Here’s why Irma is a monster hurricane, in one GIF.
Sep 7, 2017, 4:10 pm By Eric HolthausThe last Category 5 hurricane to make landfall in the United States was Andrew, which lashed South…Climate change is threatening parasites — and unfortunately, that’s not a good thing.
Sep 7, 2017, 4:07 pm By Manola SecairaOne would think that the demise of ticks and tapeworms would be cause for celebration (especially if…Hurricane Irma flattens homes and causes power outages in the Caribbean.
Sep 7, 2017, 3:44 pm By Kate Yoder
The deadly storm, the strongest ever recorded in the Atlantic, caused devastation throughout the…Trump promised ‘tremendous cutting’ at the EPA. We’re beginning to see what that looks like.
Sep 6, 2017, 6:36 pm By Manola Secaira
Nearly 400 employees have left the agency since Aug. 31, largely due to buyouts. The EPA is on…Hurricane Irma has reached American soil.
Sep 6, 2017, 4:37 pm By Eric Holthaus
The storm, which is lashing Puerto Rico today, is the strongest ever recorded in the Atlantic…Wildfires are raging across California, too.
Sep 6, 2017, 4:17 pm By Nathanael Johnson
There are 23 big fires in the state, reports the Sacramento Bee, from the 90,000 acre Eclipse…Irma, the strongest Atlantic hurricane in history, tears through the Caribbean
Sep 5, 2017, 10:25 pm By Eric Holthaus
This story has been updated. Just days after Hurricane Harvey brought historic rainfall to parts of…Irma, the strongest Atlantic hurricane in history, keeps getting stronger
Sep 5, 2017, 10:25 pm By Eric Holthaus
Just days after Hurricane Harvey brought historic rainfall to parts of Texas and Louisiana, another…After burning for months, Montana looks like a fiery apocalypse.
Sep 5, 2017, 4:47 pm By Kate Yoder
Governor Steve Bullock declared a statewide fire disaster for the third time on Saturday and called…Rain in Seattle is normal. Raining ash, however, is not.
Sep 5, 2017, 4:44 pm By Manola Secaira
Fires have been raging throughout the West all summer. But this morning, Seattleites awakened to…Yikes, 13 of Houston’s Superfund sites flooded during Harvey.
Sep 5, 2017, 4:16 pm By Amelia Urry
An AP reporter visited seven sites on Thursday, and found that all were underwater. One site, the…How I learned to stop worrying and deal with climate change
Sep 5, 2017, 5:05 am By Eve Andrews
A reader recently wrote me to say she has given up. She is done. Our reader is a relentless recycler…Harvey is changing the way we feed people during disasters
Sep 1, 2017, 6:11 pm By Jessica Leigh Hester
This story was originally published by CityLab and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…Harvey stirs up the way we feed people during disasters
Sep 1, 2017, 6:11 pm By Jessica Leigh HesterThis story was originally published by CityLab and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…Hurricane Irma is a monster storm. Here’s where it might be headed.
Sep 1, 2017, 5:51 pm By Eric Holthaus
As the remnants of what was once Hurricane Harvey move mercifully away from Texas, forecasters are…Hurricane Irma is a monster storm. Here’s where it might be headed.
Sep 1, 2017, 5:51 pm By Eric Holthaus
As the remnants of what was once Hurricane Harvey continue to move mercifully away from Texas,…Harvey stirs up a toxic, industrial soup
Sep 1, 2017, 5:31 pm By Amelia Urry
Texas is home to 28 oil refineries, more than any other state, along with half of U.S. chemical…Harvey stirs up a toxic, industrial soup
Sep 1, 2017, 5:31 pm By Amelia UrryTexas is home to 28 oil refineries, more than any other state, along with half of U.S. chemical…Can we not talk about Hurricane Harvey’s effect on car sales right now?
Sep 1, 2017, 4:26 pm By Grist staff
Especially if we don’t know what to say about it yet? Here’s a screenshot of a Google search for…A flooded chemical plant near Houston is just going to keep exploding.
Sep 1, 2017, 4:01 pm By Kate Yoder
On Thursday, explosions and black plumes of smoke were seen coming from a chemical plant in Crosby,…
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