The 2020 Summer Olympics kicked off in Tokyo on Friday and there are already signs the toughest part of the competition may just be the extreme heat and humidity in what is expected to be the hottest Olympics on record. Temperatures in Tokyo this time of year are usually in … [continued]
Extreme heat continues to bake the American West, breaking temperature records, and exacerbating drought and other wildfire catalysts. Billings, Montana, broke a 61-year-old record with 106°F heat on Monday. Boise, Idaho has hit 95°F for 23 days straight. And Salt Lake City hit 100°F for the 17th time this year … [continued]
More than 100 people are dead and about 1,300 still missing in the wake of extreme rain and flooding western Europe. The torrential rainfall — as much as two months’ worth in two days, amounts not seen in the summer for at least a century — unleashed flooding that stacked cars … [continued]
Joe Manchin is a staunch supporter of fossil fuels. Citizens United helps him keep his seat.
Devastating floods in Europe last week have raised new fears about climate change. Is it too late?
Less than two weeks after an extreme and deadly heatwave in the Pacific Northwest, the a heat dome broiled the West again this weekend as climate change caused by the combustion and extraction of fossil fuels continues to kill people, especially those who labor in fields and warehouses. The late-June … [continued]
Chicago, America’s Second City, is built on a swamp. Climate change could make that one of history’s worst ideas.
The heatwaves that have been plaguing the U.S. West Coast have been all over my Twitter, TikTok, and Facebook feeds. However, I didn’t realize until watching one TikTok video that many are enduring triple-digit heat without air conditioning. In the video I shared in the tweet below, this woman is … [continued]
Originally published by Union of Concerned Scientists, The Equation. By John Rogers, Energy Campaign Analytic Lead In the face of this week’s astonishing temperatures, reliable electricity and the air conditioning it powers have often been the only thing keeping dangerous, even deadly heat at bay. But how do different types of … [continued]
Last week’s heat dome may be just the beginning of a new normal as the Earth’s climate tips over into a new age that will no longer support human life.
