Climate change threatens more than a million species with extinction. However, some animals are more resilient to temperature changes and could thrive in a warming world. Not all of these animals are ones you would like to see more often. Some are also carriers of deadly diseases. In the game of climate change there are … Read more
A month before the summer of 2024, the vast majority of the U.S. population had already experienced at least one extreme heat wave. Heat warnings had been issued for millions of people, and more extreme heat waves were predicted to follow. Death Valley reached temperatures of 125 degrees Fahrenheit (51.7 degrees Celsius) or higher for … Read more
Arizona health officials are warning that hantavirus, a virus transmitted to humans by rodents, is causing a surge in a potentially deadly lung syndrome. There have been seven confirmed cases and three deaths in the past six months, according to a recent health alert. Most cases of hantavirus are reported in the western and southwestern … Read more
New research shows that the impacts of human-caused climate change are so severe they are throwing time into disarray. Melting polar ice due to global warming is changing the speed at which the Earth rotates and lengthening the length of the day. That trend will only accelerate over the course of this century as humans … Read more
New research shows that the impacts of human-caused climate change are so severe they are throwing time into disarray. Melting polar ice due to global warming is changing the speed at which the Earth rotates and lengthening the length of the day. That trend will only accelerate over the course of this century as humans … Read more
HOUSTON (AP) — Sharon Carr is frustrated. Like many others who lost power after Hurricane Beryl slammed into the Texas coast earlier this week, she headed to a cooling center in Houston for relief from the summer heat, even as the city’s utility warned it could take longer than hoped to restore everyone’s electricity. “It’s … Read more
Strange as it may sound, early germ theorists could tell us a lot about current attitudes toward climate change. While researching a new book on the history of emerging infections, I discovered many similarities between the early debates about the existence of microbes and the current debates about the existence of global warming. Both controversies … Read more
HAYWARD, Wis. (AP) — Cold nights on the Chippewa Flowage in northern Wisconsin don’t deter 15-year-old spearfisherman Gabe Bisonette. He’s been learning the Ojibwe practice for so long that when his headlamp illuminates the eyes of his quarry, he can barely tell his father what he’s seen in a word. With the pointed spear at … Read more
According to the European climate service Copernicus, the series of record-breaking warm months on Earth continued for more than a year through June. Scientists say there is hope the planet will soon see an end to the record-breaking heat wave, but not yet to the climate chaos that came with it. Global temperatures in June … Read more
According to the European climate service Copernicus, the series of record-breaking warm months on Earth continued for more than a year through June. Scientists say there is hope the planet will soon see an end to the record-breaking heat wave, but not yet to the climate chaos that came with it. Global temperatures in June … Read more