It’s Getting Too Hot to Make Snow
[ad_1] Ted Shepherd, a climate scientist at the University of Reading in the UK, knows what it’s like to arrive at a ski resort only to find that the snow…
Pliocene-Like Monsoons Are Returning to the American Southwest
[ad_1] Leaf waxes also predate climate records from Antarctic ice cores, which go back only about a million years and require a climate that can support ice. One study used leaf…
The US Is Measuring Extreme Heat Wrong
[ad_1] In the late 1970s, a physicist and textiles engineer in Texas named Robert Steadman published a paper called “The Assessment of Sultriness.” The title reflected an unpleasant sort of…
As the Planet Warms, Canada Faces an Influx of Climate Refugees
[ad_1] This story originally appeared on Canada’s National Observer and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. As droughts, deteriorating farmland, and rising sea levels push people around the world…
California’s Heat Wave Is a Big Moment for Batteries
[ad_1] During a late summer heat wave in California, golden hour becomes danger hour. In the offices of the California Independent System Operator, which manages the state’s grid, things get…
How Drought and War Are Really Affecting the Global Food Supply
[ad_1] Even if those differences average out nationally—possibly even globally, when you balance Southern Hemisphere production against the US and Western Europe, or the Americas against Central Europe and Asia—there’s…
Pakistan’s ‘Monster Monsoon’ Shows the Wrath of Climate Change
[ad_1] This story originally appeared in The Guardian and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The climate crisis is the prime suspect for the devastating scale of flooding in…
As Wildfires Get More Extreme, Observatories Are at Greater Risk
[ad_1] It was 4 am on June 17 when Michelle Edwards, associate director of Kitt Peak National Observatory, got the news: A wildfire had breached the road up to the…
How to Prevent Another European Transport Meltdown
[ad_1] As if the cancellation of flights and trains due to strikes and staff shortages weren’t upsetting travelers enough this summer, the European heat wave arrived to exacerbate the travel…
Nuclear Power Plants Are Struggling to Stay Cool
[ad_1] From its humble start as a glacial trickle in the Swiss Alps, the Rhône River quickly transforms into one of the world’s most industrialized waterways. As it winds through…