Even a huge snowpack during the coming winter would only give the river basin states less than two years of storage before reservoirs returned to historic lows.
A new study calculates the dollar value of wetlands in reducing river flooding. But in Sackett vs. EPA, the high court rolled back protections for nature’s first line of defense.
Extreme heat can destabilize glucose control – but millions of Americans can’t afford the air conditioning that could keep them safe, two health experts warn.
While extreme heat can destroy infrastructure, overwhelm emergency services and cost lives, it does not currently trigger the same federal response and funding as hurricanes or floods.
An examination of the 2024 Jasper, Alberta wildfire argues that the disaster was a warning about how climate change is creating fires so intense they can overwhelm even well-defended communities.
As rising temperatures reshape ecosystems around the world, scientists are warning that bacteria, fungi, and other microbes are adapting in ways that could threaten human health.
A new report from the United Nations weather agency gives a three-out-of-four chance that the next five years will average more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial temperatures.
