Science Jul 25 Climate change influencing July heat waves in Europe, China and America, study says Climate change's sweaty fingerprints are all over the July heat waves gripping much of the globe.
Nation Jul 18 Phoenix on track to break record for weeks of extreme heat The length of Phoenix's heat wave is notable even during a summer in which much of the southern United States and the world as a whole has been cooking in record temperatures, something scientists say is stoked by climate change.
Nation Jul 16 California’s Death Valley sizzles near record temperatures as brutal heat wave continues Long the hottest place on Earth, Death Valley put a sizzling exclamation point Sunday on a record warm summer that is baking nearly the entire globe by flirting with some of the hottest temperatures ever recorded, meteorologists said.
World Jul 05 The world’s hottest day on record was Tuesday, scientists calculate The daily but preliminary and unofficial heat record comes after months of “truly unreal meteorology and climate stats for the year," said University of Oklahoma meteorology professor Jason Furtado.
World Apr 22 Multiple generations of Earth’s warriors keep battling, hoping for planet’s future Young and old, famous and not so well known, there are many people from around the globe who make it their mission to try to save the planet, especially from the ravages of climate change.
World Apr 21 2022 was nasty, deadly, costly and hot, UN’s weather agency says The United Nations' climate agency in a Friday report says killer floods, droughts and heat waves hit around the world, costing many billions of dollars.
Nation Apr 07 Climate change boosts temperatures and home runs, researchers say Hotter, thinner air that allows balls to fly farther contributed a tiny bit to a surge in home runs since 2010, according to a statistical analysis by Dartmouth College scientists published in Friday’s Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.
Science Apr 02 Why the U.S. is leading the world in extreme weather catastrophes Blame geography for the U.S. getting hit by stronger, costlier, more varied and frequent extreme weather than anywhere on the planet, several experts said. Then add climate change, and “buckle up. More extreme events are expected,” said Rick Spinrad, head of…
Science Mar 09 La Nina, which worsens hurricanes and drought, is gone after 3 years Scientists say the La Nina weather phenomenon that increases Atlantic hurricane activity and worsens western drought is gone after three troublesome years.
Science Feb 07 New study finds 15 million people live under the threat of glacial floods A new study finds that as glaciers melt and pour massive amounts of water into nearby lakes, some 15 million people across the globe are living in the danger zone of a sudden and deadly outburst flood.