Alejandra Borunda
Stories
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Just how hot was July? Hotter than anything on record
A new report from NOAA and NASA confirms that last month was the hottest July ever recorded, driven to new heights by human-caused climate change.
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Some of Canada's wildfires likely made worse by human-driven climate change
Climate change intensified eastern Canada's hot, dry, windy weather this summer. That made Quebec's enormous burns about twice as likely, according to a new study.
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Climate change makes wildfires in California more explosive
A new study pins about 25% of the extra risk on human-caused climate change.
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What's the connection between climate change and hurricanes?
Hurricane Idalia made landfall in Florida. Here are some ways climate change is reshaping tropical cyclones like it
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Extreme heat makes air quality worse–that's bad for health
Air quality around the world suffered in 2022 because of climate-induced extreme heat, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Association.
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How wildfire smoke is erasing years of progress toward cleaning up America's air
A new study finds that smoke from massive wildfires has eroded about a quarter of the air quality gains from the last few decades.
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Major U.S. science group lays out a path to smooth the energy transtion
The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine says putting equity at the center of climate and energy policy will help speed along necessary fossil fuel emission cuts
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A new study points to a key window of opportunity to save Greenland's ice sheet
Even if the planet warms more than 2 degrees Celsius, the ice sheet can be protected if temperatures cool back down quickly enough.
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Climate change affects your life in 3 big ways, a new report warns
Climate change costs tens of billions of dollars each year, hurts Americans' health and disrupts everyday life, including how we work, eat, play and mourn, according to a major new assessment.
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Climate change, fossil fuels hurting people's health, says new global report
The latest Lancet Countdown, an annual analysis from the prestigious medical journal, underscores the vast and growing costs of fossil fuel burning on health.
