Environment

Climate change is making extreme heat around the world more common

4:25pm July 22, 2022

by Rebecca Hersher

Extreme heat is gripping countries around the world. Host Ailsa Chang talks with NPR reporters in China, the U.K. and the U.S. about what they're seeing and how governments are responding.

People walk along the East River in Brooklyn, New York, as temperatures reached into the 90s on Wednesday.

How people, pets and infrastructure can respond to extreme heat

12:07pm July 22, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

Climate change is making heat waves more frequent and intense. With much of the U.S. facing a weekend of extreme temperatures, here are some tips for protecting yourself and your loved ones.

California's water restrictions aren't impacting people equally

4:25pm July 21, 2022

by caleigh wells

California cities are tightening water restrictions as the state's drought drags on. While some neighborhoods are turning into landscaping graveyards, others are as lush as they've ever been.

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Environment

British company creates the first PVC-free vinyl record

7:55am July 21, 2022

Evolution Music says it created the world's first bio-plastic vinyl record made from sugar and starches. This material allows people to enjoy their favorite artists without worrying about toxic waste.

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Firefighters put out hot spots from the Washburn Fire in Yosemite National Park, Calif., on July 11.

Decades of 'good fires' save Yosemite's iconic grove of ancient sequoia trees

7:58pm July 19, 2022

by Eric Westervelt

Saving the centuries-old trees in Yosemite's famed Mariposa Grove took hard work from firefighters but also half a century of intentional fires.

A man refreshes his face at a fountain in Trafalgar Square in central London on Tuesday.

Environment

The U.K. breaks its record for highest temperature as the heat builds

9:08am July 19, 2022

by The Associated Press

Britain on Tuesday shattered its record for highest temperature ever registered — and the national weather forecaster predicted it would get hotter still in a country ill prepared for such extremes.

Environmental research students Valérie Bolduc and Jaynina Deku review test photos from motion-activated cameras they have installed around a water culvert to monitor wildlife.

Environment

Canadian researchers seek paths for animals to migrate in response to climate change

5:00am July 19, 2022

by Emma Jacobs

Global warming is causing many species to migrate northward, but roads often can prevent them from doing that. Scientists are looking for ways to make that passage easier and safer.

Environmental activists protest outside the National Press Club, where minister for the Environment and Water, Tanya Plibersek, is scheduled to speak, in Canberra, Tuesday, July 19, 2022.

Environment

A report warns that Australia's endangered animals will increase because of wildfires

3:03am July 19, 2022

by The Associated Press

The wide-ranging report found the number of Australian species listed as threatened had increased since the 2016 report.

A firefighter cries Sunday near a wildfire in the Losacio area in northwestern Spain. Firefighters battled wildfires raging out of control in Spain and France as Europe wilted under an unusually extreme heat wave that authorities in Madrid blamed for hund

Heat torches Southern Europe, killing hundreds

9:58pm July 18, 2022

by The Associated Press

Ferocious wildfires are burning in Spain and France, which evacuated thousands of people and scrambled water-bombing planes and firefighters. Officials and scientists cited climate change as a factor.

Europe could hit record-breaking temperatures this week

5:31pm July 18, 2022

by Willem Marx

Europe is reeling from a massive heat wave, and temperatures could hit records this week across much of the continent.

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