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Forecasters Tap High-Tech Tools as US Warns of Another Unusually Active Hurricane Season

Predictions of hurricane paths have improved markedly, but their intensity remains difficult to forecast. Air and water drones could change that.

By James Bruggers

Immigrants from Colombia, who are family members seeking asylum, wait beneath an improvised tent for U.S. Border Patrol agents to arrive to be processed after they crossed the border from Mexico on May 19, 2022 in Yuma, Arizona. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Climate Migrants Lack a Clear Path to Asylum in the US

By Aydali Campa

Two women shower amid destruction after Typhoon Haiyan on Nov. 14, 2013 in Leyte, Philippines. Credit: Chris McGrath/Getty Images

In the Philippines, a Landmark Finding Moves Fossil Fuel Companies’ Climate Liability into the Realm of Human Rights

By Nicholas Kusnetz

A truck is seen in heavy winds and rain from hurricane Ida in Bourg, Louisiana on Aug. 29, 2021. Credit: Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images

New Research Shows Aerosol Emissions May Have Masked Global Warming’s Supercharging of Tropical Storms

By Bob Berwyn

The sun sets behind power lines in Los Angeles, California on Sept. 3, 2020, ahead of a heatwave. Credit: Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

Coming this Summer: Spiking Electricity Bills Plus Blackouts

By Dan Gearino

Residential buildings stand on the city skyline on April 10, 2015 in Barcelona, Spain. Credit: David Ramos/Getty Images

To Equitably Confront Climate Change, Cities Need to Include Public Health Agencies in Planning Adaptations

By Aydali Campa

A man throws water on his face to cool off as the temperature exceeds 46 degrees in Islamabad, Pakistan on April 27, 2022. Temperatures above the seasonal norm have adversely affected daily life in Pakistan. Credit: Muhammed Semih Ugurlu/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

An Unprecedented Heat Wave in India and Pakistan Is Putting the Lives of More Than a Billion People at Risk

By Zoha Tunio

Crew works on seepage of more than 900,000 gallons of oil and brine water oil from an abandoned well in Chevron Corps Cymric Oil Field that has transformed a dry creek bed into a black lagoon July 24, 2019 near McKittrick, California. Credit: Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

What Does Climate Justice in California Look Like?

By Liza Gross

A person observes rain and wind as Hurricane Delta makes landfall on Oct. 9, 2020 in Lake Arthur, Louisiana. Credit: Go Nakamura/Getty Images

Ocean Warming Doubles Odds for Extreme Atlantic Hurricane Seasons

By Bob Berwyn

Residents walk in a flooded area of the 67-hectare Ankasina neighborhood in Antananarivo on Jan. 28, 2022 as Madagascar suffered flooding caused by a severe storm in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Ana. Credit: Rijasolo/AFP via Getty Images

Global Warming Drove a Deadly Burst of Indian Ocean Tropical Storms

By Bob Berwyn

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Climate Change Poses a Huge Threat to Railroads. Environmental Engineers Have Ideas for How to Combat That

By Leah Campbell

A local resident gestures as he holds an empty water hose during an attempt to extinguish forest fires approaching the village of Pefki on Evia island in Greece on Aug. 8, 2021. Credit: Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP via Getty Images

One Last Climate Warning in New IPCC Report: ‘Now or Never’

By Bob Berwyn

Crew members land a boat in front of residential homes after surveying floodwaters in Windsor on March 9, 2022 during flooding in Sydney, Australia. Credit: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images

Shifts in El Niño May Be Driving Climates Extremes in Both Hemispheres

By Bob Berwyn

Comeasha Stanley, Ramari Stanley and Terrell Atkinson stand near a heavily damaged apartment after Hurricane Michael passed through the area on October 11, 2018 in Panama City, Florida. The hurricane hit the Florida Panhandle as a category 4 storm. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Hurricane Michael Hit the Florida Panhandle in 2018 With 155 MPH Winds. Some Black and Low-Income Neighborhoods Still Haven’t Recovered

By Jonathan Moens

Deadly August 2021 flooding in Middle Tennessee occurred after nearly 21 inches of rain fell, a downpour that now stands as the largest 24-hour precipitation record in any non-coastal U.S. state. Credit: Caroline Eggers, WPLN

Battered and Flooded by Increasingly Severe Weather, Kentucky and Tennessee Have a Big Difference in Forecasting

By James Bruggers, Caroline Eggers

Vehicles washed into a pile behind a building in historic Ellicott City as flood waters raged through its streets following torrential thunderstorms in Ellicott City, Maryland on May 27, 2018. Credit: Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images

In Baltimore, Helping Congregations Prepare for a Stormier Future

By Agya K. Aning

During the high tide the inhabitants of Ghoramara Island in India are fixing the fragile soil embankment to restrain the further land erosion and the high tide that inundates to the island that is rapidly disappearing due to the sea level rise. Credit: Debsuddha Banerjee / Climate Visuals Countdown

New Federal Report Warns of Accelerating Impacts From Sea Level Rise

By Bob Berwyn

A sign warns of icy conditions on Interstate Highway 35 on February 18, 2021 in Killeen, Texas. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

One Year Later: The Texas Freeze Revealed a Fragile Energy System and Inspired Lasting Misinformation

By Dan Gearino

A man stands by fans spraying air mixed with water to cool down along a street in Baghdad on June 30, 2021 amidst a severe heat wave. Credit: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images

Last Year’s Overall Climate Was Shaped by Warming-Driven Heat Extremes Around the Globe

By Bob Berwyn

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