Why FEMA isn’t prepared for the next major U.S. disaster
Aug 20, 2019, 3:58 am By Paola Rosa-AquinoAccording to every climate prediction model, our rapidly warming world is slated to experience more…Here’s why Iceland is mourning a dead glacier
Aug 19, 2019, 3:23 pm By Zoya TeirsteinSome 100 people gathered at the top of a volcano in Iceland on Sunday for an unusual funeral. The…‘The next Flint,’ and America’s problem with lead in its water
Aug 19, 2019, 3:58 am By Molly EnkingTell me if you’ve heard this one before: A U.S. city is facing a public health crisis, after years…In Detroit, ‘revolutionary’ mapping could help residents with asthma
Aug 18, 2019, 3:58 am By Lucas JoelThis story was originally published by Undark Magazine and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…The climate-inspired detente on the Colorado
Aug 16, 2019, 5:04 pm By Nathanael JohnsonFor the first time in history, low water levels on the Colorado River have forced Arizona, Nevada,…Greenland’s moment in the sun goes beyond Trump’s real estate interests
Aug 16, 2019, 4:48 pm By Paola Rosa-AquinoGreenland is sooo hot right now. And we’re not just talking literally (though, yeah, that’s also…The Trump administration tried to bury a climate study on … rice?
Aug 16, 2019, 4:30 am By Zoya TeirsteinThe U.S. Department of Agriculture is supposed to use the “latest available science” to help the…We’ve got another ozone problem, and it’s not what you think
Aug 15, 2019, 3:59 pm By Zoya TeirsteinMost of us know ozone as that benevolent stratospheric layer that absorbs the sun’s harmful UV…A romance novel about Hurricane Maria exists. Here’s why.
Aug 15, 2019, 3:58 am By Paola Rosa-AquinoNothing puts a damper on one’s romantic life like a Category 5 hurricane. That’s just one of the…How do countries cover climate change? Depends how rich they are.
Aug 15, 2019, 3:57 am By Kate YoderDeadly heat waves, violent downpours, wildfires that seem to get more intense every year — the…Will I be able to tell when we’ve reached a climate tipping point?
Aug 15, 2019, 3:56 am By Eve AndrewsQ. Dear Umbra, What is the full list of climate tipping points for melting ice, permafrost, etc.?…Impossible Burger investor bets big on bean-free coffee
Aug 15, 2019, 3:30 am By Zoe SaylerYou’ve heard of meatless meat and milkless milk. But would you drink beanless coffee? The powers…Who will pay for the huge costs of holding back rising seas?
Aug 14, 2019, 5:29 pm By Jim MorrisonThis story was originally published by Yale Environment 360 and is reproduced here as part of the…The climate change ‘tipping point’ has already arrived for these 70 U.S. counties
Aug 14, 2019, 3:58 am By Molly EnkingFor years now now, we’ve been hearing warnings about 2 degrees Celsius of warming — the global…22 states sue the Trump administration over its climate ‘plan’
Aug 13, 2019, 5:58 pm By Rachel RamirezTwenty-two states and seven cities sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over the Environmental…Can the ‘masters of the flood’ help Texas protect its coast from hurricanes?
Aug 13, 2019, 7:06 am By Kiah CollierOn a sunny Friday in late May, a jubilant wedding party scrambled to the top of a colossal sand dune…How NYC is protecting people from the deadliest disaster
Aug 13, 2019, 3:50 am By Kea KrauseIn the summer of 1896, a heat wave, dense and deadly, settled over New York City. In a time before…The Trump administration gutted one of our most powerful environmental laws
Aug 12, 2019, 6:19 pm By Nicole JavorskyThis story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…The U.N. report calls for better farming. Which 2020 candidates have a plan for that?
Aug 12, 2019, 3:25 pm By Miyo McGinnIn a modest sign of Americans’ escalating interest in global warming, several 2020 Democratic…Your neighbors may be cooking up climate solutions
Aug 12, 2019, 1:19 pm By Chip GillerHey there, It’s 2019, and Mister Rogers is having a moment. Last year, there was a best-selling…
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