nature
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‘Stifling’: Extreme Heat Hammers the U.S.
Today is officially the first day of summer, but seriously hot weather first arrived in some parts of the country over a month ago. And the scorching trend is set to continue. The National Weather Service is forecasting more triple-digit temperatures across large swathes of the U.S. this week.
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Dead Fish Are Nearly All That’s Left of a Lake in Drought-Stricken Chile
Chile’s freshwater sources — and the people who depend on them — are in trouble.
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Heatwave Brings Dangerous Temperatures to America’s Southwest
It’s currently very hot in the Southwest. In parts of California, Nevada, Utah, and Texas, today’s predicted highs are well above 100 degrees. Those scorching three digit temperatures are expected to increase and persist across the region through the weekend, in the first heatwave of the season for some parts of the country.
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The U.S. Drought Situation Is Getting Increasingly Desperate
The ramifications of the historic megadrought happening in the U.S. right now are getting increasingly serious. Hydropower is faltering, farmland is too parched to produce, and millions of people are currently under water restrictions. It’s a drought so big that it has eclipsed 1,200 years of climate history. Human-caused climate change is at least partially responsible.