Tipping Point

Climate change report is ‘a code red for humanity,’ U.N. warns

By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

Earth is getting so hot that temperatures in about a decade will probably blow past a level of warming that world leaders have sought to prevent, according to a new report.

Farmworkers are dying in extreme heat. Few standards exist to protect them

By Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado, Chloe Jones

Farmworkers in the United States facing mounting threats as temperatures rise with climate change, but they have little protection.

This year’s summer of climate extremes hits wealthier places

By Seth Borenstein, Frank Jordans, Associated Press

The founder of a disaster database maintained at a Belgian University says, "It is not only a poor country problem, it's now very obviously a rich country problem."…

California may spend billions on permanent relief shelters as sweltering heat blankets the state

By Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado

As millions of Americans across the Pacific Northwest and the Southeast are under heat advisories, extreme weather and its sometimes fatal implications are raising questions about whether infrastructure could help provide some relief. …

Extreme heat waves in a warming world don’t just break records – they shatter them

By Scott Denning, The Conversation

Not every extreme weather event is caused by climate change, but heat waves that were once ridiculously improbable are showing up more often. Just ask Portland.

5 Stories: How genes drive puppy love, the Amazon’s carbon tipping point and other stories you missed

By Deema Zein, Julia Griffin

Puppy love is in their genes, wrongful arrests highlight bias in facial recognition software and the world’s oldest tennis player takes the court. Check out these stories and others you might have missed on this week's episode of 5 Stories.

The world is striving to fully adopt clean energy. Will we succeed in time?

By Miles O'Brien

The consequences of extreme weather are evident and unmistakable. Scientists say human-caused climate change is making these events more frequent and severe. Miles O'Brien looks at a pivotal upcoming moment in addressing the climate crisis with Alok Sharma, president of…

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WATCH: Climate and sustainability experts testify on extreme heat in the U.S.

By News Desk and Associated Press

Climate and sustainability experts testified Wednesday before the House Science Committee on the growing problem of extreme heat in the U.S.

Climate envoy says U.S., China must end world’s ‘suicide pact’

By Danica Kirka, Associated Press

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry has called on China to join America in urgently cutting greenhouse gas emissions and described the international alliances that rebuilt Europe after World War II as a model for fighting climate change.

Huge Oregon blaze grows as wildfires burn across western US

By Associated Press

The largest wildfire in the U.S. torched more dry forest landscape in Oregon on Sunday, one of dozens of major blazes burning across the West as critically dangerous fire weather loomed in the coming days.