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June 30, 2021

Deadly heat wave overwhelms hospitals in the Northwest

The blistering heat wave battering the Pacific Northwest this week has already killed around a dozen people in the U.S. and sent more than 1,000 people to local medical facilities.

June 30, 2021

More deaths linked to dangerous Northwest heat wave being reported

About a dozen deaths in Washington and Oregon may be tied to an intense heat wave that brought scorching temperatures to the Northwest and caused one power utility to impose rolling blackouts amid heavy demand.

June 29, 2021

What is a heat dome? Pacific Northwest boils under its effects

The U.S. has been threatened by unprecedented heat during summer 2021, with records quickly toppling in June.

June 29, 2021

NASA studies Louisiana delta system in effort to combat global climate change

Erosion, sinking land and sea rise from climate change have killed the Louisiana woods where a 41-year-old Native American chief played as a child. Not far away in the Mississippi River delta system, middle-school students can stand on islands that emerged the year they were born.

June 26, 2021

More than 90% of West threatened by historic drought that may stretch through summer

More than 90% of the American West is in the grip of a historic and life-threatening drought – and summer 2021 is just beginning.

June 26, 2021

Sen. Barrasso says Biden 'held hostage' by 'far-left-wing' Dems on Putin, energy policies

Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., believes President Biden's energy policies demonstrate that he is "being held hostage by the far-left wing of his party."

June 24, 2021

Senate easily passes bipartisan climate bill incentivizing carbon offsets

In a rare bipartisan move, the Senate voted 92-8 to pass a climate bill aimed at easing access for farmers to carbon markets so they can be incentivized for carbon offsetting processes.

June 24, 2021

Historic drought in West brings plague of grasshoppers

A punishing drought in the U.S. West is drying up waterways, sparking wildfires and leaving farmers scrambling for water. Next up: a plague of voracious grasshoppers.

June 19, 2021

Earth's atmosphere trapping 'unprecedented' amount of heat: NASA, NOAA report

Scientists at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have determined in new research that the Earth's atmosphere has been trapping an "unprecedented" amount of heat, with the planet's energy imbalance approximately doubling from 2005 to 2019. 

June 19, 2021

Shark sightings, detections increase near East Coast as summer unfolds

Sharks are out in full force off the East Coast and around the Sunshine State just as beachgoers return to Atlantic waters this summer.