Heat and Drought Team Up More Frequently, With Disastrous Results
A new study finds that what used to be a rare weather double whammy has been occurring more frequently in recent decades because of climate change.
How to Fight a Wildfire: Grueling Work and Managing Risks
Basic firefighting techniques have changed little in decades — but fires themselves are now changing as the world warms, complicating an already perilous profession.
Climate Is Taking On a Growing Role for Voters, Research Suggests
Concern about global warming is steady despite other crises, a survey found, and the number of voters who are deeply engaged on the issue is rising sharply.
Konrad Steffen, Who Sounded Alarm on Greenland Ice, Dies at 68
A renowned researcher on rising sea levels, he died after falling into the kind of crevasse that warming has created. “It looks like climate change actually claimed him as a victim,” a colleague said.
David Kaiser, Rockefeller Heir Who Fought Exxon Mobil, Dies at 50
A great-great grandson of John D. Rockefeller, he steered one of his family’s philanthropies to a feisty stance on the oil giant’s role in climate change.
