(Photo credit: NASA ICE / CC BY 2.0 ) An Antarctic glacier roughly the size of Florida may be even more vulnerable to warming ocean waters than previously thought. Thwaites glacier is already shrinking by about 50 billion tons of ice each year. Its melting causes about 4% of […] Click here to view original […]

Myanmar Floods People around the world are “paying a terrible price” for inaction on global warming, with time running out to correct the course and avoid climate disaster, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned. A new United Nations report released on Thursday says current climate policies will result in […] Click here to view original

The sun sets over the University District in Seattle. Photograph: Lindsey Wasson/AP Americans are responding to the reality of the climate crisis by adapting their homes, from insulation as a refuge from heat to removing yard debris in case of wildfires Rose, 62, was living in a remote area […] Click here to view original

The warming planet may mean bad news for allergy sufferers. Doctors are warning that fall allergies this year may be worse than ever. (Scripps News) Posted The warming planet may mean bad news for allergy sufferers, as doctors are warning that fall allergies this year may be worse than […] Click here to view original

Los Angeles County has reported eight cases of locally acquired dengue fever in the past few months; the first ever occurred last year. Climate change probably played a role. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: This fall, several people have caught dengue fever in Los Angeles County. The disease is transmitted by […] Click here to view original

Oil pumps near a power plant along Elk Hills Road. The Elk Hills oil and gas field and power plant will be the site of a planned carbon capture project that stores carbon dioxide underground. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local In summary Capturing and storing carbon underground is […] Click here to view original