Fires Raise Fight Over Climate Change as Trump Visits California September 15, 2020 By Lindsay Whitehurst and Sara Cline BEAVERCREEK, Ore. — With crews battling wildfires that have killed at least 35 people, destroyed neighborhoods and enveloped the West...
Drought and Rain Are Reshaping Global Grain Trade Routes August 19, 2020 By Megan Durisin and Ainslie Chandler The global wheat trade is being shaken up again after extreme weather hurt crops in the European Union while harvests...
Australia Wine Faces ‘Toughest Year’ in Memory After Fires and Drought February 21, 2020 By Ainslie Chandler The choking smoke that blanketed Australia’s east and south coast during devastating wildfires is roiling some of its storied wineries....
Climate Models Are Running Red Hot, and Scientists Don’t Know Why February 4, 2020 By Eric Roston There are dozens of climate models, and for decades they’ve agreed on what it would take to heat the planet...
Thousands Evacuated as Wildfires Hit Southeast Australia December 30, 2019 By Edward Johnson Thousands of holiday-makers have evacuated a popular tourist spot in southeast Australia as a heatwave and strong winds fuel wildfires...
California Threats Jump from Fires to Floods as Wet Season Hits December 10, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan California’s climate threats could soon be jumping from wildfires and blackouts to floods and mudslides as the wet season kicks...
Flood, Fire and Plague: Climate Change Blamed for Disasters November 14, 2019 By Robert Birsel SINGAPORE — Extreme floods in Venice, fires in Australia and even an outbreak of plague in China have been attributed...
Doing Business in California Costs One Blackout a Week October 28, 2019 By Mark Chediak It was only expected to happen a couple times a year — and just as a last resort. That’s what...
Fire-Ravaged Forests Get Help from Pine Cone Collectors October 28, 2019 By Susan Montoya Bryan ALONG THE BURNT MESA TRAIL, N.M. — With snow ready to fall, the scramble was on to collect as many...
Fire Suppression, Drought Increasing Mortality Among Trees May 31, 2019 An Oregon State University forester says dry winters and long periods of drought, combined with fire suppression, are affecting the...