The year 2023 was marked by extraordinary heat, wildfires and weather disasters. In the U.S., an unprecedented heat wave gripped much of Texas and the Southwest with highs well over 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 Celsius) for the entire month of July. Historic rainfall in April flooded Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with […]
Wildfires
2278 posts
The year 2023 shattered the record for the warmest summer in the Arctic, and people and ecosystems across the region felt the impact. Wildfires forced evacuations across Canada. Greenland was so warm that a research station at the ice sheet summit recorded melting in late June, only its fifth melting […]
After some recent intense wildfires in Northern California, scientists tested samples of singed soil and were disturbed by their findings: It was laden with a cancer-causing metal called hexavalent chromium. Scientists think the heat of severe wildfires can transform a benign version of the metal, which is found commonly in […]
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Thick smoke has enveloped extensive areas of the Brazilian Amazon on Thursday as the region grapples with a surge in wildfires and a historic drought. In Manaus, a city of 2 million, air quality ranked among the worst globally, leading to the suspension of college classes […]
A British-made satellite dubbed the ‘world’s thermometer’ has sent back its first pictures from space today. ‘HotSat-1’ captures images in the infrared range to show how much heat is being emitted by buildings, carparks, airports, oil refineries and more. The new shots reveal the scale of heat emissions in a number […]
Is it safe to travel to Tenerife after latest wildfires? Travel information after 3,000 are evacuated overnight Roughly 3,000 people were evacuated on the night of another outbreak The Spanish island experienced its worst fires for decades in August So, where are the fires? And is it safe to travel […]
It felt like the opening minutes of a disaster movie. This summer, Trevor O’Donnell, 64, had been reading the cascade of news about extreme weather: wildfire smoke covering the country, deadly flooding in unexpected places, record-breaking heat. To Mr. O’Donnell, a tourism executive who splits his time between Palm Springs, […]
Climate change is warming up the spring, lengthening the summer, and drying out soil and vegetation, leading to more frequent, destructive wildfires. This year alone, wildfires have left at least 98 dead on Maui, forced mass evacuations from several Greek islands, and raged across Canada, forcing an entire city to […]