What’s Next? Devastating Fires Are Latest Challenge in West September 14, 2020 By Lindsay Whitehurst and Andrew Selsky SALEM, Ore. — The path of devastation spans thousands of miles where flames have consumed people, homes and cars while...
How California’s Wildfires Could Spark a Financial Crisis September 10, 2020 By Andrew Selsky and Nicholas K. Geranios Wildfires across the U.S. West are among the sparks from climate change that could ignite a U.S. financial crisis by...
Hurricane Laura and the California Fires Are Part of the Same Crisis August 27, 2020 By David R Baker, Eric Roston and Brian Eckhouse As Hurricane Laura pounded the U.S. Gulf Coast with nearly 150 mile-per-hour winds, causing water levels to rise almost 10...
UW Study Finds Ponderosa Pine Forests Most at Risk From Wildfires August 20, 2020 By University of Washington Recent years have brought unusually large and damaging wildfires to the Pacific Northwest – from the Carlton Complex Fire in...
The Cost of Killer Heat: A Rising Risk of Death in Poor Nations August 3, 2020 By Eric Roston A few years ago, several top climate researchers joined forces to launch a data-intensive economics research project that promised the...
The Arctic is on Fire: Siberian Heat Wave Alarms Scientists June 25, 2020 By Daria Litvinova and Seth Borenstein MOSCOW — The Arctic is feverish and on fire — at least parts of it are. And that’s got scientists...
Big Oil Loses Appeal, Climate Suits Go to California Courts May 28, 2020 By Brian Melley LOS ANGELES — Big Oil lost a pair of court battles Tuesday that could lead to trials in lawsuits by...
Warmest Oceans on Record Adds to Hurricanes, Wildfires Risks April 20, 2020 By Brian K. Sullivan The world’s seas are simmering, with record high temperatures spurring worry among forecasters that the global warming effect may generate...
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...
As Wildfires Rage, Australia’s Never Been So Hot and Dry January 3, 2020 By Rob Verdonck As massive wildfires devastate swathes of Australia and supercharge the debate over the impact of climate change, government data show...