Can we save the San Joaquin's salmon?

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 12:55:34 +0000

As California's population grows, water shortages deepen, and the impacts of climate change intensify, the effort to restore a river and its fish is an...

Salad will survive climate change. But at what cost?

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 11:17:22 +0000

In order to maintain American's year-round demand for salad, more growers are looking into moving delicate crops like baby greens indoors.

Steve Fechheimer: Without a climate plan, you don't have a business plan

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 10:37:37 +0000

‘As a CEO operating in a world already facing destabilizing climate impacts, it amazes me that so many companies haven’t planned for a future that...

Miami is the first city in the world with a chief heat officer

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 10:34:17 +0000

It’s about climate change, not basketball.

Texas power grid, strained last winter, now faces an early heat wave

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 09:31:11 +0000

Regulators have asked residents to start conserving energy after demand hit a June record just one week into the month.

PG&E's new CEO faces her greatest test yet - the coming fire season

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 04:09:28 +0000

When Patti Poppe took the reins of PG&E Corp. in January, she assumed a sobering double challenge: rehabilitating one of the most criminally convicted companies...

Drought prompts state to cut off water to thousands of farms, water agencies

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 04:03:22 +0000

Thousands of farms and water agencies that rely on flows from California's vast delta watershed are being told to stop drawing water from its rivers...

The force that could redraw the peninsula of India

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 03:36:11 +0000

If you try to think of somewhere calm and peaceful, you might conjure up an image of an idyllic sandy beach. But in South India,...

Answers to these botanical mysteries could help a climate-stressed world

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 03:22:02 +0000

The unparalleled genetic diversity found at critical crops’ origin sites can help breeders create drought and heat-resilient varieties.

Nick Martin: How long can the West survive Republican obstruction on climate?

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 02:21:52 +0000

Some of the senators blocking climate policy represent states struggling with drought and wildfire.

Is the American West in a megadrought?

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 22:27:09 +0000

America's Western states are burning - again. After an extremely dry 2020 and a spring heatwave, fires are blazing across the Southwest.

Angry Texans hit out at ERCOT after residents asked to reduce electric use amid heatwave outages

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 22:15:39 +0000

‘This is a disaster. Get your crap together’, say angry residents in the Lone Star state.

Why the heat wave hitting the Western U.S. is so intense

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 22:08:31 +0000

A hot weather pattern amplified by a climate change-exacerbated drying trend has fueled the intense heat in much of the Western U.S.

California’s drought may have helped solve the mystery of a 1965 plane crash

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 21:26:29 +0000

Last week, a local underwater surveying company was testing equipment at Folsom Lake, about 30 miles north-east of Sacramento, when sonar revealed something unexpected.

Climate crisis to hit Europe’s coffee and chocolate supplies

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 20:29:55 +0000

Coffee and chocolate supplies in Europe soon could be disrupted by the climate crisis as droughts hit producer countries, according to a study.

Climate change isn’t fueling algal blooms the way we think, study shows

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 20:03:41 +0000

A recent study found that there are no global trends that would suggest that climate change is having a uniform impact on harmful algal blooms...

Rocky Mountain forests burning more now than any time in the past 2,000 years

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 14:27:49 +0000

Scientists studied charcoal layers in the sediment of lake beds across the Rockies to track fires over time. They found increasing fire activity as the...

Two-fifths of EU agricultural imports could be ‘highly vulnerable’ to drought by 2050

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 12:19:00 +0000

As well as assessing drought severity, authors of a new study also consider social and economic factors, including population growth, climate adaptation and global inequality.

NATO and climate change: How big is the problem?

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 11:30:00 +0000

Allied members have agreed to "significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from military activities".

Scientists are trying to make California forests more fire resilient

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 09:47:52 +0000

As the threat of wildfire looms, a debate has emerged in the state about the best way to plant trees.

Fernanda Santos: Here’s why the old playbook for fighting wildfires doesn’t work anymore

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 09:40:41 +0000

There is no fire “season.” The massive blazes are a year-round phenomenon, and policies must adapt to this new reality.

Could bacteria help save historic buildings from environmental damage?

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 04:29:44 +0000

Limestone, the raw material for many iconic monuments and cultural treasures, is facing damage through climate change and air pollution. 

Rocky Mountains are burning more now than ever, and it could get worse

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 04:23:04 +0000

High up in the Rocky Mountains, forests are burning more frequently than any time in the past 2,000 years. The overarching reason: climate change.

Sustainability experts share strategies to confront Nashville’s heated future

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 02:22:36 +0000

Responding to Nashville's frequent high humidity and prolonged stretches of 90-plus degree weather, a local nonprofit has initiated a Metro-supported study into heat mitigation strategies.

More intense hurricanes are expected due to climate change

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 21:29:05 +0000

One of the consequences observed in recent years of climate change is a pattern of more intense hurricane seasons. An example was 2020, and forecasts...

Gov. Wolf, Democrats looking to help communities affected by climate change

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 21:13:26 +0000

A proposal from Gov. Tom Wolf and Pennsylvania Democrats seeks to help communities affected by climate change through funding from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

Scientists recommend proactive response to invading plants

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 20:37:40 +0000

Many invading plants are expanding their growth range in response to climate change, making early detection and rapid response more important than ever. However, limited...

James Bradley: How are our cities going to look in a rapidly heating world? It won’t be long and 50C will be normal

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 19:37:29 +0000

Hot weather bakes in disadvantage. Regenerating natural and living ecosystems will help us all.

A $26-billion plan to save the Houston area from rising seas

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 10:49:14 +0000

Lawmakers are poised to decide the fate of a massive project to protect the coast around Houston from rising sea levels.

Life on the Amargosa—a desert river faced with drought

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 10:29:14 +0000

Where the underground Amargosa bubbles to the surface, unique flora and fauna thrive. But now, hotter weather and depleted groundwater in Nevada and California threaten...