Record-shattering heat drives home climate change threat
From devastating wildfires, blistering heat and warming oceans, July 2023 was brutally hot and one for the record books. Anne Makovec reports. (8-10-23)
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From devastating wildfires, blistering heat and warming oceans, July 2023 was brutally hot and one for the record books. Anne Makovec reports. (8-10-23)
From devastating wildfires, blistering heat and warming oceans, July 2023 was brutally hot and one for the record books.
Climate journalist Jeff Goodell wrote about how all of us can be susceptible to extreme heat in his book, "The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet.” He included a chapter about a Bay Area family who went on a hike in the Sierra foothills and were found dead on a trail due to complications from extreme heat.
Smashing these records has "dire consequences for both people and the planet," warned the head of the EU's Copernicus weather service.
Doctors in San Francisco are at the forefront of a movement to replace the drugs used for general anesthesia, which have been determined to be contributing to our climate change crisis.
Environmental groups are testing a new device in South Lake Tahoe that aims to help stop pollution at Lake Tahoe.
A local lawmaker says the government needs to start stepping in as things heat up. Read more here.
New research shows winter waves off California's Pacific coast are swelling in size as the planet warms.
Most Americans continue to want climate change addressed right now.
Gardeners will have to adapt to prolonged, warmer weather and they're getting help from UC Davis which is transitioning its campus landscaping to survive climate change. Juliette Goodrich reports. (7-27-23)
"Climate change is here. It is terrifying. And it is just the beginning," U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.
A study from the University of Washington is revealing a threat to Pacific seabirds that is already in motion and may have heartbreaking consequences.
A study from the University of Washington is revealing a threat to Pacific seabirds that is already in motion and may have heartbreaking consequences.
As temperatures warm, harmful algal blooms will likely blossom even more, posing a threat to wildlife, human health and could even affect drinking water.
Greece evacuates beach resorts as a wildfire erupts, Cyprus reports a fatality, and Italians are warned it could hit a record 110 degrees this week.
When it comes to tomatoes, California's extreme weather is serving up uncertainty and risk for growers and Bay Area restaurateurs.
Less than two weeks after Earth saw the highest average daily temperatures in recorded history, Friday was a perfect day to kickstart a major weapon in the fight against climate change.
Years of keeping fire out of America's forests led to a buildup of dead trees and brush — fuel for today's larger, hotter, more lethal wildfires.
As part of our new series -- Project Earth -- we're looking at how climate change fuels more extreme wildfires. Forests that have burned are struggling to bounce back. David Schechter reports. (7/12/23)
Amid worsening and more extreme heat waves, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office has launched a campaign to help Californians protect themselves from the effects. Ashley Nanfria reports. (7/11/23)
Brian Hackney reviews what we know and don't know about the likely effects on climate (and tomato-growing) of the El Nino that has formed in the Pacific. (7-7-23)
One climate scientist called the marks more "evidence ... that global warming is pushing us into a hotter future."
Preliminary measurements had the mercury topping an average of 62.6 degrees worldwide for the first time since records have been kept, an arm of NOAA says.
As the climate continues to change due to heat-trapping gases spewed into the air, ever fewer people are safe from billowing, deadly fingers of wildfire smoke, scientists say.
The first six weeks of Canada's 2023 wildfire season put it on track to be its most destructive in history.
