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A new study in Nature Climate Change shows that Earth’s warming climate has made the western drought about 40 percent more severe, making it the region’s driest stretch since A.D. 800.
A Himalayan village in Nepal has vanished — emptied by climate change. Samjung, perched in the high-altitude Upper Mustang ...
Nearly 350 mayors across the country are part of Climate Mayors. The policy proposals were developed by a Western regional group of mayors and their representatives, among them officials from Los ...
Decades of snuffing out fires at the first sign of smoke combined with climate change have laid the groundwork for a massive wildfire in northern California and scores of smaller ones across the we… ...
Japan's rainy season ended at the earliest date on record in the country's western regions, meteorologists said Friday, as ...
Various climate regions respond to drought episodes differently, with temperate grasslands the most affected in the past few decades. The researchers noted that changes in greenness cannot be ...
Experts say a massive wildfire in northern California and scores of smaller ones across the western U.S. and Canada are the legacy of the nation’s fire-suppression experts and climate change.
While millions globally will eventually move due to climate necessity, Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania have the unique opportunity — and responsibility — to shape this transition.