How Europe’s heatwaves are hurting the economy
Rachel Mealey: As Europe suffers through extreme heat and massive wildfires, droughts are also drying up the continent’s…
Rising Temperatures Are Turning Antarctica Into a ‘Hotspot’ for This Toxic Pollutant
When it comes to hotspots of toxic heavy metal pollution, Antarctica probably doesn’t come to mind. This remote…
Western Europe heat waves set new temperature record
Western Europe sets new temperature record as heat waves pummel the region The heat waves roiling Western Europe…
Global Warming Has Kicked Into Overdrive, Scientists Warn
It’s been a particularly apocalyptic summer. Relentless, record-shattering heatwaves, untamable wildfires, and deadly floods are just some of…
Conditions for European Wildfires Created by Summer of Extremes
The wildfires torching Spain and France are a culmination of Western Europe’s extreme summer, in which record-setting heat…
Can London cope with 40C summers? How the capital is heat-proofing
“They’re not culturally part of the UK’s design language yet,” says Taylor, referring to external shutters. “But if…
Opinion | Nothing Can Prevent the New Wildfires. We Have to Adapt.
Smoke events like these aren’t exactly unheard-of on the Eastern Seaboard, though there aren’t too many people still…
Stanford Scientists Solve a 252-Million-Year-Old Mass Extinction Mystery
Representative samples of the modern fauna (left three samples) and the Paleozoic fauna (right four samples). Credit: Sarah…
National Academies Report Backs Climate Change Attribution Science
The nation’s top scientific advisory body issued a report on Thursday backing a growing field of science that…
F.C.C. Approves Test of Space Mirror to Light Night Sky Despite Outcry
The federal government has approved plans by a start-up company to test a satellite that would use a…