World May 16, 2022

How climate change is fueling more intense global wildfires

So far this year, more than 24,000 fires have burned across the U.S., the highest in at least 10 years.

World / Science & Health Feb 16, 2022

New York and Miami face flood risk as U.S. sea levels set to rise at faster pace

While the amounts vary according to region, the inundation will lead to more coastal flooding and make tidal and storm surge more severe, a new U.S. report said.

World Jul 23, 2021

Heat, floods and fires: Jet stream is key link in climate disasters

Jet stream changes can cause winds to weaken, allowing dangerous weather to remain stuck in the same place for days or weeks at a time.

World Jul 4, 2021

Heat, storms and blackouts: Summer is already off to a wild start

Summer in the Northern Hemisphere is just days old, but the extremes keep piling up.

World Jun 4, 2021

Worst drought in decades escalates threats across western U.S.

Almost three-fourths of the western U.S. is gripped by drought so severe that it’s off the charts of anything recorded in the 20-year history of the U.S. Drought Monitor.

Business May 1, 2021

La Nina gives a turbocharge boost to already high food prices around the world

Global prices for food and crops in much of the world are at multi-year highs and there’s a culprit far larger than human commerce: La Nina.

World Mar 5, 2021

Famed climate scientist reverses course on Atlantic weather after 20 years

The newest climate models can no longer find evidence of a temperature flip in the Atlantic every few decades, suggesting the phenomenon was caused by something else.