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This Monday afternoon, Sept. 12, 2022, image released by Caltrans District 8 shows mudslides that closed part of Highway SR-38 in the San Bernardino Mountains, Calif. The mud flows and flash flooding occurred in parts of the San Bernardino Mountains where there are burn scars, areas where there's little vegetation to hold the soil, from the 2020 wildfires.

Southern California mudslides damage homes, carry away cars

Cleanup efforts and damage assessments are underway east of Los Angeles after heavy rains unleashed mudslides in a mountain area scorched by a wildfire two years ago.

NASA's Orion Capsule splashes down after a successful uncrewed Artemis I Moon Mission on Sunday, seen from aboard the USS Portland in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California, Mexico.

NASA's Artemis I returns from the moon with hopes to get astronauts back there soon

The successful splashdown of the spacecraft with no humans aboard keeps NASA's Artemis mission on track to put the first woman and first person of color on the lunar surface by 2025.

A person walks on a boardwalk at the salt flats at Badwater Basin on Aug. 17, 2020, in Death Valley National Park in California.

Death Valley Posts 130-Degree Heat, Potentially Matching A Record High

The hottest place on Earth is as hot as it's ever been, at least in terms of recorded temperatures in modern times.

Several hundred firefighters struggled Friday to contain two wildfires in the Bordeaux region of southwest France.

Fires scorch France and Spain as temperature-related deaths soar

Firefighters struggled on Sunday to contain wildfires raging out of control in France and Spain as Europe wilts under an unusually extreme heat wave.

Most people in the United States live in cities. And most people who live in urban areas primarily get outside by going to city parks. Climate change is putting pressure on people and parks alike. Here, residents of Washington, D.C., gather for an unsanctioned July fireworks display on a hot night in a local park.

Your local park has a hidden talent: helping fight climate change

Millions of people rely on city parks to recharge, cool off and connect. But climate change is threatening the very spaces that help us cope with the stresses of living on a hotter planet.

Emilyn Mohebbi

Emilyn Mohebbi is the “KPBS San Diego News Now” podcast producer.

An airline passenger walks between ride share vehicles after arriving at Chicago's Midway Airport just days before a major winter storm Tuesday, Dec. 20, in Chicago.

A severe arctic storm could threaten holiday travel across the U.S.

Biting wind and heavy snow are expected across 17 states this week, sending temperatures plummeting as low as minus 30 F in some areas. Blizzard conditions could hit the Upper Midwest on Thursday.

Australia's Great Barrier Reef is being hit hard by climate change, but new research is showing how some corals are more resilient to heat.

How can coral reefs deal with climate change? Get better roommates

Hotter temperatures are threatening coral reefs worldwide. Now, scientists are pinpointing how some "super corals" are better able to withstand the heat.

Taye Diggs will wrap his turn as Coach Billy Baker this season on The CW's All American.

'All American' showrunner is a rarity in Hollywood: A Black woman in charge

Nkechi Okoro Carroll is not a unicorn — but as one of the few very successful Black woman showrunners in television, she does stand out

Fans spray air mixed with water vapor to cool down pedestrians on a Baghdad street on June 30, 2021, during a heat wave.

Why Baghdad will be one of the cities hardest hit by global warming

Iraq's capital city is already seeing record heat — up to 125 degrees Fahrenheit. A report predicts more 120-plus degree days to come. And the "urban heat island" effect will make things even worse.

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