The Summer That Reality Caught Up to Climate Fiction
This summer, the United States roasted like never before. People got third-degree burns from simply falling onto hot pavement in Arizona, filling up all the beds in Maricopa County’s burn…
41 Million Americans Are Simmering on Urban Heat Islands
Try walking outside on a midsummer day in New York City. You’re sweating buckets. You can smell garbage rotting by the side of the road. The sunlight and heat seem…
Underground Heat Is Sinking Our Cities, Study Says
Heat is a silent hazard sitting beneath cities, threatening to shift infrastructure. A study published this week in Communications Engineering, outlines how heat could be changing major cities, but urban…
All Signs Point to El Niño
Global weather patterns may be changing this year. Since March, ocean temperatures have rapidly increased in a short period of time, suggesting that the climate pattern known as La Niña…
Photos: Spain Turns to Mass Prayer, Fish Relocations Amid Extreme Drought
A procession with a replica of the Our Lady of the Torrents, a virgin historically associated with drought, on March 26, 2023 in Spain. Photo: Emilio Morenatti (AP) It’s so…
Rich People’s Swimming Pools Are Making Water Scarce
As the world gets warmer and droughts grip cities from Madrid to Shanghai, it can seem like we’re headed for a Mad Max-style future where water is a scarce resource.…
New IPCC Report: ‘Rapidly Closing Window of Opportunity’ to Reverse Climate Change
We need to cut global greenhouse gas emissions by more than half over the next decade in order to stave off the worst impacts of climate change, says a blockbuster…
After Three Long Years, La Niña Is Out
After a particularly extended stay, the La Niña weather phenomenon that’s persisted for the past three years, contributing to extreme weather worldwide, has finally come to an end. CC Off…