The Arctic Is a Freezer That’s Losing Power
“These numbers, I honestly thought that they were even wrong, but they cannot be wrong,” says Carolina Olid, who studies Arctic methane emissions at the University of Barcelona but wasn’t …
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The Snow Crab Vanishes | WIRED
“If we’ve lost the ice, we’ve lost the 2-degree water,” Michael Litzow, shellfish assessment program manager with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, told me. “Cold water, it’s their niche—they’re …
The Heat Wave Scorching the US Is a Self-Perpetuating Monster
Just weeks after a third of the US population was hit with air-quality alerts thanks to smoke from climate-change-fueled fires in Canada, 100 million Americans are now under heat alerts. …
Why Is Europe’s Latest Heat Wave Called Cerberus? It’s Complicated | WIRED
The current heat wave in Italy is “very unusual,” says Mercalli, because of its long duration: The heat event is expected to last roughly two weeks. A study published in …
Workshop at Andhra University American Corner discusses climate change issues
Visakhapatnam: The two-day “climate change workshop for journalists” organised by US Consulate General of Hyderabad and VIEWS-Empowering People at Andhra University American Corner concluded on Thursday. The speakers stressed that …
Record-breaking heat, flooding, wildfires and monsoons are slamming the world. It’s only just begun.
Boiling heat and raging floods have taken the world by storm this week, plummeting millions of people across the world into dangerous and deadly conditions. But it’s not a temporary …
Protection from rising sea levels to cost $110 billion, study says
Protecting the homes and businesses, highways and airports, sewage treatment plants and other key parts of society that ring San Francisco Bay’s shoreline from sea level rise will be a …
Inside the First Youth-Led Climate Lawsuit to Go to Trial
“I would feel relief and joy, that what we’re doing matters,” said 18-year-old Kian Tanner, “that when we speak out, when we create action, we can create positive change in …
Cerberus heat wave in Europe brings misery to Spain and Italy
Rome — Southern Europe is grappling with scorching temperatures as a relentless heat wave threatens to break yet more records. A high-pressure system that drifted across the Mediterranean Sea from …
Weird Weather Is Making Air Travel Even Worse
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Nightmare summer travel is upon us as vacation season coincides with high temperatures and severe weather capable of disrupting flights. By Wednesday of this week, FlightAware, a site that follows …