Here’s All the Climate Science You Missed So Far This Year April 6, 2021 By Eric Roston In early January the high atmosphere above the Arctic warmed abruptly, which happens about six times a decade. That warming...
Hydropower Dams Face Backlash After Himalayan Flood Tragedy February 12, 2021 By Rajesh Kumar Singh The flash flood in India’s Himalayan state of Uttarakhand which killed at least 34 people at the weekend has raised...
Glacier Breaks in India’s North; Flood Kills 9, 140 Missing February 8, 2021 By Biswajeet Banerjee and Rishabh R. Jain RISHIKESH, India (AP) — Indian authorities launched a search operation Sunday after part of a Himalayan glacier broke, sending a...
Hot Again: 2020 Sets Yet Another Global Temperature Record January 15, 2021 By Seth Borenstein Earth’s rising fever hit or neared record hot temperature levels in 2020, global weather groups reported Thursday. While NASA and...
Virginia City Plants Trees to Slow Flooding Woes December 14, 2020 By Peter Coutu VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — In Ocean Lakes, 100 more trees will soon be popping up in yards throughout the...
A Year of Heat and Fire Accelerated the Arctic’s Transformation December 10, 2020 By Eric Roston Back when Donald Perovich, an engineering professor at Dartmouth and member of the MOSAiC Arctic research team, conducted his first...
Coastal Harm From Invading Saltwater ‘Happening Right Now’ November 25, 2020 By Bill Lambrecht and Gracie Todd The landward movement of seawater threatens drinking water supplies, coastal farming and coastal ecosystems. Rising seas, more frequent storms, higher...
Hurricanes Stay Stronger Longer After Landfall Than in Past November 12, 2020 By Seth Borenstein Hurricanes are keeping their staying power longer once they make landfall, spreading more inland destruction, according to a new study....
Investors Gauge Future Climate Risks With Satellite Imaging October 23, 2020 By Alastair Marsh The world was watching end-of-days scenes: Firefighters in yellow jackets, blurry against a copper sky, battled to push back walls...
California Braces for Power Shutoffs and Warm, Windy Weekend September 28, 2020 By Daisy Nguyen SAN FRANCISCO — Firefighters and officials at California’s largest utility company braced for hot, dry and windy weather in northern...