By Alex Kirby Once more, the administration of President Trump seems puzzled about how seriously—if at all—it should regard how climate effects strike U.S. military abilities. In December the president listed the global threats he reckoned the U.S. was facing—and climate change didn’t get a mention. Now, though, the U.S. Department of Defense says many […]
By Emma Howard While people in Beijing enjoyed the benefits of a record air pollution drop this winter, those in the provinces were left unable to keep warm, cook or sleep for lack of heating. Reports on the heating crisis that was triggered by the government’s anti-pollution drive have largely focused on the areas surrounding […]
The following is a speech given by Naomi Klein in New York City on Jan. 10. I want to thank Mayor de Blasio for this historic announcement that New York is divesting from fossil fuels and suing five oil majors. What’s happening here is not only about changing the economics of energy, speeding the transition […]
Editor’s Note: As of 7:30 am EST Thursday the California mudslides death toll has risen to 17. Southern California, which just endured the largest wildfire in state history, is being bombarded by flooding and destructive mudslides triggered by torrential downpours. The “waist-high” mud destroyed homes, uprooted trees and washed away dozens of cars in Santa […]
The catastrophic heat wave in Australia led to the death of hundreds of flying foxes in the Sydney suburb of Campbelltown on Sunday. Temperatures hit 117.14 degrees Fahrenheit in the Sydney metropolitan area that day—its hottest temperature in nearly 80 years. “So many little lives lost due to the extreme heat and not enough canopy […]
2017, one of the hottest years in modern history, was also an extremely costly year. According to a new report from the National Centers for Environmental Information, a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), “the U.S. experienced 16 weather and climate disasters with losses exceeding $1 billion, with total costs of approximately […]
By Erika Spanger-Siegfried On Thursday in Massachusetts we were asking ourselves questions that have rarely, if ever, needed asking. What happens when half-frozen seawater suddenly floods onto roadways? Can something the consistency of a milkshake and 3 feet deep be plowed? There’s a large dumpster floating down the street … What depth of water is […]
Extreme weather is blasting opposite ends of the globe. As the northeastern U.S. faces freezing winds and record snowfall, a “catastrophic” heat wave in Australia has prompted warnings of dangerous bushfire and has literally melted part of a busy highway. According to the New York Times, triple-digit temperatures reached “life-threatening levels” over the weekend in […]
Temperatures continue in their second week of freezing lows in much of the U.S. as the Northeast braces for an intense “bomb cyclone” storm expected to hit Thursday. Science studies and models report that the outbreak of arctic air bringing freezing temperatures to the lower U.S. is consistent with a warming planet, while researchers also […]
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