Why Climate Change Makes It Harder to Fight Fire With Fire
Summer is still more than a month and a half away, but enormous wildfires have already consumed landscapes and darkened…
Summer is still more than a month and a half away, but enormous wildfires have already consumed landscapes and darkened…
Global warming is greatly increasing the risk that extreme wildfires in the American West are followed by heavy rainfall, a…
The dangers of climate change are mounting so rapidly that they could soon overwhelm the ability of both nature and…
A body of experts convened by the United Nations has put out its most comprehensive look to date at how…
If average warming passes 1.5 degrees Celsius, even humanity’s best efforts to adapt could falter, the report warns. The cost…
A landmark United Nations report has concluded that the risk of devastating wildfires around the world will surge in coming…
It is well established that days of extreme heat are dangerous for adults and can lead to excess deaths, particularly…
The researchers also found a connection between the pollution and patterns of atmospheric “ridging,” the development of stagnant zones of…
In a holiday season of extreme weather events, this one stands out: a 67-degree Fahrenheit reading in Alaska the day…