The World Meteorological Organization’s new report catalogs new records for sea-level rise, ocean temperature, greenhouse gas concentrations and ocean acidification. Last year brought new records for sea-level rise , ocean Continue Reading
It doesn’t take the end of the world to upend the way billions live in it. The punishing weather we are uneasily learning to call “normal” is doing that already. Continue Reading
As China’s rainy season starts, National Climate Center forecasts show that flooding in the north and south of the country could be as bad as last summer when torrential rain Continue Reading
A diary from New Delhi on a recent day when the city of 19 million struggled to cope with killer temperatures Large parts of northern and central India are bracing Continue Reading
Public schools were closed and evacuation bags packed this week as a stubborn wildfire crept within a few miles of the city of Los Alamos and its companion U.S. national Continue Reading
Some of the wildest weather of this year ripped across the US Midwest and Great Plains on Thursday, unleashing tree-toppling, hurricane-force wind gusts and crashing hail. The highest wind report Continue Reading
Across huge swaths of the planet, this year has started off hot, dry and on fire. Record blazes have raged out of control in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, Continue Reading
Temperature in Continental US on May 9. Source: National Weather Service/NOAA Texas suffered extremely high temperatures in the last week, reaching 112° Fahrenheit (44.4° Celsius) in Rio Grande Village, near Continue Reading
A sprawling dome of summerlike heat has swelled from Texas to Wisconsin and is poised to shatter records in more than a dozen states. Madison, Wis., Chicago, Des Moines, St. Continue Reading
Cleaner air in United States and Europe is brewing more Atlantic hurricanes , a new U.S. government study found . The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration study links changes in Continue Reading
Since signing the Paris climate agreement in 2015, nations around the world have focused on one climate goal: limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above preindustrial Continue Reading
The calendar says May, but the atmosphere has fast-forwarded at least a month. A sprawling dome of summerlike heat is parked over the central United States, bringing temperatures 20 degrees Continue Reading
When Royal Dutch Shell sold off its stake in the Umuechem oil field in Nigeria last year, it was, on paper, a step forward for the company’s climate ambitions: Shell Continue Reading
Oil rigs Years of government neglect and unemployment in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region have given rise to a widespread industry of illegally refining stolen oil. It is estimated that about Continue Reading
Record-high April temperatures over Pakistan melted glaciers faster than normal, triggering a flash flood Saturday in a village in the northern region of the country that wiped out part of Continue Reading
From behind the wheel of his work van, Fernando Gonzalez took in the immaculate front yard amid the arid and affluent hills north of Los Angeles. The red and white Continue Reading
Strong winds continued into the day Sunday, helping spread the second-largest wildfire on record in New Mexico farther into small farming communities in the state’s mountain valleys, as crews expect Continue Reading
Lake Powell water supply forecast at 59% of normal Lower Colorado River Basin ranges from 58% to 97% June on-peak power forwards reach package highs May 5 Southwestern snowpack levels Continue Reading
Fanned by relentless winds and fueled by abnormally warm and dry weather, a historically large siege of fires is raging in New Mexico. Yet the state’s fire season still has Continue Reading
At a tiny airport surrounded by mountains, a three-person crew takes off for the inaugural flight above the headwaters of the Colorado River to measure the region’s snow by air. Continue Reading
India this year experienced its hottest March in 12 decades of records, and one of its driest. Next came the third-hottest April, after 2010 and 2016. Then it got even Continue Reading
North Korea’s office workers and factory laborers have been dispatched to farming areas around the country to join a fight against drought, state media reported on Wednesday, amid concerns over Continue Reading
U.S. officials on Tuesday announced unprecedented measures to boost water levels at Lake Powell, an artificial reservoir on the Colorado River that is so low as to endanger the production Continue Reading
With long-term severe drought continuing to take a toll on the Colorado River, the federal government is expected to announce on Monday that it will retain some water in one Continue Reading
A massive drought-starved reservoir on the Colorado River has become so depleted that Las Vegas now is pumping water from deeper within Lake Mead where other states downstream don’t have Continue Reading
An unusually early, record-shattering heat wave in India has reduced wheat yields, raising questions about how the country will balance its domestic needs with ambitions to increase exports and make Continue Reading
India’s severe heat waves are expected to stretch into early next month, meaning millions of people will have to endure more days of dangerous temperatures and hours-long blackouts . The Continue Reading
A severe-to-exceptional drought is continuing to parch the West and the Plains, with scant rainfall and increasing temperatures desiccating the landscape in recent months. Reservoirs are scraping rock bottom, and Continue Reading
Vapor rises from the site of the blast furnace at the Evraz Plc Consolidated West-Siberian Metallurgical Plant in Novokuznetsk, Russia. Source: Bloomberg Bloomberg News Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the Continue Reading
The historically severe drought in Southern California has compelled one of its water suppliers to implement “emergency” conservation measures for the first time that will affect about 6 million people. The Continue Reading
Meteorologists are monitoring the potential for a “triple-dip La Niña,” an unusual resurgence of cooler-than-normal sea surface temperatures in the eastern tropical Pacific. While such a phenomenon might seem remote, Continue Reading
Rising seas have long been a threat to coastal cities. New research suggests that cities—particularly in Asia—are sinking as well, compounding the risks of frequent and severe flooding. In Karachi, Continue Reading
Climate change could see 4% of global annual economic output lost by 2050 and hit many poorer parts of the world disproportionately hard, a new study of 135 countries has Continue Reading
It appears that the decline of coal, the dirtiest of all the fossil fuels, has been somewhat exaggerated in recent years, with the current energy shortage causing demand to soar. Continue Reading
U.S. climate envoy John Kerry on Thursday put natural gas on notice, saying the world’s reliance on the fossil fuel should be limited to potentially a decade, unless its greenhouse Continue Reading
Climate change produced another record-breaking year of extreme weather in Europe in 2021, triggering catastrophic flooding and the hottest summer on record, according to scientists at the Copernicus Climate Change Continue Reading
Climate change campaigners planned a wave of protests for Earth Day on Friday, pushing demands such as an immediate halt to European imports of Russian oil and gas and an Continue Reading
The world looks different months after leaders vowed in November at a U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, to redouble their efforts to slow Earth’s warming. The coronavirus pandemic has dragged on, upending Continue Reading
While China is making some major investments in solar and wind, it is struggling to shed its reliance on coal. Soaring demand has made it especially difficult for China to Continue Reading
Firefighters are bracing for the return of ferocious winds in the Southwest after a brief reprieve allowed them to attack flames from the air for the first time in days Continue Reading
2021 was a year of extreme weather and natural disasters for the continent, from heat waves to flooding and droughts. Climate change produced another record-breaking year of extreme weather in Continue Reading
Coal shortage threatens to exacerbate energy, food inflation Nomura warns of ‘stagflationary shock,’ drop in factory output An already sweltering summer and acute coal shortages are triggering blackouts across parts Continue Reading
The carbon emissions of JBS, the world’s largest meatpacking company, soared more than 50 per cent in the past five years, according to new research that lays bare the challenge Continue Reading
The U.S. Transportation Department said on Thursday it would award $6.4 billion over five years to states to fund projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The funding, part of a Continue Reading
European Union countries are edging towards a deal on how to share the burden of cutting greenhouse gas emissions within the EU, with states poised to accept national targets proposed Continue Reading
None of the world’s largest asset managers has definitively called on fossil-fuel companies to stop the development of new oil and gas projects. Surely, one would think, given all the Continue Reading
A spring storm brought several feet of snow to the Sierra Nevada and rain to parts of the San Francisco Bay Area, with more stormy weather expected this week. The Continue Reading
U.S. President Joe Biden’s plan to expand liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments to Europe to cut the region’s dependence on Russian fuel risks undermining his administration’s climate goals by encouraging Continue Reading
Leaking Methane Makes LNG-Powered Ships Dirtier Than Fuel Oil Methane leaks from ships using liquefied natural gas as fuel make most of the vessels dirtier than ones using diesel or Continue Reading
The Marcell Experimental Forest in northern Minnesota. Scientists are simulating different climates in these glass chambers to better understand how boreal forests will respond to rising temperatures. Credit: Oak Ridge Continue Reading
