With climate change ramping up and an El Nino weather pattern in effect for the western hemisphere, heat island effect has become a real problem for cities sweltering under the summer sun...
We have officially entered the last month of summer and heat waves are just about to get hotter. According to the National Weather Service, Southern and Northern California will experience excessive and long heat waves...
On Monday, uncomfortably high temperatures took over the Great Lakes region, signaling the official start of the summer solstice. This summer promises to be uncomfortable if the heat felt now is anything to go by. Soaring...
An international team of researchers carried out a study to determine the heat and moisture threshold for Earth's forests. Published in Nature Communications, the study answers "how hot is too hot" and "how dry is too dry"...
Only one out of the 21 cities that have hosted the Winter Olympics in the past 50 years will have a suitable climate for winter sports by the end of this century, a new study predicts...
Researchers are in a race against time to salvage Georgia peaches as global warming worsens. The fragile fruits are synonymous with Georgia, but that relationship may end if scientists don't find a workable solution soon....
A newly released assessment by Climate Action Tracker (CAT) shows that nearly every nation has failed to meet a major climate goal. The goal in question is to keep global warming from rising 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial...
Many individuals have personally experienced that when folks are uncomfortable warm, they are correspondingly cranky. And many studies have found a correlation between rising temperatures and violence. But as we experience...
Data released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows that July 2021 was the hottest month in recorded history. Due to climate change, the average monthly temperatures for July have risen...
A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science shows that dragonflies are losing key features due to climate change...
The U.S. has long prized personal rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of sparkly stuff to set on fire come the Fourth of July. But this year, fire chiefs in some cities across the West Coast are saying no to...
The latest heat waves are concerning for birds, whose eggs could be damaged from the skyrocketing temperatures. When extremely higher-than-normal temperatures occur in a region and prevail for several days, there is a possibility...
Climate experts are raising alarm over the scorching weather across much of the western U.S. Although high-pressure zones are not uncommon in the summer, the "heat domes" with persistent high-pressure zones usually come toward...
A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that high elevation forests in Colorado and Southern Wyoming are experiencing bigger, more frequent and more severe wildfires than at any...
A new study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters has revealed that for the past two decades, Yellowstone National Park has been warming at the fastest rate in 1,250 years...
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