Drought in northern Kenya pushes millions towards hunger
In northern Kenya, the ribs of dead sheep stretch towards the blazing sun as parched herders trudge past, a day’s march from water. The value...
How will urban Honolulu deal with the rising ocean?
Eroding beaches, king tides and groundwater inundation are already impacting the urban core and it will only get much worse. Here’s what is being considered...
American bumblebee populations plummet 90 percent
The American bumblebee population has plummeted by almost 90 per cent and is edging its way towards Endangered Species Act protection, according to the US...
Seth Blumsack: Long power outages after disasters aren’t inevitable – but utilities need to think differently
Building even more power poles and transmission lines won’t avert outages when major disasters strike.
The rate of global warming during next 25 years could be double what it was in the previous 50, a renowned climate scientist warns
Former NASA climate scientist James Hansen urged Congress decades ago to act on climate change. Now he says he expects reduced aerosol pollution to lead...
Sea-level rise becoming a hazard for suburban South Florida neighborhoods far from ocean
Neighborhoods 20 miles inland are starting to feel the impact, as the Atlantic Ocean’s higher elevation makes it harder for drainage canals to keep them...
Climate change is worsening ozone problems on the Front Range. Hispanic communities feel it the most
When air quality on the Front Range is bad, it’s often because of ozone – a gas created by a mixture of emissions from cars,...
Rain helps in California fire fight, lightning sparks others
Thunderstorms that dropped light rain gave some breathing room to crews struggling to quench California’s massive wildfires but lightning sparked several new blazes in the...