Climate Change

Days of hot weather grip Southern Europe, North Africa

By Frances D'Emilio, Associated Press

Throughout the Mediterranean region, days of hot weather already have driven people indoors at midday, spoiled crops and complicated the challenge of firefighters battling wildfires.

Severe drought devastates Washington state's wheat crop

By Nicholas K. Geranios, Associated Press

A drought in eastern Washington state that is the worst since 1977 has devastated what is normally the fourth largest U.S. wheat crop.

Huge California fire grows as Montana blaze threatens towns

By Associated Press

California’s largest single wildfire in recorded history continued to grow after destroying nearly 550 homes while authorities in Montana ordered evacuations as a wind-driven blaze roared toward several remote communities.

Death toll reaches up to 65 in Algeria wildfires

By Associated Press

The death toll in fires ravaging mountain forests and villages in Algeria’s Berber region climbed on Wednesday to 65, including 28 soldiers.

Pacific Northwest braces for another multiday heat wave

By Gillian Flaccus, Associated Press

People in the Pacific Northwest braced for another major, multiday heat wave starting Wednesday, just over a month after record-shattering hot weather killed hundreds of the region's most vulnerable people.

U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on the infrastructure bill and climate change

The bipartisan infrastructure bill that cleared the Senate Tuesday represents the largest investment in green energy in United States history. But it faces a tough road ahead in the House of Representatives, where some progressive Democrats say it's not enough…

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We don't know exactly how many people are dying from heat — here's why

By Chloe Jones, Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado

Data on heat deaths is sparse and undercounted, making it difficult to predict the impact of climate change as temperatures continue to rise.

U.N. panel paints grim future for humanity without drastic action to combat climate change

A new report out Monday warns that global temperatures will continue rising in coming decades, and that human activity is driving that increase. Those are among the conclusions reached by the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Michael Oppenheimer, a…

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IPCC report warns intensifying water cycle spells more intense storms, flooding

By Mathew Barlow, The Conversation

Water-related hazards are exceptionally destructive, and the impact of climate change on extreme water-related events is increasingly evident, a lead author of the new report warns…

Why keeping global warming to a minimum is crucial, according to scientists who wrote latest major climate report

By Michael Grose, Malte Meinshausen, Pep Canadell, Zebedee Nicholls, The Conversation

IPCC authors go beyond the headlines to explain how 1.5℃ warming is measured – and why there’s still reason to hope, and act, if Earth exceeds that limit.