When the 2021 Pacific Northwest heat wave peaked at 121 degrees Fahrenheit, it buckled roads, melted power lines, killed hundreds and led to a devastating wildfire. Climate scientists were shocked to see heat so severe.

A nationwide study in France has reported that during the 2019 heatwave, hot temperatures were closely linked with weight loss in heart failure patients, indicating worsening of their condition. 

More frequent and longer-lasting droughts caused by rising global temperatures pose significant risks to people and ecosystems around the world – according to new research from the University of East Anglia (UEA). 

New NOAA-funded social science research published online today in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society shows that the Spanish words currently used by NOAA’s National Weather Service  and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for tornado warnings do not carry the same level of urgency needed to spur protective action as the English words used for these warnings.

Stronger hurricanes that are reenergised by jet stream winds are twice as likely to cross the Atlantic and wreak havoc in Europe than weaker ones, new research has found.

The ability of rainforests to store carbon can decrease in pace with climate change.

According to satellite observations, Arctic sea ice reached its annual minimum extent on Sept. 18, 2022. 

“This lake wasn’t here 50 years ago.” 

A foul-smelling, voracious, wide-spread pest could become even more ubiquitous with climate change.

Trees have long been known to buffer humans from the worst effects of climate change by pulling carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.