By Dana Nuccitelli California, along with much of the rest of the western United States, is once again mired in drought. In fact, California has experienced significant drought conditions in 13 of the 22 years (60%) since the turn of the century. A 2020 study in the journal Science concluded that 2000 through 2018 was […]
While cities bear a heavy cost from the climate crisis, they could also lead the way in implementing climate adaptation strategies. A recent study published by Nature Climate Change found that cities are at a greater risk than suburban and rural areas for heat stress, water scarcity, air pollution and energy insecurity due to their […]
The remains of at least 214 people who died attempting to cross the Mexico-Arizona border have been recovered so far in 2020, and advocates blame extreme heat, The Associated Press reports. The figure is just 10 shy of the overall annual record from 2010, according to the nonprofit Humane Borders and the Pima County Medical […]
Wildfires burned more acres this year in the U.S. than ever before in modern records, E&E reports based on data published by the National Interagency Fire Center. Extreme heat, fueled by climate change caused by extracting and burning fossil fuels, dries vegetation and turns vast swaths of forest into a tinderbox. “In 2020 we saw […]
By Jeff Masters, PhD and Dana Nuccitelli Calendar year 2020 was an extreme and abnormal year, in so many ways. The global coronavirus pandemic altered people’s lives around the world, as did extreme weather and climate events. Let’s review the year’s top 10 such events. 1. Hottest Year on Record? The official rankings will not […]
The climate crisis already has a death toll, and it will get worse if we don’t act to reduce emissions. That’s the warning from the latest Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change, an annual public health report released Wednesday. “This past year, we have seen the harms of our converging crises — COVID-19, climate […]
The world’s largest sand island has been on fire for the past six weeks due to a campfire, and Australia‘s firefighters have yet to prevent flames from destroying the fragile ecosystem. The wildfires on Fraser Island, also called by its Indigenous name K’gari, have burned almost 200,000 acres of its unique habitat, including large sand […]
By Kenny Stancil As the climate crisis fuels devastating wildfires across the western United States and melts Arctic sea ice at an alarming rate, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Wednesday that Earth just experienced the hottest September on record and that 2020 is on pace to be one of the three hottest years […]
A new report from the United Nations found that political leaders and industry leaders are failing to do the necessary work to stop the world from becoming an “uninhabitable hell” for millions of people as the climate crisis continues and natural disasters become more frequent, as Al-Jazeera reported. The Human Cost of Disasters 2000-2019 was […]
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