One climatologist said "a perfect storm" of climate extremes primed the western U. S. for one of its worst fire seasons in a decade.
Source: [CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/climate-extremes-wildfires-canada-us-west/)
Climate change is altering the spread of waterborne diseases around the world, according to a comprehensive review published today in Nature Reviews Microbiology. The publication is the most up-to-date, comprehensive analysis examining how climate change influences waterborne diseases.
Smoke from more than 800 blazes has led to air quality concerns as far as Toronto, New York and large parts of Michigan, Minneapolis and Minnesota.
New York has become the first state to impose a temporary moratorium on data center development while state lawmakers lay the groundwork to assess environmental and social impacts. Dr. Mike Weinstein, the director of sustainability at Southern New Hampshire University, explains what we know abo...
The Aral Sea sits between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan and was once the fourth-largest inland body of water on Earth. For the past 60 years, though, humans have bled it nearly dry irrigating cotton crops, leaving behind a salty plain the size of Ireland. Its loss has long been seen as an ecologica...
Ontario’s minister for emergency preparedness has asked the federal government for help, including potentially deploying Canadian soldiers to the affected regions.
Smoke from Canadian wildfires drifted across North America this week, blanketing cities in a thick yellow haze.