Opinion by the Editorial Board Americans should get used to terms such as “heat dome” and “megadrought.” The sorts of extreme weather events that experts warned would become increasingly frequent Continue Reading
On Feb. 6, 2020, the mercury stood at 64.9 degrees on a thermometer at Esperanza Base on the Trinity Peninsula at Antarctica. After more than a year of investigation, scientists Continue Reading
Extreme temperatures in China coupled with a lack of hydro-power forced blackouts in some of its largest industrial cities last month. A rare and short-lived subtropical storm popped up in Continue Reading
Last August, scientists aboard an icebreaker that had been drifting with the ice across the Arctic Ocean in a yearlong research expedition decided to take a detour to the North Continue Reading
Following a joint statement with China addressing the climate crisis on April 17th, the US submitted a new ‘nationally determined contribution’ (NDC) at the virtual summit led by Biden on Continue Reading
A heatwave that smashed all-time high temperature records in western Canada and the U.S. Northwest has left a rising death toll in its wake as officials brace for more sizzling Continue Reading
Covid-19 led to a sharp rise in the production of single-use plastics, a significant proportion of which end up in the world’s oceans. With the pandemic gradually being brought under Continue Reading
Dangerous Northwest Heat Wave Already Triggering Power Outages The world is counting on farmers in North America for big harvests of everything from corn to canola this year. Due to Continue Reading
A record-breaking heatwave eased for coastal cities in the Pacific Northwest but tightened its grip inland, threatening people, crops, and wildlife. After several days above 100 degrees, temperatures Tuesday topped out Continue Reading
Dozens of people have died in Canada amid an unprecedented heatwave that has smashed temperature records. Police in the Vancouver area have responded to more than 130 sudden deaths since Continue Reading
