heat waves

57 Dead, 18,000 Hospitalized in Japan Heat Wave

57 Dead, 18,000 Hospitalized in Japan Heat Wave

While the worst of this summer’s heat seems to have passed in the U.S. and Europe, Japan is in the throes of a dangerous heat wave. The end of the rainy season last week brought a dangerous heat wave that claimed the lives of 57 people in Japan and sent tens of thousands to the […]

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    How Climate Change Is Fueling Extreme Weather

    How Climate Change Is Fueling Extreme Weather

    By Emilie Karrick Surrusco Across the globe, extreme weather is becoming the new normal. Torrential rains and flooding. Record hurricanes. Destructive wildfires. Deadly heatwaves and drought. From season to season and year to year, weather events that were once rare occurrences are now increasingly commonplace. Human activity is causing these rapid changes. When fossil fuels […]

    50 Million Americans Are Currently Living Under Some Type of Heat Warning

    50 Million Americans Are Currently Living Under Some Type of Heat Warning

    A dangerous heat wave is expected to boil much of the Central and Eastern U.S. beginning Wednesday, The Washington Post reported. Major cities including Chicago, St. Louis, Washington DC, Nashville, Kansas City, Missouri, Philadelphia and New York could see temperatures soar between 95 and 100 degrees Fahrenheit for at least three days. It will be […]

    550,000 Acres on Fire in Alaska in Latest Sign of the Climate Crisis

    550,000 Acres on Fire in Alaska in Latest Sign of the Climate Crisis

    Two small communities near Anderson, Alaska were ordered to evacuate late Thursday due to a wildfire, as the state’s summer of heat and smoke continues. The Kobe Fire was reported at 6:45 p.m. Thursday and by 10:50 p.m. had grown to 600 acres, The Alaska Division of Forestry reported. There are no reports that anyone […]

    The Climate Crisis Is Now Cooking Mussels in Their Shells

    The Climate Crisis Is Now Cooking Mussels in Their Shells

    An early June heat wave cooked the mussels of Northern California’s Bodega Head in their shells, causing the largest die-off of the foundational species in the area in 15 years, The Guardian reported Saturday. The carnage was first observed by Bodega Marine Reserve research coordinator Jackie Sones, who said she had never seen such a […]

    Police Tear-Gas Climate Activists in Paris on ‘Hottest Day in History of France’

    Police Tear-Gas Climate Activists in Paris on ‘Hottest Day in History of France’

    By Andrea Germanos French riot police tear-gassed climate protesters in Paris on Friday as the county sweltered under record heat. Activists with Extinction Rebellion (XR) were occupying a bridge over the Seine to demand the French government declare a climate emergency and take necessary action to avert planetary catastrophe. “We need to civilly disrupt because, […]

    Intense Heat Wave Hits Northern Europe

    Intense Heat Wave Hits Northern Europe

    A searing heat wave has begun to spread across Europe, with Germany, France and Belgium experiencing extreme temperatures that are set to continue in the coming days. In Germany, temperatures are expected to exceed 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) on Wednesday, topping the country’s previous June record of 38.2 degrees Celsius, set in Frankfurt […]