Records are being broken for the second time in a month, leading scientists to probe the upper limits of what […]
Europe’s Heat Has Scientists Asking: How Much Hotter Can It Get?
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Why Is Europe the Fastest-Warming Continent
The burning of fossil fuels is raising temperatures worldwide, but local factors, on land and at sea, determine which regions […]
40 drown, Eiffel Tower closes, nuclear plant shut: France at centre of Europe’s heatwave crisis
Europe Created Heat-Wave Protections. Now Comes the ‘Crash Test.’
Searing temperatures in Western Europe are drawing comparisons to 2003, when a deadly heat wave sparked a reckoning.
Former NOAA Employees Revive Climate Web Site
The database of federal global warming research recreates a website that was closed amid the administration’s broad retreat from climate […]
Energy Dept. Promises $17.5 Billion in Loans for Nuclear Power
The federal government wants to help utilities buy large components for up to 10 large nuclear reactors. It’s unclear which, […]
Interior Department Moves to Relax Rules for Drilling on Public Lands
A pair of proposals from the Trump administration would lower costs and weaken requirements for fossil fuel companies that drill […]
Why ecologists are concerned about the Great Nicobar Project
Is Climate Change Supercharging El Niño?
As a new, potentially record-breaking El Niño begins, researchers are vigorously debating whether climate change is driving the phenomenon’s intensity.
What is the Heat Dome Causing Europe’s Record Temperatures?
Heat domes happen all over the world, and the one over Europe this week is locking in days of near-record […]