Amid Severe Drought, Arizona Turns to Sustainable Farming
As temperatures continue to soar in the Southwest and freshwater supplies dwindle, locals are turning to Indigenous farming practices.
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Climate Change and El Niño Produce World’s Hottest Days
While climate change has largely driven these recent heat records, natural variation from El Niño put them over the top.
Extreme Heat Disproportionately Impacts LGBTQIA+ Communities, Say Experts
Because LGBTQIA+ people are more likely to experience homelessness, they're at a greater risk for health problems caused by extreme heat than their cisgender, heterosexual counterparts.
Extreme Heat’s Climate Link Cannot Be Ignored, Especially in the Media
Major news outlets are downplaying the impact of climate change on summer heat. It is imperative this trend reroutes.
Do We Notice Extreme Heat When It’s Not In Our Backyard?
Climbing temperatures, heat warnings and advisories, and active wildfires across the U.S. start summer off on a sweltering start.
Beat the Heat: Strategies for Dangerous Heatwaves
In New York, extreme heat claims 350 lives each year, and the risk to African Americans is twice as high as the risk to white New Yorkers.
Farm Workers Exposed to Climate Change Effects Are Demanding Protections
Wildfires and extreme temperatures are adding to the many dangers of one of the most high-risk jobs in America.
Annual Average Temperatures Aren’t the Best Climate Change Indicator
A blip over 1.5°C in a single year does not mean we failed our goals, and year-to-year averages are not necessarily measuring climate change.
Climate Change Is Linked to Sexual and Reproductive Health
The draft opinion of SCOTUS to overturn Roe v. Wade's precedent sparked conversations connecting climate change and reproductive health.
What Are the Scientists Really Saying?
The internet is flooded with alarmist headlines. But within the articles themselves lies the real story — often told in more rational terms.
How Heat and Air Pollution Affect Our Productivity
We may never notice it ourselves, but climate change and air pollution can actually affect our day-to-day performance at our jobs. Studies ranging from agricultural workers to call center workers to chess players and baseball umpires find measurable decreases in…
Monsoon Impacts Worsen with the Rise of Extreme Heat and Wildfires
For drought-stricken regions of the world such as India, Australia, West Africa, and the American Southwest, the monsoon rainfall is a welcome gift. But as climate change worsens, the amount of rain may increase, and the actual rainstorms may become…