The heat dries up the land, making it unable to absorb water if heavy rainfall follows the extreme heat.
Heavy rain slammed Massachusetts and Rhode Island this week, and more stormy weather may be headed for New England this weekend.
The ruling is the first of its kind and mandates that businesses disclose direct and indirect sources of pollution.
The storm has maximum sustained winds of more than 100 miles per hour and could bring flash flooding to the Northeast.
Creating new products is only part of a large company’s environmental impact.
Researchers from Oxford University found that heat pumps are more than twice as effective when heating homes compared to fossil fuel systems.
An environmental report revealed that the company’s water consumption increased by over a billion gallons from 2021 to 2022.
The equivalent of several months of rain fell over the area, and the water pooled into the playa where the event takes place every year.
The storm has grown quickly and the most immediate concern is dangerous rip currents around the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
Opponents say that this will hurt jobs in the region, while advocates want a full ban on oil and gas projects in the Arctic.
Scientists recently had a breakthrough in freezing and reviving fragments of adult coral, it could mean better conservation efforts in the future.
July was the hottest month, August came in at a close second.
The environmental and law enforcement protestors were accused of racketeering.
Attendees were trapped in the mud, it took hours to leave the area, and one eventgoer tragically died.
New research found that the eco-friendly "alternative" to plastic cups has adverse health effects on larvae.
The storm made landfall earlier this week as a strong category 3 and left a path of destruction in its wake.
The storm destroyed homes, flooded streets, and even dropped a tree on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' house in Tallahassee.
Mice were exposed to microplastics in their drinking water, and those with higher exposures behaved erratically.
The storm plowed into the Big Bend area of the state with catastrophic winds and flooding.
Contaminated gas can damage vehicles, a rising concern as residents may need to evacuate from the storm.
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