Climate Change

Julia Rosen of the LA Times discusses how the Environmental Protection Agency has reported that the consequences of climate change will cost the U.S. hundreds of billions of dollars annually. According to the EPA, climate change will have many costs including water shortages, devastated…

The Guardian-- Scientist have recently discovered a number of heat waves in the oceans, which is destroying swathes of sea life. Research has shown that these heat waves are becoming increasingly frequent, with heatwave days tripling in the recent years. This has resulted in the loss of kelp…

Some scientists say that due to the effects of climate change, a rare storm may occur in California and cause even more damage than an earthquake occurring along the San Andres Fault. This storm, which some are calling the “other big one,” would last for weeks and bring so much rainfall that more…

-- NBC News News Information from NASA and NOAA proves that 2015 - 2018 have been the four hottest years on record since 1880 with average global surface temperatures rising about 2 degrees Fahrenheit. These heat trends are most prevalent in the polar regions with the melting of ice sheets and…

--CNN A team at NASA recently discovered a gigantic hole, about two-thirds the size of Manhattan and 1,000 feet tall, growing in Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica. The size and growth rate of this cavity shocked researchers who hope to learn the speed at which sea levels will rise with climate…

The air quality in Bangkok, Thailand has gotten so bad that officials closed public schools for Thursday and Friday this week. The pollution is mainly attributed to vehicle exhaust, but there are many other contributors, such as the factories. The health effect of air pollution is a continuing…

The Tour Down Under cycling route in Australia was shortened due to a five-day extreme heatwave, as well as other sports activities and events. The temperatures are forecast to exceed 40-degree Celcius. Such heatwave occurs in many parts in Australia, causing severe inconvenience and challenge to…

One of prime water sources for the people of El Paso,Texas is the Rio Grande. Climate change, however, is making it increasingly difficult to supply the city’s water needs. El Paso is now on track to become the first large city in the U.S. to treat its sewage water and send it directly back into its…

Minutes before California's Camp and Woolsey fires began, local utilities companies reported problems with electricity lines, in the same vicinity at the origin of the fires. These reports of equipment malfunctions are helping officials piece together the narrative of the cause of the two…

There are major concerns for low-lying countries if the temperature rises more than 1.5 degrees Celsius this century. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been working for about three years to set up a body of work including the causes, impacts, and possible solutions to the…

In this BBC News Article, we explore the devastating effects that Hurricane Maria had on Puerto Rico. The death toll, according to a Harvard study has climbed to 4,600. The article dives into the specifics behind the rise in mortality, specifically the lack of medical care post storm. It's very…

As reported by Deborah Netburn in the Los Angeles Times, a recent scientific analysis was provoked by the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. The published study provided estimates of different species' loss as a result of the global temperature reaching 2 degrees Celsius higher than the average prior to …

On the Big Island of Hawaii, Kilauea erupted in the beginning of May, and the repercussions are being felt heavily today. The lava flow has just reached the Pacific Ocean and the joining of the two creates ‘laze,’ thick hazardous clouds. The clouds contain hydrochloric acid and glass particles,…

Heidi Chang, from the LA Times reports on a historic mid-April rainstorm which left the Hawaiian island of Kauai drenched in 50 inches of rain in only 24 hours. As Kauai recovers, climate scientists are warning this is an early sign of the dangers of climate change. The most severely affected…