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    Extreme weather, climate anxiety and presidential pivot mark top 2021's climate stories

    Around the world this year, we've watched fires burn, temperatures plummet, drought worsen and floods engulf towns. Yet, while it sounds grim, the year was not without its moments of hope.
    Dec 28, 2021 4 minutes
    Flames burn up a tree as part of the Windy Fire in the Trail of 100 Giants grove in Sequoia National Forest, Calif., on Sept. 19, 2021. (Noah Berger/AP)

    How do we describe the state of the world’s climate as 2021 comes to a close? One climate watcher put it like this: “We live in a time of broken-record breaking.”

    In August, news broadcasters described the scene in Greece as “apocalyptic” as fires roared across the country, evacuating more than a thousand people from the island of Evia. Temperatures reached nearly 117 degrees.

    A heat wave shattered records in the Pacific Northwest. On June 28, Portland, Oregon, hit 116 degrees. In California, wildfires incinerated thousands of giant sequoias — trees so large and iconic they were once thought to be fireproof.

    And then the strongest storm of the year, , unleashed its 150 mph winds on Louisiana before moving on and inundating the Northeast. New Jersey’s governor declared a state of emergency in response to Ida’s intense flooding that turned deadly.

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