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Summer 2024 was the Earth's hottest on record, European climate agency says
The European climate service Copernicus says Earth just sweltered to its hottest summer on record. That makes it even more likely that this year will end up as the warmest humanity has measured.
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What is corn sweat?
Extreme summer heat is bringing attention to the term “corn sweat.” Here’s what the term refers to.
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Sweaty corn plants have long made the Midwest summers humid. Climate change is making it worse
Corn sweat is the process by which corn plants release moisture into the air to stay cool, and it brings the Midwest a surge in humidity every summer. Now, climate change and evolving agriculture are making the phenomenon even stickier.
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Tropical Storm Debby is dumping more rainfall because of climate change
Virtually all of the damage from Debby will be from flooding rains, and that’s one of the signatures of how climate change is impacting tropical storms and hurricanes. Meteorologist Chase Cain explains how record hot oceans and a warmer atmosphere work together to fuel more flooding.
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Severe drought has returned to the Amazon. And it's happening earlier than expected
The Amazon is entering its driest period, from August to September. Many rivers are at historic lows even earlier than last year.
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Climate activists rally behind Kamala Harris
Despite passing landmark climate legislation, President Biden struggled to maintain support from climate activists. However, national climate reporter Chase Cain shows us why Kamala Harris is quickly earning endorsements and support from voters motivated by climate change.
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Southern California awarded $500M for carbon emission reduction efforts
The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a Southern California pollution reduction agency a grant to reduce carbon emissions from transportation.
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Heat domes, climate change driving aggressive start to wildfire season
Hot, dry, and windy days are becoming more common because of human-caused climate change. Meteorologist Chase Cain explains how that’s allowing wildfires to burn more land much earlier in wildfire season.
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Global warming has begun to slow Earth's rotation, new study finds
New research published in Nature Geoscience suggests water from melted glacial ice is causing the Earth to slow down, leading to slightly longer days.
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Wisconsin wants climate action. Could young Republicans change party's stance in Milwaukee?
Roughly three-fourths of people in Wisconsin support various climate policies. However, in advance of the Republican National Convention, the party’s draft platform makes no direct reference to climate change. National climate reporter Chase Cain explores if that might change during the RNC in Milwaukee.
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Gassy cows and pigs will face a carbon tax in Denmark, a world first
Denmark will tax livestock farmers for the greenhouse gases emitted by their cows, sheep and pigs from 2030, the first country to do so as it targets a major source of methane emissions, one of the most potent gases contributing to global warming. The aim is to reach a 2030 target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 70% from 1990...
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Hawaii settles lawsuit filed by children that alleged state violated their right to life-sustaining climate
Hawaii’s governor and lawyers for youth plaintiffs say they have settled a lawsuit alleging Hawaii violated the state constitution by operating a transportation system that harmed the climate and infringed upon the children’s right to a clean and healthy environment.
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Where climate change is cranking up the heat in the U.S.
May marked the 12th month in a row of record global temperatures. The unprecedented milestone follows what was also a record-breaking year for the number of heat-related deaths in the U.S. Meteorologist Chase Cain has a new analysis from Climate Central, identifying where climate change is making heat even more extreme for Americans.
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Panama prepares to evacuate first island in face of rising sea levels
The Gunas of Gardi Sugdub are the first of 63 communities along Panama’s Caribbean and Pacific coasts that government officials and scientists expect to be forced to relocate by rising sea levels in the coming decades.
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A climate activist in Paris stuck a protest poster on Monet's ‘Poppy Field'
An environmental activist was detained after sticking a protest sign to a Monet painting in Paris’ famed Orsay Museum. It was the latest of several actions by protesters with the group Food Riposte to target artworks in France in calls for action to protect food supplies from further damage to the climate. The museum, known in French as the Musée...
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Vermont becomes 1st state to require oil companies pay for damage from climate change
Vermont has become the first state to enact a law requiring fossil fuel companies pay a share of the damage caused by climate change after the state suffered catastrophic summer flooding and damage from other extreme weather.Republican Gov. Phil Scott allowed the bill to become law without his signature late Thursday. He said in his message to lawmakers that...
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From our tables to our medicine cabinets, we literally owe trillions to coral reefs
Coral reefs provide an estimated $2.7 trillion every year in food, medicine and economic services, but warming oceans are harming these critical ecosystems. Here’s what you need to know about the “rainforests of the sea.”
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Hollywood movies rarely reflect climate change crisis. These researchers want to change that
Fewer than 10% of 250 surveyed films passed the “climate reality check” proposed by researchers in a new study.
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Heat waves getting hotter, longer, and more frequent because of climate change
A new report from scientists at Climate Central, the Red Cross, and World Weather Attribution found that climate change added nearly a month’s worth of extremely hot days over the last year. Florida, Arizona, and Hawaii felt some of the biggest increases in heat waves driven by climate change domestically. National climate reporter Chase Cain explains what it could mean...
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NASA picks 2 Scripps women scientists as finalists for climate change mission
NASA has selected local female scientists Helen Fricker and Sara Gille to put their unique satellite missions into concept studies with the goal they’ll better track the impacts of climate change across the globe.