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The South’s Communication Infrastructure Can’t Withstand Climate Change

Much of the South’s early communications infrastructure was installed in the 1960s, expanded during the 1980s and 1990s, and is nearing the end of its life span.

By Bailey Basham

Property damage after Hurricane Zeta on Oct. 29, 2020 in Chalmette, Louisiana. Credit: Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images
People stand on a green roof in Saxony, Germany. Credit: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa-Zentralbild/picture alliance via Getty Images

Global Efforts to Adapt to the Impacts of Climate Are Lagging as Much as Efforts to Slow Emissions

By Bob Berwyn

Anthony Aco and Troy Sacaguin, left to right, check out the thermometer at Calvary Church in Woodland Hills as it registers 117 degrees Fahrenheit on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020 in Woodland Hills, California. Credit: Al Seib/Los Angeles Times

2020 Ties 2016 as Earth’s Hottest Year on Record, Even Without El Niño to Supercharge It

By Bob Berwyn

Icebergs near Ilulissat, Greenland. Climate change is having a profound effect in Greenland with glaciers and the Greenland ice cap retreating.

Many Scientists Now Say Global Warming Could Stop Relatively Quickly After Emissions Go to Zero

By Bob Berwyn

Grapevines at Castello di Amorosa, in the Napa Valley Wine Country, Calistoga, California, December 22, 2019.

Clues From Wines Grown in Hot, Dry Regions May Help Growers Adapt to a Changing Climate

By Liza Gross

San Miguel County Firefighters battle a brush fire along Japatul Road during the Valley Fire in Jamul, California on Sept. 6, 2020 Credit: Sandy Huffaker/AFP via Getty Images

Billion-Dollar Disasters: The Costs, in Lives and Dollars, Have Never Been So High

By Judy Fahys

Patrick King and Soncia King walk through flood waters from Hurricane Delta toward their home (R) which they were still repairing from damage from Hurricane Laura on October 10, 2020 in Lake Charles, Louisiana. C

The Atlantic Hurricane Season Typically Brings About a Dozen Storms. This Year It Was 30

By James Bruggers, Bob Berwyn

Democratic Senate candidates Raphael Warnock (left) and Jon Ossoff of Georgia wave to supporters during a rally on Nov. 15, 2020 in Marietta, Georgia. Ossoff and Warnock face incumbent U.S. Sens. David Purdue (R-Georgia) and Kelly Loeffler (R-Georgia) respectively in a runoff election Jan. 5. Credit: Jessica McGowan/Getty Images

In Georgia, Buffeted by Hurricanes and Drought, Climate Change Is on the Ballot

By James Bruggers

If Aridification Choked the Southwest for Thousands of Years, What Does The Future Hold?

By Judy Fahys

In Georgia, 16 Superfund Sites Are Threatened by Extreme Weather Linked to Climate Change

By David Hasemyer

Firefighters battle a brush fire in the Meadowlands near MetLife Stadium on April 11, 2012 in Carlstadt, New Jersey. Credit: Michael Bocchieri/Getty Images

A Warming Planet Makes Northeastern Forests More Susceptible to Western-Style Wildfires

By Ilana Cohen

Hurricane Dorian tracks towards the Florida coast on Sept. 1, 2019 in the Atlantic Ocean. Credit: NOAA via Getty Images

In a Warming World, Hurricanes Weaken More Slowly After They Hit Land

By Bob Berwyn

he smoke wave and pyrocumulus cloud from the East Troublesome Fire. Photo taken at 6:06pm 10-21-20 from Coal Creek Heights Dr. at an elevation of 8762 ft. looking NNW. The most prominent peak is Bald Mountain on the south end of Indian Peaks Wilderness.

Clouds of Concern Linger as Wildfires Drag into Flu Season and Covid Numbers Swell

By Judy Fahys

Maui. Credit: Andre Seale/VW PICS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Maui Has Begun the Process of Managed Retreat. It Wants Big Oil to Pay the Cost of Sea Level Rise.

By David Hasemyer

Valerie Leveroni Corral surveys medical cannabis plants from all over the world at one of WAMM Phytotherapies' gardens, cultivated at a former Boy Scout Camp in unincorporated Santa Cruz County. Credit: Evelyn Nieves/InsideClimate News

The Biggest Threat to Growing Marijuana in California Used to Be the Law. Now, it’s Climate Change

By Evelyn Nieves

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper at a campaign rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, prior to his election in November 2016. Credit: Jeff Hahne/Getty Images

Governor Roy Cooper Led North Carolina to Act on Climate Change. Will That Help Him Win a 2nd Term?

By James Bruggers

Protesters gather outside the U.S. embassy in Vienna in June. Credit: Martin Juen/SEPA Media /Getty Images

Anxiety Mounts Abroad About Climate Leadership and the Volatile U.S. Election

By Bob Berwyn

Ana Baptista, a community advocate, in Newark's Ironbound neighborhood. Credit: Brian Fraser/NBC News

At One of America’s Most Toxic Superfund Sites, Climate Change Imperils More Than Cleanup

By ERIK ORTIZ, NBC NEWS

Increased layering of the ocean prevents the transport of nutrients from the depths to the surface, which disrupts the ocean food chain, including fisheries that help sustain coastal communities. Credit: Bob Berwyn

New Study Shows a Vicious Circle of Climate Change Building on Thickening Layers of Warm Ocean Water

By Bob Berwyn

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