In the rugged North Cascade Mountains of Washington State, no one likely knows this glacier better than Mauri Pelto, who says, “My life has been shaped by this ice.” For more than 40 years, Pelto, a glaciologist and a professor at Nichols College in Massachusetts, has returned to this remote wilderness. “We got 6,000 measurements…
The risk of importing the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus into Hong Kong is expected to rise, according to a senior health official, who has identified the increasing global prevalence of the disease caused by climate change and residents’ frequent summer travel as factors. But Ronald Lam Man-kin, director of the Department of Health, sought on Sunday…
California has approved an unprecedented plan to protect the iconic Joshua tree from climate change and development. The western Joshua tree conservation plan is a broad blueprint that compiles scientific research and traditional ecological knowledge to identify areas where the plant may thrive in a warmer future and plot out how to best protect that…
A cruel summer as record wildfires scorch Europe Wildfires continue to burn across the south of Europe amid record-breaking summer heatwaves in many fire-prone regions. In some places, these fires have been exacerbated by wet spring months, which have helped vegetation growth capable of catching alight with ease during a dry summer.Already, an area equivalent…
The unprecedented five black rainstorms in Hong Kong this year have exposed major weaknesses in the city’s climate defence strategy, with authorities underestimating risks and eroding public confidence, a top climate scientist has warned, as he called for a review of workplace guidelines to better protect workers in extreme weather. The warning on Friday by…
The Trump administration has reduced funding for climate research, dismissed federal scientists who worked on the National Climate Assessment, and removed past editions of the report from government websites. Now, critics say, it is taking the next step: rewriting the science itself, according to a lawsuit filed this week by environmental groups. As the Environmental…
The unprecedented five black rainstorms in Hong Kong this year have exposed major weaknesses in the city’s climate defence strategy, with authorities underestimating risks and eroding public confidence, a top climate scientist has warned, as he called for a review of workplace guidelines to better protect workers in extreme weather. The warning on Friday by…
Alaska’s capital city faced record floodwaters Wednesday stemming from a basin dammed by Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier, which released an “outburst flood” that threatened parts of Juneau. Water levels in the Mendenhall River reached unprecedented heights in the early morning hours and peaked at around 7:15 a.m. local time before beginning to fall, the National Weather…
Sections of Alaska’s capital city are bracing for the arrival of what could be record floodwaters due to rainwater and snowmelt flowing downstream from a basin dammed by the Mendenhall Glacier. Some Juneau residents in the flood zone have evacuated, heeding warnings, and officials there intensified their warnings Tuesday, saying “Don’t wait, Evacuate TONIGHT.” On…
The peaches harvested at Masumoto Family Farm in California’s Central Valley are so delicious, they are sought after by world-famous restaurants. But this year’s harvest signals trouble: There are 30% fewer peaches to pick due to warmer winters that disrupted the sleep cycles of the trees. Farmers like Mas Masumoto, whose family relies on a…