‘Flash droughts’ are Midwest’s next big climate threat
Fast-moving droughts are developing more and more quickly as climate change pushes temperatures to new extremes. …
05/18/22
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UN Secretary-General: Fossil fuels are ‘a dead end’
To have a chance of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius and avoiding the worst climate impacts, the world needs to transform global energy systems now. …
05/18/22
Recent European drought was the most intense in at least 250 years
The 2018 to 2020 European drought was the worst in more than two centuries, driven in part by uncommonly high temperatures that exacerbated dry conditions across large parts of the continent, new research finds. …
05/18/22
Their house has stood for 130 years. A new wildfire era may change that
Three wildfires skirted the author’s Boulder home. Then two more converged on her ancestral house in New Mexico. In the drying West, people must now keep their “head on a swivel.” …
05/18/22
Yes, the drought really is that bad
The Western U.S. is experiencing its longest continuous streak of dry years since 800 A.D. …
05/18/22
A boxed set for the birds hopes to save them, too
A star-studded, 242-track trove of songs and poems inspired by birdsong is the latest project in a series of releases raising awareness about its own threatened sources. …
05/18/22
Georgians rocked by hurricanes prepare for future storms
More storms, from the Atlantic and the Gulf, prompt cities, homeowners to defend critical infrastructure. …
05/18/22
Scientist Katharine Hayhoe on running toward the climate crisis solution, connecting with hard-to-reach audiences
Katharine Hayhoe won’t say that the climate crisis is insurmountable, but she will say that solving it depends on convincing people it’s a problem that affects them. …
05/17/22
In US, states struggle to replace fossil fuel tax revenue
A budget flush with petroleum cash has a side effect: It also puts the spotlight on how difficult it is to turn state rhetoric on tackling climate change into reality. …
05/17/22
Endangered status deadline set for Bay-region firefly, monarch butterfly
18 species whose populations may be in trouble will get a review for threatened or endangered status from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). …
05/17/22