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Aug 30, 2017, 3:26 pm By Cody Permenter
Sitting in my Seattle office, I’m 2,300 miles away from rising flood waters brought on by monster…Introducing Irma, a tropical storm picking up strength.
Aug 30, 2017, 3:19 pm By Kate YoderA system off the coast of Africa earned tropical storm status Wednesday morning, the National…After Harvey, Houston residents will deal with mosquitoes, polluted water, mold, and disease.
Aug 29, 2017, 4:42 pm By Amelia UrryAs floodwaters peak and recede over the coming weeks, there will be lots of standing water for…On Katrina’s 12th anniversary, Harvey pours down on New Orleans.
Aug 29, 2017, 4:36 pm By Kate Yoder
The city shut down under a flash food watch on Tuesday as the storm’s outer bands drench the…As Harvey devastates Texas, catastrophic floods unfold in South Asia.
Aug 29, 2017, 4:32 pm By Manola Secaira
Monsoon rains have caused floods and landslides affecting 41 million people in Bangladesh, India,…Harvey’s record rains just triggered Houston dams to overflow
Aug 29, 2017, 1:50 pm By Michael Barajas
In 1935, a storm swept through Houston, turning parts of the city into a lake. It was a wake-up call…People keep building in flood-prone places like Houston.
Aug 28, 2017, 4:28 pm By Nathanael Johnson
And all that unchecked development makes flooding worse. It’s worth looking back at an in-depth…Houston communities deal with ‘unbearable’ petrochemical smells
Aug 28, 2017, 4:02 pm By Emily Atkin
This story was originally published by New Republic and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…Meet the new faces of climate change: vegetarian bears.
Aug 28, 2017, 4:01 pm By Manola Secaira
A new study shows that grizzlies on Alaska’s Kodiak Island have been ditching their salmon-eating…Harvey is already the worst rainstorm in U.S. history, and it’s still raining
Aug 28, 2017, 3:50 pm By Eric Holthaus
The pictures are heartbreaking, the statistics are mind-boggling. And, incredibly, it’s still…Harvey dealt Houston catastrophic flooding, and it’s not over yet.
Aug 27, 2017, 2:17 pm By Eric Holthaus
There are rooftop helicopter rescues, countless cars swept away, and scenes of unfathomable…Hurricane Harvey will bring some of the heaviest downpours anyone has ever seen
4:25pm By Eric Holthaus
Hurricane Harvey made landfall late Friday night on the Texas coast as one of the most intense…According to this lawsuit, if you opposed DAPL, you’re a terrorist
Fri 8:00pm By Nikhil Swaminathan
The natural gas company Energy Transfer Partners has opened a new front in its ongoing battle with…Border Patrol keeps immigration checkpoints open as Hurricane Harvey shuts down Texas
Fri 6:59pm By Julián Aguilar
As thousands of Texans prepare to evacuate their cities due to Hurricane Harvey, the United States…Whole Foods eggs get cheaper on Monday, thanks to Amazon.
Fri 6:00pm By Darby Minow Smith
Someone is leaping, tilapia-like, into the great grocery wars. (It’s Jeff Bezos.)…Trump’s proposed cuts to weather research could make it much harder to prepare for storms
Fri 5:26pm By Matthew Cooper
This story was originally published by Newsweek and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…‘Prolonged misery’: Meteorologists break out the thesaurus for Hurricane Harvey.
Fri 4:15pm By Eric Holthaus
Over the past two days, the storm — anticipated to hit Texas later Friday — has rapidly…A Russian tanker plowed through the Arctic without an icebreaker for the first time.
Fri 3:03pm By Manola Secaira
The merchant vessel was built to bust through ice on its own, significantly speeding up the Arctic…Hurricane Harvey aims for the Texas fracking boom’s favorite port
Fri 12:20pm By Eric Holthaus
Forecasters expect Hurricane Harvey to make landfall late today as a major hurricane — the first…Zinke doesn’t want to eliminate our beautiful national monuments, so he’s shrinking them
Aug 24, 2017, 8:01 pm By Rebecca Leber
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…
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