By Laura Baisas 31 July 2023 (Popular Science) – Scientists are already calculating that July 2023 will be the hottest month on record—and likely the warmest month that humanity has ever experienced. The United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service announced late last week that this month’s heat was beyond record-smashing. The […]
By Lois Parshley 20 July 2023 (The Atlantic) – Ever since some of the earliest projections of climate change were made back in the 1970s, they have been remarkably accurate at predicting the rate at which global temperatures would rise. For decades, climate change has proceeded at roughly the expected pace, says David Armstrong McKay, a […]
By Matthew Cappucci 21 July 2023 (The Washington Post) – For more than a month, a blistering heat wave has baked much of the Lower 48, reaching from the Pacific to the Atlantic and bringing triple digit temperatures to nearly 70 million Americans. The parent “heat dome” is going nowhere anytime soon and will push the entire continental United […]
By Demetris Nellas 22 July 2023 ATHENS, Greece (AP) – A large wildfire burning on the Greek island of Rhodes for a fifth day has forced authorities to order an evacuation of four locations, including two seaside resorts. About 2,000 people, including tourists, were evacuated by sea, fire department spokesman Yannis Artopios said Saturday evening. […]
By Alice Park 10 July 2023 (TIME) – As the Earth continues to warm, the rising temperatures are contributing to a number of health conditions that are in turn driving up mortality. And for the first time, scientists have figured out a more detailed way to estimate how many deaths can be attributed to heat. […]
By Kelly Macnamara 4 July 2023 (AFP) – The risks of harvest failures in multiple global breadbaskets have been underestimated, according to a study Tuesday that researchers said should be a “wake up call” about the threat climate change poses to our food systems. Food production is both a key source of planet-warming emissions and […]
By Clifford Young 15 July 2023 (USA TODAY) – Extreme weather events are on the rise. States across the south-central and western U.S. are roasting. New York to New England is dealing with catastrophic floods. After years of drought, California went the opposite way and experienced one of the wettest winters in decades. And the across the country, […]
By Jacob Bogage and Eli Tan 14 July 2023 (The Washington Post) – The pain usually starts for Karla Perez when the temperature reaches 100 degrees. “When it’s too hot, I feel like vomiting,” said Perez, who has worked landscaping and construction jobs in the Dallas area for the last decade. “My legs are shaking. […]
By Forrest Crellin 12 July 2023 PARIS (Reuters) – Output restrictions are expected at two nuclear plants along the Rhone River in eastern France due to high temperature forecasts, nuclear operator EDF (EDF.PA) said, several days ahead of the similar warning last year, but affecting fewer plants. The hot weather is likely to halve the available power […]
By Matthew Cappucci 14 July 2023 (The Washington Post) – Mid-July is the hottest time of year for many in the Lower 48 states, but the historically intense heat dome that’s sprawled over the southern and western U.S. is exceptional and pushing temperatures into uncharted territory. Triple-digit temperatures are expected to impact at least 10 […]
