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News Articles: climate

Yellowstone's North Entrance Road was washed out by flooding.

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  • National

Yellowstone National Park will partially reopen Wednesday after historic floods

The park has been closed since floods washed away roads, damaged buildings and knocked out water and power to parts of the park and communities nearby. The park's northern loop will remain closed.

June 19, 2022
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan
Yellowstone's North Entrance Road was washed out by flooding.

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  • National

Yellowstone National Park will partially reopen Wednesday after historic floods

The park has been closed since floods washed away roads, damaged buildings and knocked out water and power to parts of the park and communities nearby. The park's northern loop will remain closed.

June 19, 2022
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan
The impact of the Sriracha shortage is starting to be felt.

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  • Food

There's a nationwide Sriracha shortage, and climate change may be to blame

The company that makes Sriracha told customers it will have to stop making the sauce for the next few months due to "severe weather conditions affecting the quality of chili peppers."

June 17, 2022
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By:
  • Ashish Valentine
The impact of the Sriracha shortage is starting to be felt.

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  • Food

There's a nationwide Sriracha shortage, and climate change may be to blame

The company that makes Sriracha told customers it will have to stop making the sauce for the next few months due to "severe weather conditions affecting the quality of chili peppers."

June 17, 2022
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By:
  • Ashish Valentine
A female bear and two 1-year-old cubs walk over snow-covered freshwater glacier ice in Southeast Greenland.

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  • Science

In a place with little sea ice, polar bears have found another way to hunt

An isolated population of polar bears in southeast Greenland has learned to hunt on freshwater glacier ice. That means they may be able to survive longer as climate change makes sea ice scarce.

June 16, 2022
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By:
  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
A female bear and two 1-year-old cubs walk over snow-covered freshwater glacier ice in Southeast Greenland.

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  • Science

In a place with little sea ice, polar bears have found another way to hunt

An isolated population of polar bears in southeast Greenland has learned to hunt on freshwater glacier ice. That means they may be able to survive longer as climate change makes sea ice scarce.

June 16, 2022
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By:
  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
A washed out bridge shown along the Yellowstone River Wednesday, June 15, 2022, near Gardiner, Mont.

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  • Weather

Yellowstone's northern half is unlikely to reopen this summer due to severe flooding

Yellowstone National Park prepares for limited reopening as surrounding communities grapple with flood damage

June 15, 2022
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By:
  • Austin Cope
GPB  NPR

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  • Science

A sighting reveals extinction and climate change in a single image

A group of researchers photograph a woolly mammoth tusk on the banks of the Koyukuk River in Alaska.

June 15, 2022
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By:
  • Matt Adams
High water levels in the Lamar River eroding the Northeast Entrance Road.

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  • Weather

Yellowstone-area floods strand visitors and residents, prompt evacuations

"Unprecedented" floods wash out bridges, basements, and roads, close hospital

June 14, 2022
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By:
  • Kirk Siegler and
  • Austin Cope
High water in the Gardiner River along the North Entrance to Yellowstone National Park in Montana washed out part of a road on Monday.

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  • Weather

Flooding at Yellowstone National Park sweeps away a bridge and washes out roads

All entrances are closed at Yellowstone National Park after major flooding swept away at least one bridge, washed away roads and set off mudslides.

June 13, 2022
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By:
  • The Associated Press
This weekend's heat wave will stretch from south Texas to California, where temperatures will climb as high as 115 degrees. This map is for Saturday's forecast.

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  • Climate

How to prepare for this weekend's heat wave stretching from California to Texas

Temperatures will rise into the triple digits across the Southwest and western U.S. this weekend. Daytime temps will be 10 to 20 degrees hotter than normal, according to the National Weather Service.

June 10, 2022
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By:
  • Dustin Jones
GPB  NPR

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  • Climate

Oregon's ambitious sustainable power plant

An Oregon utility has constructed a renewable energy power plant that relies on wind, solar energy and batteries to power the grid when the sun isn't shining and the wind isn't blowing.

June 10, 2022
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By:
  • Monica Samayoa
From left: Bowling Green State University emeritus biology professor George Bullerjahn, Bowling Green graduate student Ryan Wagner and University of Windsor professor Mike McKay set out on the frozen surface of Lake Erie's Sandusky Bay to find a spot to collect water samples on Feb. 9 near Port Clinton, Ohio.

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  • Climate

Great Lakes ice coverage declines as the climate warms

Scientists from the U.S. and Canada are creating the first systematic baseline of winter conditions on the Great Lakes — providing important clues about how climate is affecting lake ecosystems.

June 09, 2022
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By:
  • Emily Elconin and
  • Jennifer Swanson
New Mexico's Democratic governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham (center), smiles as supporters cheer during a campaign rally in Albuquerque, N.M., on June 3, 2021. The rally was cut short as protesters chanted loudly beyond the walls of the outdoor venue.

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  • National

Former TV meteorologist sweeps the New Mexico GOP primary for governor

Mark Ronchetti has won the GOP primary in the N.M. governor's race. He'll take on Democrat Michelle Lujan Grisham, who is running for a second term, in November.

June 08, 2022
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By:
  • Nash Jones
California Gov. Gavin Newsom stops at IBEW Local 6 union hall in San Francisco on Sept. 14, 2021, to speak with union workers and volunteers.

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  • National

Democrat Gavin Newsom to face Republican Brian Dahle in California race for governor

After swiftly grabbing the top spot in the "top two" primary on Tuesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is favored to win reelection in November over Republican state Sen. Brian Dahle.

June 08, 2022
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By:
  • Scott Shafer
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