As a massive heat dome lingered over the Pacific Northwest three years ago, swaths of North America simmered — and then burned. Wildfires charred more than 18.5 million acres across the continent, ...

High cost of living and political turmoil are forcing climate change to the back burner, exposing a massive voter turnout ...

Maria Temming: In 2021, a historic heat wave baked the Pacific Northwest killing hundreds of people and fueling wildfires. Researchers later reported that human-caused climate change made this heat ...

Nov. 14 (UPI) --Climate Action Tracker said Thursday there has been a three-year standstill in global warming projections, with no improvement since 2021. Based on the aggregate effect of current ...

The daughter of a woman who was killed by extreme heat during the 2021 Pacific Northwest heat dome has filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit against major oil companies claiming they should be held ...

Heat scorched the region day after day for at least 10 days, with little overnight relief. On June 28, Portland hit a record high of 116 degrees. That night, temperatures only dropped to 75 degrees.

Duration and frequency data are based on an analysis of 50 metropolitan areas in the United States. Years included in the 2020s are 2020 and 2021. Data are from the Environmental Protection Agency. An ...

In early 2021, Scott Morrison decided that Australia had to embrace “net zero” by 2050 as a climate change goal, in a ...

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