Apr 21 2022 was nasty, deadly, costly and hot, UN’s weather agency says By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Jan 03 Watch 5:02 News Wrap: Sam Bankman-Fried pleads not guilty to fraud charges related to FTX collapse In our news wrap Tuesday, FTX crypto exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty to cheating investors and looting deposits, political fallout in Russia continued following a Ukrainian missile strike on Saturday that killed scores of Russian troops and Beijing… Continue watching
Jul 24 City residents in Northeast flee heat waves poised to break records By Jeff McMillan, Associated Press For city folks in the Northeast trying to escape a nearly weeklong hot spell that only threatened to intensify Sunday, places like Promised Land, Pa. offered respite. Continue reading
Jul 06 Watch 9:03 Phoenix tries to offset rising temperatures that pose health risks to the most vulnerable By Stephanie Sy, Lena I. Jackson, Madison Staten Last year set a record for heat-related deaths in the United States, and this year is already shaping up to be worse in terms of high temperatures. Stephanie Sy reports from Phoenix in Maricopa County, Arizona, which has been at… Continue watching
May 24 Devastating heat wave in South Asia ‘sign of things to come’ in face of climate change By Aniruddha Ghosal, Associated Press The intense heat wave sweeping through South Asia was made more likely due to climate change and is a sign of things to come. Continue reading
May 09 Earth has nearly 50 percent chance of hitting key warming threshold in the next five years, report says By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press A new report says there's nearly a 50-50 chance that world will hit a key warming threshold in the next five years. Continue reading
Jan 13 For 6th straight year, Earth sets record for hottest in history By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Two U.S. science agencies say 2021 was the sixth hottest year on record globally, part of a long-term warming trend. NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Thursday released measurements showing how hot last year was. Continue reading
Aug 13 July was hottest month on record, NOAA says By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press "This is climate change," said Pennsylvania State University climate scientist Michael Mann. "It is an exclamation mark on a summer of unprecedented heat, drought, wildfires and flooding."… Continue reading
Jul 20 Watch 8:43 Californians scramble for fresh water as taps, wells run dry By William Brangham, Sam Lane, Lena I. Jackson The severe drought across the Western U.S. is already causing long term problems, exacerbated by the warming atmosphere driven by climate change. As William Brangham reports from California’s San Joaquin Valley, the demand for water has threatened the drinking supply… Continue watching
Jul 02 Power outages hit Iraq amid scorching temperatures By Samya Kullab, Associated Press A widespread power outage is hitting Iraq as temperatures reach scorching levels, affecting even affluent areas in the capital of Baghdad and stirring concerns of widespread unrest. Continue reading