Tag: climate change

Wintry weather, esp. extreme cold, has caused traffic accidents and resulted in school closures across the Northern Hemisphere.

The North American jet stream has undergone significant changes over the past 1,000 years, but most data only look at it from about 1979.

The govt. released a blockbuster report that says, without question, human activity is responsible for most global warming.

Cash is king, but in Puerto Rico, much of which is still without power, it has become the queen, jester, and pauper as well.

Puerto Rico took a direct hit from Hurricane Maria, a Category 4 storm at the time. It's been downgraded, but the entire island is without power.

Biodiversity is being lost in recent decades as species become extinct. Yet ecosystems that have higher biodiversity tend to survive better in our changing climate.

We didn't deny the connection between long-term smoking and lung cancer. Why do we continue to deny the effect of climate change on weather?

Extreme and record-setting heat came to the San Francisco area late last week, and wildfires continue to threaten lives and national treasures.

The Rocky Mountains in Mont. are breathtaking, but today, they're covered in smoke from wildfires that are impacting people's lives.

Reducing greenhouse gases would reduce the effects of climate change. Have 9 states found a way to do that?