Weather
What Is a Heat Dome?
An atmospheric scientist explains how large, persistent bends in the jet stream can bake a region for days
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Climate Change
Large Majority of Americans Blame Warming for Extreme Weather
As Americans have increasingly experienced extreme weather events, their perception of climate change has shifted, survey results show
Climate Change
The Slow Bake of Our Infrastructure
As heat waves become longer and more common, communities have to prepare—and prepare to fail
Policy
Biden Vows to Take More White House Action on Climate Change
President Joe Biden announced plans to expand offshore wind development and climate resilience funding for communities
Climate Change
U.K. Shatters Heat Record Three Times in a Matter of Hours
Extreme heat events such as the record-setting conditions in Europe are growing more frequent and more intense as the climate warms
Climate Change
Risk of Dangerous Heat Exposure Is Growing Quickly in Cities
Population growth, climate change and the urban heat island effect are combining to put more people at risk
Politics
Climate-Focused Bill Collapses as U.S. Is Pummeled by Major Climate Impacts
Senator Joe Manchin has said he will not support climate provisions in the major spending bill before Congress just as the country faces heat waves, drought and floods exacerbated by rising temperatures...
Climate Change
How Hot Is Too Hot for the Human Body?
A study of healthy volunteers found that the combination of heat and humidity gets dangerous faster than many people realize
Climate Change
Heat and Humidity Are Already Reaching the Limits of Human Tolerance
Events with extreme temperatures and humidity are occurring twice as often now as they were 40 years ago
Climate Change
With Record-Breaking Heat, Europe Glimpses Its Climate Future
Heat in France, Spain, Italy and the U.K. is exacerbating drought and wildfires and threatening human health
Climate Change
It’s Getting Harder for Forests to Recover from Disasters
As the world warms, forests are becoming less resilient in the face of fires, droughts and other disruptive events
Conservation
Meet the Giant Sequoia, the ‘Super Tree’ Built to Withstand Fire
Mammoth redwood trees have evolved along with fire, but humans are disrupting that delicate balance
Climate Change
The Clean Air Act Is a Model for Protections We Need More Than Ever
The Clean Air Act, now undermined by the Supreme Court, exemplifies how the U.S. government once tackled “major questions”—and could again
Public Health
When Heat Waves Meet Air Pollution, Death Risks Rise Substantially
Rising temperatures and more frequent wildfires are taking a grim toll on human health
Conservation
Wildfires Are Putting Giant Sequoias at Existential Risk
The future of these guardians of the forest, some thousands of years old, is not assured
Animals
The Beaver Emerges as a ‘Climate-Solving Hero’
Dam-building beavers are helping stave off some of the worst effects of climate-driven droughts and floods
Climate Change
Wildfires Followed by Severe Rain Will Become More Common
Graphics show how the two weather extremes will more often pair up
Climate Change
Science Needs to Shrink Its Carbon Footprint
Greenhouse gas emissions from research damage climate
Climate Change
Hope Dims that the U.S. Can Meet 2030 Climate Goals
The Supreme Court’s recent ruling and legislative hurdles will make it difficult to reach President Biden’s pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Climate Change
Former EPA Head: Supreme Court’s Ruling Is a ‘Body Blow’ to the U.S.
Christine Todd Whitman says the Court is pushing a political agenda
