By Tim Radford, Climate News NetworkMar 6, 2014
The process that sends cold surface Antarctic water to the warmer depths -- redistributing heat and storing carbon -- is now faltering, scientists say, because of climate change. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
By Alex Kirby, Climate News NetworkJul 3, 2013
In the first decade of this century global sea level rise increased at about double the rate of the preceding hundred years, the World Meteorological Organization says. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Eugene Robinson / TruthdigAug 10, 2012
Excuse me, folks, but the weather is trying to tell us something. Listen carefully, and you can almost hear a parched, raspy voice whispering, "What part of 'hottest month ever' do you people not understand?" Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigAug 8, 2012
July was the hottest month in the U.S. on record, yet many in the GOP continue to dispute global warming and the science behind it. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 25, 2007
Extreme weather is rolling across Europe, bringing suffering and death. While the north has had to cope with heavy rainfall and flooding, an estimated 500 people were killed in Hungary alone last week by a heat wave that has spread across the southeast. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 11, 2006
About 140 Californians died last month from a severe heat wave, the most casualties since 1955, when air conditioning became widespread. Officials were left scrambling to explain the inordinately high number of deaths, unusual for a place where people are used to the summer heat. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 31, 2006
California?s recent heat wave has caused the deaths of more than 130 people, officials believe. Though temperatures have been cooling, they hovered around 115 degrees in some parts of the state earlier in the week. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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