Climate Change

As the world gets hotter, technology offers governments a fresh way to track emissions and the progress of officials in meeting climate goals. What benefits do these dashboards offer, and how are cities using them?

Hoping to expedite undersea data collection from coral reefs to study climate change, a 14-year-old freshman at Hanford High School in Washington built a water rover with AI to collect and analyze numerical sensor data.

In the face of rising temperatures that are particularly hard on underserved communities, urban planners are increasingly turning toward expanding tree canopies and green spaces.

Experts urge a “just transition” away from fossil fuels as communities across the U.S. plan for clean energy futures that, just as essentially, leave no one behind.

The Fifth National Climate Assessment, released this week, says Pennsylvania is poised to experience more severe rainstorms, flooding and extreme heat due to climate change, as are other Northeastern states.

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission in the Bay Area is holding public meetings for community feedback on a plan to add tolling to the region’s most-crowded freeways to generate new funding for transit and other projects.

The Environmental Tech Lab in New York City selected eight companies to explore proofs of concept as part of its inaugural Operational Efficiency Challenge and Data Utilization Challenge.

Climate changes and rising ocean temperatures have lengthened hurricane season. Experts say that means emergency managers need to expand their understanding of what could happen and when.

States like Georgia and North Carolina are courting the electric vehicle industry, attracting investments from not only car companies, but battery and charging manufacturing efforts as well.

The United Nations' most recent null warned that humanity collectively is not acting at the necessary pace and scale to stop climate change, but it says we still have a chance if urgent action is taken.

For decades, scientists warned that human-caused climate change will produce a growing number of weather catastrophes. But events once expected to happen decades from now are already here.

Climate activists have urged Biden to declare a climate emergency to unlock additional executive powers and resources to increase renewable energy, restrict fossil fuel extraction and protect Americans from wildfires.

“Unusual would be an understatement,” said Los Angeles County Meteorologist John Dumas. “Obviously there’s no correlation between the earthquake and the storm, but just the odds of one and then the other are pretty out there.”

While other regions may face only one main disaster threat — tornadoes in the Midwest, hurricanes on the Gulf and East coasts — California’s extreme topography brings siege from all sides.

Online scammers are eager to take advantage of people's need for aid, as well as their desire to help. Using the Internet's ability to conceal their true identity, they pose as government officials, charities and community groups.

In coastal communities across the U.S., technology and data play a significant role in helping both officials and members of the public better understand and mitigate risks related to rising sea levels.

In the last 48 hours, the National Weather Service recorded six places in Los Angeles County with over 5 inches of rainfall. According to Weather Service records, downtown Los Angeles obliterated its 1906 record of .03 inch.

Even though officials have long known about the risk of a major blaze, a review of records and interviews shows there was no fire evacuation plan for Lahaina that was widely available to the public.