• Tornado severely damages N.C. Pfizer plant as heat and floods engulf other regions

    Tornado severely damages N.C. Pfizer plant as heat and floods engulf other regions

    Jul 20, 2023 03:08 PM EDT

    ... average temperature has been warmer than the unofficial hottest day recorded before 2023, according to University of Maine’s Climate Reanalyzer. Atmospheric scientists say the global warming responsible for unrelenting heat in the Southwest also is making extreme rainfall a more frequent reality. Finley reported from Norfolk, Virginia. Associated Press ...

  • High-water rescue crews save people flooded in Northeast as death toll rises

    High-water rescue crews save people flooded in Northeast as death toll rises

    Jul 19, 2023 05:58 PM EDT

    ... rivers. The weather system will then move Thursday and Friday over New England, where the ground remains saturated after recent floods. Atmospheric scientists say the global warming responsible for unrelenting heat in the Southwest also is making this kind of extreme rainfall a more frequent reality, because clouds hold more ...

  • Tourists, residents advised to stay inside as second heat wave hits Europe

    Tourists, residents advised to stay inside as second heat wave hits Europe

    Jul 18, 2023 05:15 PM EDT

    ... of the past. They have arrived as a consequence of climate change,” John Nairn, senior extreme heat adviser for World Meteorological Organization, said. “It is global warming, and it’s going to continue for some time.” Nairn noted a sixfold increase in simultaneous heat waves since the 1980s, “and the ...

  • Warming planet may have overwhelming impact on infectious diseases

    Warming planet may have overwhelming impact on infectious diseases

    Jul 18, 2023 04:34 PM EDT

    ... climate change, for example, is a relatively straightforward scientific endeavor, the scientific community and the general public need to be aware that the impacts of global warming on disease can also manifest in many other, less obvious ways. The COVID-19 pandemic is an example of how quickly disease can ...

  • John Kerry visits with Chinese officials in new effort to improve climate ties

    John Kerry visits with Chinese officials in new effort to improve climate ties

    Jul 18, 2023 02:28 PM EDT

    He pointed to previous agreements on reducing the output of methane, a major contributor to global warming, as well as transitioning away from coal as a power source and addressing deforestation. “Now, I can’t tell you for sure, but you know and I know that things are changing and ...

  • House Republicans propose ambitious reforestation plan in response to climate change

    House Republicans propose ambitious reforestation plan in response to climate change

    Jul 18, 2023 01:37 PM EDT

    ... report shows The idea — simple yet massively ambitious — revealed recent Republican thinking on how to address climate change. The party is no longer denying that global warming exists, yet is searching for a response to sweltering summers, weather disasters and rising sea levels that doesn't involve abandoning their enthusiastic ...

  • California's Death Valley sizzles near record temperatures as brutal heat wave continues

    California's Death Valley sizzles near record temperatures as brutal heat wave continues

    Jul 16, 2023 09:32 PM EDT

    ... warming, such temperatures are becoming more and more likely to occur,” Ceverny, the World Meteorological Organization’s records coordinator, said in an email. “Long-term: Global warming is causing higher and more frequent temperature extremes. Short-term: This particular weekend is being driven by a very very strong upper level ...

  • WATCH: U.S. climate envoy John Kerry spars with House Republicans ahead of Beijing trip

    WATCH: U.S. climate envoy John Kerry spars with House Republicans ahead of Beijing trip

    Jul 13, 2023 09:28 PM EDT

    ... target of political hardliners. In the most heated confrontation, Republican Rep. Scott Perry accused Kerry of drumming up a “problem that doesn't exist” in global warming. When Kerry asked why the world's scientists and the 195 global governments behind the Paris climate accord would make up global warming ...

  • Northern India hit by record monsoon rains, over 100 killed

    Northern India hit by record monsoon rains, over 100 killed

    Jul 13, 2023 04:11 PM EDT

    ... most of South Asia's annual rainfall. The rains are crucial for rain-fed crops planted during the season but often cause extensive damage. Scientists say monsoons are becoming more erratic because of climate change and global warming, leading to frequent landslides and flash floods in India's Himalayan north.

  • Why extreme heat is more dangerous than many realize

    Why extreme heat is more dangerous than many realize

    Jul 11, 2023 10:42 PM EDT

    ... Some 54 million Americans are expected to see triple-digit heat this week. And in your book, you liken extreme heat to having the barrel of a gun pointed at you. Explain that. Jeff Goodell: You know, we talk a lot about heat, about global warming in our world now.