Cocoa farmers face mounting challenges as El Nino rages on
A woman spreads cocoa beans during the sun-drying process in the backyard of her house in Asikasu, Ghana on December 19, 2020. Cristina Aldehuela | Afp | Getty Images El …
Heat waves
Japan logs hottest September on record
Japan logged its hottest September since records began in 1898, hitting an all-time monthly high for the third straight month, the weather agency said Monday. The average temperature in September …
Japan’s endless summer pushes some toward cooler places
Katsuura, Chiba Pref. – There’s an old folk tale passed down in Katsuura, a sleepy city on the eastern edge of the Boso Peninsula known for its pristine beaches and …
Extreme weather is forcing redesign of world’s busiest airports
Airports around the world are relocating sensitive electrical equipment to rooftops to protect it from flooding, reinforcing runways to handle extreme temperature swings and revving up air conditioning as climate …
As temperatures climb, millions more people face food insecurity
As summer heat waves grow more frequent and extreme because of climate change, so do the risks to human health. But while the immediate effects of heat are well understood, …
Sweltering temperatures bring misery to large portion of central U.S., setting some heat records
HOUSTON — Sweltering temperatures lingered Sunday in a large swath of the central U.S., causing misery from the Gulf of Mexico almost to the Great Lakes. Record high temperatures were …