Is There A Link Between Extreme Urban Heat And Climate Change?

Understanding The Difference Between Urban Heat and Climate Change. While the recent incidents of extreme urban heat might tempt one to think they are due to global warming, scien ... Read More

'Twisters' Sparks Backlash After Failing To Mention Climate Change As A Cause Of Extreme Weather

The movie, which features more intense storms than its predecessor, Twister, including a tornado filled with fire, follows a group of storm chasers attempting to stop destructive twisters. While the ... Read More

How will climate change and more severe weather affect homeowners' insurance policies?

Climate change means more extreme weather—weather that could be like what the Chicago area saw last week with storms and tornadoes tearing through the area by the dozen. Experts say insurance ... Read More

Why we find extreme weather so fascinating

When climate change leads the news, it's often down to a hurricane, heat wave or flood. And, judging by our most widely read environment stories over the past decade, extreme weather really is one of ... Read More

Can a colossal extreme weather event galvanize action on the climate crisis?

On a sweltering June day in 1988, during the great drought and heat wave of the summer of 1988 — a catastrophe that caused over 5,000 direct and indirect deaths, with damages of $54 billion (2024 USD) ... Read More

As climate change makes extremes more extreme, rainfall is no different

In Sioux Falls, South Dakota on June 21, the National Weather ... "As has been shown time and time again, event after event, climate change is leading to wetter, more extreme precipitation events ... Read More

EXTREME WEATHER

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Climate Change Coverage

Here's what you need to know. Forecasts have painted a difficult picture for the future. But one new study argues that climate change has already imposed an economic penalty on many countries. Read More

How Kamala Harris and Donald Trump compare on climate change

With President Joe Biden’s exit from the 2024 presidential race, Vice President Kamala Harris appears likely – though not guaranteed – to secure the Democratic Party’s nomination for president. As ... Read More

The Cost Of Climate Change Has Arrived At Our Doorsteps

That changed when I recently learned that my California home insurance policy with the same insurer for more ... made it clear to regulators that extreme weather, fueled by climate change, is ... Read More

Biden vs. Trump on climate: Will environmental policy be addressed in the debate?

"Perhaps nowhere is the contrast between ... extreme weather events, three-quarters of those polled believe climate change has been at least partially responsible, according to the survey. MORE ... Read More

Texas needs money to keep the lights on during extreme weather. It’s funding more fossil fuel instead

More recently, mass outages have come from downed power lines. “The weak point is the wires and poles, and basically always has been ... climate change, (utilities) can talk about extreme weathe ... Read More