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A new study found that many of our predictions on sea-level rise have been predicated on inaccurate starting numbers. In many places, especially Southeast Asia and the Pacific, it’s significantly worse than we thought.
A new study found that by 2035, almost 50% of Americans will be medically obese. In 1990, that number was just 20%. Nonwhite Americans are much more likely to suffer.
An annual report from the American Cancer Society shows that, for the first time, over 70% of Americans diagnosed with cancer can expect to live at least five years. The increase from the mid-1970s, when that number was just 49% is huge. But not all Americans are benefitting equally.
Some emergency room doctors and nurses who are versed in climate change want more recognition of the ways overheating can precipitate ER visits for heart, respiratory and kidney disease.
Organizations seeking to nurture youths’ connection to nature in San Diego County are hampered by ocean pollution, beach closures and municipal restrictions.
On Saturday, Los Angeles politicians, advocacy groups, and community members convened in Pasadena for a ‘People’s Hearing on Extreme Weather,’ to decry Trump Administration climate policy.
Intensifying ICE presence in the Imperial Valley has hindered the efforts of outreach organizations to help the unhoused population, a group especially vulnerable to the area’s high temperatures.
A new study, which reviewed dozens of published articles from around the world, found that cumulative heat exposure has negative consequences for students’ cognitive outcomes.
Recent L.A. County reports show overdose deaths are down, but a troubling trend is that over the last decade, a bulk of deaths occurred in the summer months.
Fear from ongoing ICE operations has led immigrant workers and families in Southern California to face worsening extreme heat conditions at their workplaces and homes.
