Jul 28 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. Continue reading
Jul 23 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. Continue reading
Jul 21 Watch 5:47 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… Continue watching
Jul 21 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. Continue reading
Jul 20 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. Continue reading
Jul 18 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. Continue reading
Jul 16 Greenland suspends oil exploration because of climate change By Associated Press The left-leaning government of Greenland has decided to suspend all oil exploration off the world's largest island, calling it is "a natural step" because the Arctic government "takes the climate crisis seriously."… Continue reading
Jul 12 U.S. and Russia say climate talks a springboard to ease tensions By Associated Press U.S. climate envoy John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov have expressed hope that climate change talks could help reduce escalating tensions between the two rival nations. Continue reading
Jul 11 Fires rage in several states as heat wave broils U.S. West By Associated Press Firefighters working in searing weather struggled to contain a Northern California wildfire that continued to grow Sunday and forced the closure of a major highway, one of several large blazes burning across the U.S. West amid another heat wave that… Continue reading
Jul 06 How is climate change affecting heatwaves? Here’s what we need to study By Christian Jakob, Michael Reeder, the Conversation Two Monash University professors explain the causes of the North American heat wave, and why we need to focus on how climate change affects our daily weather. Continue reading