Climate

Just over four years ago, Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, visited a small town in the south-western region of Extremadura that had been affected by one of the wildfires devouring…

Global warming has sped up since around 2015, according to a new analysis from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). After removing the effects of natural temperature swings,…

Institutional investors are trying to figure out what it would mean for their portfolios if continually rising temperatures trigger what JPMorgan Chase & Co. is calling “climate black swan risks.”…

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Joseph Hardy of Wells is a former chemist, environmental educator, school administrator and court mediator. As I write this essay, uncontrolled forest fires are burning in Spain and France. Another…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A strengthening El Niño that has already broken records for intensity at its early stages will likely spark even more wild weather worldwide as it grows,…

With the ongoing heatwaves and the massive disruption it is causing, Chris Bambery examines the impacts of a problem that has far reaching social and economic impacts Spain has just…

This summer, torrential rains have washed away Texas neighborhoods, dangerous heat has blanketed swaths of the country, and smoke from Canadian wildfires has choked communities as far south as Florida….

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A strengthening El Nino has already broken records for intensity at its early stages, and it likely will spark even more wild weather worldwide as it…

By SETH BORENSTEIN and EDITH M. LEDERER UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A strengthening El Nino has already broken records for intensity at its early stages, and it likely will spark…

Big majorities of Maine residents believe in global warming, think it is caused by human activities, and that it is harmful. But public interest and concern with global warming slipped…

IN THIS ISSUE: Wind Waste Is a Problem on and Offshore Pollution Decline Driving Recent Heat Waves Climate Change Real Estate Scam Costing Homeowners, Study Reports International Building Code Standards…

The United Nations Secretary-General and foreign ministers from the UK, France and Spain have blamed the deadly wildfires engulfing Europe on climate change, using the disaster to renew calls for…

As the UK has baked through extreme heatwaves this summer, the same question has echoed across television studios and radio interviews: “Was this heatwave caused by climate change?” It’s the…

Over the past week, hundreds of thousands of people in France and Spain fled their homes, many in the dead of night, carrying only what they could. In the coming…

From debunking claims that cold winters do not act as proof that global warming is fake to allegations that the climate changes naturally and so mankind is not to blame,…

After months of drought (WWA, 2026a) and periods of extreme heat (WWA, 2026b), Western Europe is battling widespread and intense wildfires. At the time of writing (July 30th 2026) the…

Climate change has helped southern Europe’s likelihood of wildfires double since 1981, say researchers. Published On 30 Jul 202630 Jul 2026 Southern Europe is “becoming more flammable,” with the number…

he tropics cover less than one-third of the Earth’s surface, but are home to more than half of all known species. Forests, savannas, grasslands, deserts: a vast array of environments…

Temperatures around the world have been rising at an unprecedented rate for decades, and multiple, climate-related knock-on effects have been well established. The global warming phenomenon is directly linked to…

From the THB Extreme Weather and Climate Change Dashboard Back in 1999, I published a paper in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society with Ken Kunkel and Stan Changnon…

President Donald Trump has blamed improper forest management for Canadian wildfires whose smoke drifted into the Midwestern and Northeastern U.S. earlier this month. But climate change — and not a…

Back in 1999, I published a paper in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society with Ken Kunkel and Stan Changnon titled “Temporal Fluctuations in Weather and Climate Extremes That Cause Economic and…

Air conditioning has become a hot-button geopolitical issue as rising temperatures create dangerous conditions around the globe. Air-conditioning units are increasingly being considered as “essential infrastructure” as summer heat waves…

TEHRAN – Inaction or slow action to fight climate change has started to take its toll. It is getting worse every year.  The planet Earth is mostly being taken hostage…

Global sea levels rose at an unprecedented rate during the 20th century. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the world’s oceans are now between 8 and 9 inches…

AI-powered satellite monitoring has helped cut methane emissions, according to a new report from UNEP. The UN’s Methane Alert and Response System now uses AI to process 12-15 times more…

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With wildfires continuing to wreak havoc across France, Spain and other parts of Europe, UN Climate Change executive secretary Simon Stiell has said that escalating extreme weather warrants further action…