US in freezer, while a large part of the world is extra nice and warm? Again, it’s climate change

Much of the United States is shivering in brutal cold, while most of the world is experiencing unusually warm weather. As strange as it may sound, that contradiction fits neatly into the explanations of what climate change is doing to the Earth, scientists say. On a map of global temperatures over the past few days, … Read more

US in freezer, while a large part of the world is extra nice and warm? Again, it’s climate change

Much of the United States is shivering in brutal cold, while most of the world is experiencing unusually warm weather. As strange as it may sound, that contradiction fits neatly into the explanations of what climate change is doing to the Earth, scientists say. On a map of global temperatures over the past few days, … Read more

Canada’s extreme wildfire season offers a glimpse of new risks in a warmer, drier future

The blanket of wildfire smoke that spread across much of the US and Canada in 2023 was a wake-up call and showed what climate change could feel like for millions of people in the near future. However, apocalyptic orange skies and levels of air pollution forcing people indoors only tell part of the story. As … Read more