Words matter: The Guardian announces updated climate crisis language
Words matter, and last week The Guardian announced it will start using more appropriately strong words that reflect...
These are the best tips to help you establish an eco-friendly laundry routine
The earth is a fragile place, a bit more so with each day that humans contribute to chemicals in the waste stream...
National Weather Service claims 2019 flooding could cause record-breaking damage
The historic flooding that has been devastating the Midwest may be just the beginning of an ongoing trend. Last...
Climate change is wreaking havoc on Italy’s olive harvests
Italy is facing a major climate change crisis as the country’s olive harvests continue to decline. Italy’s...
Climate twins: which city will your city feel like in 2080?
The phrase "global warming" gets tossed around a lot, but do we really understand what it means and how it will...
Global warming makes 2018 the 4th hottest year ever
U.S. officials have confirmed that 2018 was the fourth hottest year on record. Scientists with the National Oceanic...
Climate change and the polar vortex to blame for unpredictable weather
Americans in the upper Midwest have been dealing with brutally cold temperatures as low as 35 degrees (Fahrenheit) below...
California’s Monarch butterfly population hits ‘potentially catastrophic’ low in 2018
California’s Monarch butterfly population hit a record low in 2018 after dropping a whopping 86 percent from...
A Hawaiian island has been wiped out by Hurricane Walaka
Hurricane Walaka, a powerful hurricane that hit Hawaii earlier this month, has wiped a Hawaiian island off of the...
6 tents perfect for camping this summer
Now that summer is here, it's time to prepare for some camping trips. But finding a great tent can be tricky....
The US just experienced its hottest May on record
It's a familiar theme: each year, it seems, is the hottest year on record. The most recent climate change milestone...
High tide coastal flooding in US has doubled in the past 30 years
A new report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) finds that the frequency of coastal...
Climate change has transformed much of Alaska over the past three decades
Climate change disproportionately impacts the Arctic, where rising global temperatures wrought by the burning of...
Hawaii’s Kilauea is creating its own weather
Volcanoes can "make their own weather," according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) — and the Kilauea...
“Once-in-a-1000-years” flood batters Maryland town for the second time in two years
Ellicott City, Maryland was devastated in 2016 by a flash flood — the type of event that many people said happens...
2018 hurricane season may be worse than last year
Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria devastated communities in the southern U.S. and Puerto Rico in 2017, and together...
An increasingly intense allergy season is linked to climate change
If you've found that you're having a particularly tough time breathing through this spring's allergy season, you're...
Experts believe climate change could be the cause of recent deadly dust storms in India
India is experiencing a powerful and deadly dust storm season this year. Over the weekend, 71 people were killed...
California’s wild extremes of flooding and drought will only get worse as the planet warms
Between 2011 and 2017, California suffered through one of the worst droughts in its history. After the drought...
Australia experiences record-setting, summer-like heat — even though winter is coming
It's autumn in Australia, but you might not be able to tell from the weather. Record-breaking heat has gripped...
The Gulf Stream is the weakest it’s been in 1,600 years – here’s why that’s really bad news
The Gulf Stream current, which serves as an important regulator of weather and climate along the Atlantic Ocean,...
China’s new rain-making system could increase rainfall by billions of cubic feet
China needs water — and their answer to the issue is a massive weather modification system being developed by...
Orange snow covers the mountains across Eastern Europe
The mountains of Russia, Bulgaria, Romania, and Ukraine have been splashed with color, as the region's snow has...
Deep freeze in the UK causes massive die-off of sea creatures
Scientists and conservationists in the United Kingdom have observed a mass die-off of invertebrate sea creatures...
Extreme Arctic warmth deeply concerning, scientists say
A recent bout of extreme warm weather in the far north Arctic Circle is setting new temperature records and unnerving...
New ‘category 6’ may be necessary to describe strengthening storms
Do we need a category six in defining storms? Some climate scientists think so, as tropical cyclones increase in...
This is one of the hottest places on Earth – and it just snowed there
https://www.instagram.com/p/BdvVVrKHD-o/ A desert town in Algeria known as the "gateway to the Sahara" - one...
It’s so cold that frozen iguanas are falling off trees in Florida
When frigid temperatures hit Florida, most humans can go inside, snuggle up, and wait it out. Not so for iguanas....
“Bomb cyclone” to slam East Coast with more bitterly cold weather
A massive winter storm known as a "bomb cyclone" will smash into the US East Coast this week. This powerful weather...
Cold front turns Niagara Falls into a glorious icy wonderland
In case you hadn't heard: It's cold in the Eastern half of North America. So cold, in fact, that everything surrounding...