By Vijay Limaye and Kim Knowlton The health threats of climate change are on full display this summer as communities around the world deal with record-breaking heat. Carbon pollution driving climate change is causing significant human suffering by making extremely hot days more common, and increasing the frequency and severity of drought and dangerous wildfires. […]
Wildfires continued to burn across California this weekend, abetted by record high temperatures that caused power outages affecting thousands of customers in Los Angeles, CNN reported Sunday. “Friday’s record-setting heat led to unprecedented peak electricity demand,” the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power said, according to CNN. 34,500 customers lost power, about 2.5 percent […]
By Jennifer Weeks Oppressive heat across much of North America since the end of June has buckled roads and driven Major League Baseball players off the field. July is the warmest time of year for much of the nation, so more heat waves could develop in the coming weeks. These articles from our archive offer […]
The countries that did the least to cause climate change are already projected to absorb the worst of its impacts, from sea level rise to devastating heat waves. Now, researchers at the universities of Exeter, Wageningen and Montpellier have discovered another “unfair pattern,” a University of Exeter press release reported Thursday. If no effort is […]
It’s not just land-based heatwaves that have become more intense and frequent. Marine heatwaves are similarly on the rise as a direct result of warming oceans, according to a new international study. The research, published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications, shows that from 1925-2016, the frequency of marine heatwaves increased on average by 34 […]
As someone who writes about the environment on a near-daily basis, the fact that a large chunk of Americans (about one in eight) reject the near scientific consensus of climate change can be a tough pill to swallow. But after a year of record-breaking heatwaves, massive wildfires in the west, and a string of destructive […]
By Casey Ivanovich Halloween has arrived, and it’s time once again for goblins, gremlins and ghost stories. But there’s another threat brewing that’s much more frightening—because it’s real. An unrecognizable world is quickly creeping up on us as climate change progresses—and the anticipated impacts are enough to rattle anyone’s skeleton. Here are five of the […]
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