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WABC (NEW YORK) — The extreme rainfall that occurred in the Northeast on Monday will likely occur more often in the future as a result of climate change, research shows. The Northeast has experienced the largest regional increase of extreme precipitation in the U.S., with a 60% increase in recent decades, according to the U.S. […]
Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Rising temperatures, amplified by climate change, are contributing to an increase in cases of sleep apnea, a condition in which breathing repeatedly stops during sleep, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Communications. “If temperature keeps rising the way they project it to, the burden and […]
the_burtons/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — This year’s World Environment Day comes with a sobering reminder about the severity of global warming, according to climate experts. New climate warnings were announced Wednesday, including that the planet is experiencing its warmest May on record – in turn bringing the tally to twelve consecutive months of record-breaking globally, […]
Getty Images – STOCK (NEW YORK) — This year’s World Environment Day comes with a sobering reminder about the severity of global warming, according to climate experts. New climate warnings were announced Wednesday, including that the planet is experiencing its warmest May on record – in turn bringing the tally to twelve consecutive months of […]
Mario Tama/Getty Images (BRAZIL) — “It is absolutely, absurdly, extraordinarily serious what is happening in Rio Grande do Sul right now — and unfortunately, it will get worse,” Brazilian state governor Eduardo Leite said during a press conference at the onset of what has become the most severe climate catastrophe to impact the region. Persistent […]
ABC News In battleground states across the country, environmental activists like Dr. Emily Church are canvassing on behalf of an organization called the Environmental Voter Project in an effort to turn out people who care the most about climate change — but who haven’t shown up for past elections. During a recent effort in Pittsburgh, […]
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Many of Washington’s iconic flowering cherry trees will be cut down because of climate change. While warming temperatures are causing cherry blossoms all over the world to bloom earlier, rising sea levels are leaving the National Park Service no choice but to cut down more than 150 trees that have […]
Patrick J. Endres/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — What is a day in the life of an Alaskan polar bear like? Researchers recently found out after strapping collar cameras to several bears. Scientists have long hypothesized what would happen to polar bear populations in the Arctic as sea ice continues to melt at unprecedented rates. But […]
Photography by Keith Getter (all rights reserved)/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The California coast is currently getting pummeled with heavy rain from atmospheric rivers, essentially rivers in the sky that collect moisture from tropical areas and redistribute the water to higher latitudes. The current El Niño pattern is also favoring multiple rounds of heavy rain […]
Eric Yang/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In Senegal, rising sea temperatures and years of overfishing have depleted the country’s stocks of fish which are crucial to the economy and the population’s diet. A third of the country lives in poverty, and even with an education, it’s difficult for many to find sustainable jobs. That’s why […]
