
Deadly Heat Wave’s Lesson: ‘This Is the Future We All Face’
After last year’s heat crisis, Pacific Northwest emergency managers, doctors and even transit systems are using lessons learned to prepare for this summer
After last year’s heat crisis, Pacific Northwest emergency managers, doctors and even transit systems are using lessons learned to prepare for this summer
But the technique must remain in the firefighting toolbox, a new U.S. Forest Service report says
The rapid expansion will have significant impacts on ecosystems and the people and animals who rely on them
The launch comes after the hottest first two weeks of June ever recorded in Spain
Small nations that have done little to cause global warming stand to suffer immeasurably and are increasingly vocal about receiving compensation
Department of Energy researchers say gasoline might have to be substituted with biofuels to ensure that climate targets are achieved
More products are being added to a proposed carbon border fee, affecting billions of dollars of American goods
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The companies are asking the justices to step in once again in a sprawling legal fight over the industry’s climate liability
Reviving peatlands in the San Joaquin River Delta could prevent levee failure and lock away carbon
Invoking the Defense Production Act could help reshape the economics around building decarbonization
Event attribution is one of the fastest developing areas of climate science since it began 20 years ago
For meerkats in the Kalahari Desert, rising temperatures spark deadly outbreaks of tuberculosis.
The need to use coal to boost power supplies illustrates the challenge of quickly increasing renewable energy to avoid bigger climate impacts
NOAA’s Annual Greenhouse Gas Index finds that greenhouse gases trapped nearly 50 percent more heat last year than they did in 1990
Drivers tallied 753 billion miles in the first three months of the year, the highest total on record
The Loop Current in the Gulf of Mexico has fueled major storms such as Hurricane Katrina
With what will be one of the world's most advanced hurricane simulators, researchers will be able to reproduce wind, rain and storm surge
A weeks-long heat wave in India and Pakistan was 30 times more likely because of human-caused warming
Energy planners are working to increase the grid’s reliability to keep the power on during droughts, wildfires and heat waves
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