Climate

Doctors could warn vulnerable patients of dangerously hot weather with 'heat alerts'

5:01pm August 08, 2023

by Martha Bebinger

An innovative pilot project uses emailed "heat alerts" to inform doctors and nurses of dangerous local temperatures, so they can advise patients who are most vulnerable to heat-related illness.

A portion of Grand Canyon National Park and the newly designated Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument

New national monument comes after more than a decade of advocacy by Native nations

4:43pm August 08, 2023

by Ryan Heinsius

The new national monument that President Biden is designating in Arizona today comes after Native nations advocated for decades to protect the area

Maya Tilousi, member of the Hopi Tribe, Havasupai Tribe of Grand Canyon, and the Cheyanne and Arapaho Tribes, shakes hands with President Biden after introducing him at Red Butte Airfield, 25 miles south of Tusayan, Ariz., on Tuesday.

Biden creates a new national monument near the Grand Canyon

4:01pm August 08, 2023

by Tamara Keith

The proclamation signed in the area by the president protects lands that are sacred to indigenous peoples and blocks new uranium mine claims.

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A man holding an umbrella stands near a fallen tree during stormy weather in Washington, D.C., on Monday.

National

Powerful storms killed 2 people and left more than 1 million customers without power

11:52am August 08, 2023

by Emily Olson

A severe summer storm system swept from Alabama to New York on Monday, leaving a trail of toppled trees, damaged buildings and transportation headaches in its wake.

National

As glaciers recede due to climate change, flooding increases

7:12am August 08, 2023

by Anna Canny

Homes and apartments were damaged or destroyed by a flood in Juneau, Alaska, caused by the melting Mendenhall glacier. Climate change is making these kinds of floods a growing issue around the world.

Yogurt-based drinks such as the lassi from India are go-to beverages for cooling down in the hot summer. The glasses at left add mango to the recipe.

Why India's yogurt drink lassi is the perfect drink for the hottest summer on record

4:01pm August 07, 2023

by Ari Daniel

So yes, some people in India love their lassi so much that they mix up the drink in a washing machine! Heat researcher Gulrez Azhar says it's a healthful way to cope with summer heat.

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Three stories from the hottest month ever

5:33pm August 06, 2023

The U.N. estimates that July was the hottest month — in terms of the average global temperature-- in recorded history. That's leading to climate-driven disasters around the world.

Attendees of the World Scout Jamboree cool off with water at a scout camping site in Buan, South Korea, on Friday.

World News

S. Korea presses on with World Scout Jamboree as heat forces thousands to leave early

12:42pm August 05, 2023

by The Associated Press

Hundreds of participants have been treated for heat-related ailments since the Jamboree began Wednesday in the coastal town of Buan as South Korea grapples with one of its hottest summers in years.

Dead trees in the forests of the Harz Region.

Climate change threatens Germany's fairy tale forests

8:01am August 05, 2023

by Esme Nicholson

Germany's dense green spruce forests are being decimated by parasites and climate change. It's unclear if planting different kinds of trees would help stop the decline.

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National

Heat waves haven't stopped Americans from getting outside this summer

6:15pm August 04, 2023

by Lisa Lambert

This summer's extreme weather can't and won't stop Americans from having fun.

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