As the Bootleg Fire burns, locals are faced with the realities of climate change — and remain skeptical
Youth pastor Matt Wolff and his wife, Jennifer, followed God’s direction when they settled at the end of a rutted dirt track in the pine...
Those Bathing Bears Aren’t Cute. They’re Climate Change Victims.
Climate has always been one of Lake Tahoe’s biggest selling points. Nevada is infamously inhospitable to everyone but Elvis impersonators, and California is always burning....
Yet another major heat wave is set to roast the western U.S. and Canada by the weekend
The heat wave is forecast to bring triple-digit temperatures to at least 16 million people, challenging and breaking records into Canada. It’s also targeting an...
The Heat Wave That Hit the Pacific Northwest
Record-breaking climate extremes, from heat to drought to wildfires, are blanketing the United States this summer. This is how one region has been struck. Places...
Pacific Northwest Heat Waves Impossible Without Human-Caused Climate Change
The recent heatwaves in Canada and the Pacific Northwest caused many seasoned climate watchers—including normally cautious climatologists—to essentially freak out. And with good reason. When heat records...
Like in ‘Postapocalyptic Movies’: Heat Wave Killed Marine Wildlife en Masse
An early estimate points to a huge die-off along the Pacific Coast, and scientists say rivers farther inland are warming to levels that could be...
Climate change: US-Canada heatwave ‘virtually impossible’ without warming
Climate researchers have grown used to heatwaves breaking records all over the world in recent years. However, beating the previous national high temperature mark by...
The Pacific Northwest Heat Wave Is Now a ‘Mass Casualty Event’
The Pacific Northwest is still reeling from the mind boggling heat wave that gripped it late last month. The past two days have made it clear that hundreds...