Whenever an extreme weather event like a heat wave or hurricane occurs, it is typically followed by discussion of the degree to which it was augmented by the climate crisis. Now, a new study published in Environmental Research Climate Wednesday moves beyond individual events to paint a comprehensive picture of how climate change is or […]
An early June heat wave has broken records and ignited wildfires in Western Europe, leading to concerns that this could be the new normal as the climate crisis makes extreme weather events like heat waves more frequent and intense. Spain experienced temperatures that it normally doesn’t see until August, according to AP News, while France […]
The heat wave that broke records across the South and Central U.S. this week had a devastating impact on cattle in Kansas. The combination of high heat, high humidity and low wind proved too much for thousands of the animals to handle, AP News reported.
More than 100 million people — or more than a third of the U.S. population — have been advised to remain indoors as a heat wave stifles the Southeastern and Central U.S. On Wednesday the stay-inside notice impacted up to 107.5 million people, The Guardian reported. Of concern is not just the heat, but humidity […]
Record rainfall and flooding has forced Yellowstone National Park to close and evacuate more than 10,000 visitors within the park. The extreme weather event was so intense that the northern part of the famous park could remain closed for a “substantial length of time,” the park website announced on Tuesday. “The landscape literally and figuratively […]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is warning that carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is reaching levels not experienced by humans before. Carbon dioxide levels are 50% higher than pre-industrial levels, and the amount of carbon dioxide is higher than it has been in millions of years. On June 3, the Mauna Loa Atmospheric […]
The Biden administration can continue to use its social cost of carbon estimate in order to determine the cost of additional greenhouse gas emissions when making regulatory decisions, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday. The emergency ruling came in response to a lawsuit from Louisiana and other Republican-led states that wanted to block the administration […]
The climate crisis made the heat wave that took lives and smashed records in India and Pakistan this spring around 30 times more likely. That’s the conclusion drawn by an international team of scientists from World Weather Attribution, who use a peer-reviewed method to determine the role of the climate crisis in extreme weather events. […]
Three years ago, Australia was supposed to have its “climate change election.” Polls had predicted a win for Labor, which had promised to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 45 percent by 2030, and nearly two-thirds of Australians agreed that the climate crisis was a major problem that required action. Despite this, the conservative Liberal-National coalition […]
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