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In Oregon, 14 deaths are being investigated as possibly heat-related.
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In Oregon, 14 deaths are being investigated as possibly heat-related.
The blaze, in Klamath National Forest in Northern California, also forced thousands to evacuate as it tore through drought-caused tinder dry terrain.
The forecast showed no sign of letting up soon in a region unaccustomed to such temperatures.
The latest victims were farmers who took shelter under trees during a drenching monsoon. India's monsoon season lasts from June through September.
The mower was being used in an open field to trim brush when its blade struck some debris, generating a spark that ignited the blaze, officials said.
There have been diplomatic negotiations over a mountain lodge that was built in Italy, over half of which is now on Swiss territory.
Its spread was limited to just a few hundred acres. But the blaze was only 16% contained at last word. It's California's largest wildfire this year.
The effects of climate change are being felt more quickly than we thought possible, but the Academy Award-winning director says there are actions we can take now to deal with this existential threat.
Driven by climate change, heat waves and drought go hand in hand. And in one U.S. city, heat kills as many people as homicide.
Gov. Mike Parson, a farmer himself, declared a drought alert in a bid to get state agencies to "lessen the impact," as families face "really tough decisions."
The western population is estimated to have declined by 99.9% between the 1980s and 2021 – from 10 million to less than 2,000.
While record-setting temperatures have subsided, wildfires and Italy's worst drought in decades are still putting lives at risk.
"As president, I'll use my executive powers to combat the climate crisis in the absence of congressional action," he said.
"This is the climate change that we've been promised," one expert tells CBS News, and it is "here to stay."
The "bioplastic" vinyl records were made by a British firm called Evolution. No oil or gas is used in producing them, drastically reducing the harm such vinyl records do to the environment.
"The path we are on is not sustainable," warned the country's environment minister, chiding the previous government for inaction.
The U.K. hit its hottest day on record Tuesday afternoon with temperatures exceeding 104ºF.
Many in the U.K. thought it would be years before they were subjected to temperatures like this, but the mercury is still soaring, and records are dropping.
On Nelson Mandela International Day, the British royal lamented the climate crisis, disinformation and eroding freedoms and called on everyone to "get to work."
Largely un-airconditioned London could boil over 100 degrees as wildfires char parched land in Spain, Portugal and France.
With thousands of acres already charred by wildfires amid the 2nd bout of extreme heat this year, many towns and villages have decided it's not worth the risk.
The society-altering shift occurring as American motorists pass a threshold seen as a tipping point, according to analysis.
"A win in Montana could very well have implications throughout the country and potentially even the world," said Nate Bellinger, an attorney for Our Children's Trust.
As its shoreline retreats, revealing more of the lake bed, it may yield more mob secrets, one expert said.
State officials said Greenidge Generation's mine is a threat to New York's climate goals. A Greenidge spokesperson says, "It simply would not."
As Hurricane Erin hovered over the Atlantic Ocean, the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season was spotted from above by cameras on the ISS.
For more than 40 years, glaciologist Mauri Pelto has been measuring shrinking glaciers in Washington State. He's been joined by his daughter, artist-scientist Jill Pelto, whose watercolors provide another view of the drastically-changing landscape.
For more than 40 years, glaciologist Mauri Pelto has been measuring the shrinking glaciers in the rugged North Cascade Mountains of Washington State. He's been joined by his daughter, artist-scientist Jill Pelto, whose watercolors provide another view of the drastically-changing landscape, as the effects of human-caused climate change on glaciers becomes even more starkly apparent. This story was provided by Climate Central.
A meteorite appeared as a fireball seen in several states, including Georgia, where it landed in a house. Dave Malkoff explores its past.
Researchers say that a lake trout recently captured in Lake Superior is believed to be the oldest-known specimen of its species ever caught in the Great Lakes, estimated to be 62 years old.
Federal funding cuts to mRNA technology research doesn't just impact COVID vaccines — experts say it could stall progress in treatment for cancers, rare disease and more.
Scientists have discovered a razor-toothed whale that prowled the seas 26 million years ago, saying the species was "deceptively cute" but a dangerous predator.
ASMR (or autonomous sensory meridian response) is the tingling sensation some people experience from certain sounds or visuals – a "brain massage," in the words of Maria Viktorovna, who's been called the "ASMR queen." Correspondent Faith Salie talks with Viktorovna about her wildly successful "Gentle Whispering" videos, and with physiology professor Craig Richard, who discusses ASMR's physical effects. Salie also visits Whisperwave, New York City's first ASMR spa. [Originally broadcast Dec. 8, 2024.]
A mysterious fireball blazed across the sky in broad daylight on June 26, sparking hundreds of siting reports in Georgia and South Carolina.
A new study finds that butterfly populations are rapidly declining in the Midwest. Elise Zipkin, one of the authors of the study, joins "The Daily Report" to discuss.
The Perseids meteor shower — considered one of the best shows in the sky — is set to peak this week.
Discovered last month by a telescope in Chile, the comet known as 3I-Atlas is only the third known interstellar object to pass our way.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration updated the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season forecast. CBS News' Jessica Burch reports.
As the Trump administration pushes to build a nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson joins "CBS Mornings Plus" to discuss the science, the risks and the future of space exploration.
Seattle Kraken forward John Hayden and the NHL team's mascot were charged by a bear during a promotional shoot in Alaska. The bear turned away before making contact.