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Strong winds blow sand at a wind farm in the Coachella Valley on May 6th, 2019, in Palm Springs, California. California's Fourth Climate Change Assessment found that temperatures of the inland deserts of Southern California, including the Coachella Valley, are expected to continue climbing. According to the report, average daily highs could increase as much as 14 degrees this century if greenhouse gas emissions keep rising.

Viewfinder: Temperatures Continue Climbing in California’s Inland Deserts

According to California's Fourth Climate Change Assessment, average daily highs in the state's inland deserts could increase as much as 14 degrees this century if greenhouse gas emissions keep rising.

Pacific Standard Staff

Woman girl taking standardized test school classroom

Education

Women Perform Better on Tests When Rooms Are Warmer

For female students, higher room temperatures mean higher scores.

Tom Jacobs

Environment

Warmer Nights Could Turn the Tropics Into a Major Carbon Source

Rising nighttime temperatures in the tropics threaten to flip the region from a carbon sink to a carbon source.

Kate Wheeling

Environment

Ancient Soil Samples Link Fires to Climate Change

We're in for a hot one, a study of thousand-year-old charcoal deposits in northern Colorado suggests.

Nathan Collins

Environment

There Was No Global Warming ‘Hiatus’

A review of the data shows global warming has continued at the same rate since 1950, NOAA researchers report.

Nathan Collins

Environment

How Much of an Increase in Temperature Can We Tolerate?

An IPCC author assails the current two-degree target as scientifically bankrupt and geographically biased.

Brian Palmer

Social Justice

Does a Cold Courtroom Result in Murder Convictions?

The ambient temperature of a courtroom could change the way people perceive crimes—which, in turn, could affect sentencing.

Bettina Chang

Environment

Sex in the Springtime

Do warmer temperatures get us all hot and bothered?

Jared Keller

Economics

Why You Spend More Money on Warm Days

Israeli researchers report people tend to value products more highly when the temperature is high.

Tom Jacobs