The UN’s World Meteorological Organization released its annual State of the Climate report on Wednesday, and the result is a grim account of the progression of the climate crisis. The report found that four key climate indicators broke records in 2021: greenhouse gas concentrations, ocean acidification, ocean temperature and sea level rise. “Today’s State of […]
The world is currently in a climate crisis. India and Pakistan are sweltering through a record-breaking heat wave, reservoirs in the Western U.S. are straining under a historic drought, and the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report warns that we must reach net-zero emissions by mid-century in order to avoid the worst impacts of […]
At least a billion people sweltered under extreme temperatures in India and Pakistan this weekend as the two countries endure a record-breaking heat wave. Northwest and central India saw their highest average maximum temperature for April since record keeping began 122 years ago, according to Indian Meteorological Department data reported by CNN. Meanwhile, Jacobabad, Pakistan […]
The climate crisis is making the water cycle spin faster and faster. New research published in Scientific Reports last month found satellite evidence that the water cycle is speeding up, as fresh ocean water becomes fresher and salty ocean water becomes saltier. “The acceleration of the water cycle has implications both at the ocean and […]
In an unprecedented move, California officials are ordering residents and businesses in three Southern California counties to limit their outdoor water use to one day a week. The restrictions will go into effect June 1 and impact millions of people living in Los Angeles, Ventura and San Bernardino counties.
Watching the news, it sometimes feels like we are surviving one disaster after another, from record-breaking hurricanes to megadroughts to a global pandemic. It turns out that this feeling is backed by data. A new UN report found that the number of medium-to large-scale disasters in the past two decades is actually five times more […]
More than a dozen wildfires spread across Nebraska and the Southwest in a fierce and early start to the fire season. The wildfires began on Friday, killing one person and injuring three firefighters in Nebraska, state authorities said, as reported by The New York Times. The wildfires across New Mexico, Arizona, Nebraska and Texas have […]
Florida is sinking. The Western states are drying out and catching fire. Is there anywhere in the U.S. that will still make a good home as the climate crisis continues? The answer is yes. There are cities referred to as “climate havens” because they are located in areas less likely to suffer from extreme weather […]
At least 306 people have died after the heaviest rainfall in 60 years caused devastating flooding around the South African city of Durban. That number makes the storm the deadliest in South African history, according to calculations by AFP. “This is a catastrophe of enormous proportions,” South African president Cyril Ramaphosa said when speaking to […]
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