovered frozen to death on beaches and in waters off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, this week and scientists say climate change may be to...