Global scorching

The 2013 Alder Fire (pictured above) in Yellowstone National Park was one of five at the time caused by lightning strikes and fueled by warmer and drier weather and spread by strong winds. Lightning is attributed to 55 percent of burned acreage between 2016 and 2020. In 2020, California's largest fires were caused by lightning.

8 May 2021

How climate and wildfire risk are linked

An April 16 special broadcast by Seattle’s KOMO-TV on “the future of wildfires in our part of the world” provided a broad overview of the…

Members of the Texas National Guard help Houston residents from areas flooded by Hurricane Harvey, which swamped the region with record rainfall exasperated by the climate emergency.

Human-caused global heating attributable to half or more of Hurricane Harvey damages

The controversial climate documentary, "Planet of the Humans," with its not-so-subtle nod to "Planet of the Apes" pictured above (Charlton Heston as Taylor and Maurice Evans as Dr. Zeus) puts humanity -- and especially the environmental movement -- on trial.

About that ‘Planet of the Humans’ controversy: Fact? Fiction? Both? Neither?

Demonstrators gather in front of the Colorado State Capitol building for a "reopen Colorado" rally in Denver on April 19.

Climate and COVID-19: Other stories

Climate, shlimate. Cat-lazy world leaders continue to nap as climate crisis worsens. Yawn.

Climate shlimate – yet another urgent climate warning for “leaders” to ignore

Gerald Ford and Tip O'Neill

All climate change is local

Greta Thunberg makes a statement about our carbon footprint in her zero-emission transatlantic sailing journey

Greta Thunberg doesn’t care about your insecurities

Across the globe, youth lead a day of protest for urgent action on the climate emergency.

Anti-Thunberg op-ed rests climate crisis hope on America’s failing “democracy”

More trees, yes, but —

Above-average temperatures scorched Alaska and Northern Canada in the first half of 2019. Red indicates areas warmer than average while blue indicates colder than average. The darker the red, or blue, the greater the deviation from average.

6 July 2019

Alaska bakes in record high temperatures as sea ice nears record low

Tourists flocking to the beach in July is nothing new — unless you’re in Alaska. Anchorage hit a record 90 degrees Fahrenheit on July 4…

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