As of Thursday afternoon, more than 113 million Americans were under some form of heat alert, the National Weather Service said. Latest updates.
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Smoke from wildfires in Canada prompt US air quality alerts. Here’s a wildfire, smoke map.
Smoke from wildfires in Canada continued to drift into the U.S. on Friday, prompting air quality alerts across the Midwest, Northeast and mid-Atlantic.
Tropical depression forms in Gulf of Mexico on first day of hurricane season, NHC says
As if on cue, a tropical depression bubbled up in the Gulf of Mexico on the first day of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season.
Pollution harms people of color the most. How Biden’s new office plans to change that.
On the day before Earth Day, the White House announced a suite of environmental justice and climate actions. Here’s what we know.
‘Humanity is on thin ice:’ Major UN report says ‘urgent’ action is needed to combat climate change
Reports by the United Nations’ IPCC are considered the planet’s most authoritative assessments of the state of global warming.
A weird winter winds down: New data details record warmth, strange snow patterns
Winter 2022-2023 was among the top two warmest winters on record in eight states from Massachusetts to Kentucky, new data says.
‘It’s now or never’: UN climate report shows globe is on ‘track toward an unlivable world’
‘We are already perilously close to tipping points that could lead to cascading and irreversible climate impacts,’ U.N. secretary general says.