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Extreme Weather

Twice as Much Land in Developing Nations Will be Swamped by Rising Seas than Previously Projected, New Research Shows

More accurate mapping of terrain in coastal regions will allow countries to better assess flood risk.

By Bob Berwyn

An office worker returning home in Chittagong as the city faces unprecedented flooding due to rising sea level, the release of water from the Kaptai Lake, and the suspension of the Karnaphuli River dredging. Credit: K M Asad/LightRocket via Getty Images

In Louisiana, Climate Change Threatens the Preservation of History

By Kiley Bense

Residents work to push back wet mud that trapped cars and invaded some houses on Jan. 11, 2023 in Piru, east of Fillmore, California. A series of powerful storms pounded California in striking contrast to the past three years of severe to extreme drought experienced by most of the state. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images

Confronting California’s Water Crisis

By Liza Gross

A view of an iceberg in Lemaire Channel in Antartica. Credit: Sebnem Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Scientists Report a Dramatic Drop in the Extent of Antarctic Sea Ice

By Bob Berwyn

Cal Fire firefighters battle the Oak Fire on July 23, 2022 near Mariposa, California. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Snapshots, Hotshots and Moonshots: Images of Climate Change in 2022

By Katelyn Weisbrod

As Flooding Increases, Chicago Looks To Make Basement Housing Safer

By Siri Chilukuri, Borderless Magazine

Ali Liban Guracho walks past dozens of dead cattle outside Garissa, Kenya. Credit: Larry C. Price

Climate Change is Driving Millions to the Precipice of a ‘Raging Food Catastrophe’

By Georgina Gustin

Smoke billows to the sky above where fires are spreading near houses Oct. 22, 2007 in Stevenson Ranch, California. Credit: J. Emilio Flores/Getty Images

Despite a Changing Climate, Americans Are ‘Flocking to Fire’

By Grace van Deelen

The Edmonston pumping station, which Adam Ortiz upgraded with $6 million in funding from Prince George's County, which substantially enhanced its capacity to drain floodwaters and is a lasting solution to Edmonston's flooding problem. Credit: Aman Azhar

As EPA’s Region 3 Administrator, Adam Ortiz Wants the Mid-Atlantic States to Become Climate-Conscious and Resilient

By Aman Azhar

Village in Bulakan is flooded by the high tide. The islands in Manila Bay in Bulacan Province are being inundated by every high tide as the sea advances. Credit: James Whitlow Delano

Sinking Land and Rising Seas Threaten Manila Bay’s Coastal Communities

By James Whitlow Delano

Smoke hangs low in the air at Big Basin Redwoods State Park as some redwoods are still on fire on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020 in Boulder Creek, California. Frederick Law Olmstead contributed his expertise in landscape architecture toward the creation of the California State Park system. Credit: Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Iconic Olmsted Parks Threatened Around the Country by All Manifestations of Climate Change

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Marine Corps Sgt. David E. Martin assists a veteran during his visit to the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Washington, D.C., in 2014, during an event for unhoused veterans. Photo by Sgt. Alvin Williams Jr., courtesy of the U.S. Marine Corps.

Climate Change Makes Things Harder for Unhoused Veterans

By Sonner Kehrt, The War Horse

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif speaks with delegates after a joint press conference with the U.N. secretary general at the Pakistani pavilion at the COP27 climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh on Nov. 7, 2022. Credit: Fayez Nureldine/AFP via Getty Images

Parties at COP27 Add Loss and Damage to the Agenda, But Won’t Discuss Which Countries Are Responsible or Who Should Pay

By Zoha Tunio

The city of Vancouver, British Columbia, is seen through a haze on a scorching hot day, June 29, 2021. Credit: Don MacKinnon/AFP via Getty Images

How Climate Change Influences Temperatures in 1,000 Cities Around the World

By Katelyn Weisbrod

LEFT: Then-Rep. Charlie Crist (D-Fla.) greets attendees during Black Lives Matters Business Expo on June 19, 2020 in St. Petersburg, Florida. Crist is running for governor of Florida as a Democrat. Credit: Octavio Jones/Getty Images. RIGHT: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to the media during a press conference at PortMiami on April 08, 2021 in Miami, Florida. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Misery Wrought by Hurricane Ian Focuses Attention on Climate Records of Florida Candidates for Governor

By Amy Green

Floodwaters cover an access road to oil refineries Sept. 25, 2005 in Port Arthur, Texas in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita. Credit: Stan Honda/AFP via Getty Images

In Texas, a New Study Will Determine Where Extreme Weather Hazards and Environmental Justice Collide

By Victoria St. Martin

Eel Pond (background left) is a lagoon that connects to Great Harbor. Marine Biological Laboratory's main campus, including Lillie Lab (left building), is at risk when Eel Pond floods. Credit: Matt Barton/© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Community and Climate Risk in a New England Village

By Hannah Loss

In an aerial view, boats are piled on top of each other after Hurricane Ian passed through the area on Sept. 29, 2022 in Fort Myers Beach, Florida. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Florida Commits $1 Billion to Climate Resilience. But After Hurricane Ian, Some Question the State’s Development Practices

By James Bruggers, Amy Green

An aerial view shows the shores and the dam of the reservoir of the Saint-Peyres in Angles, southwestern France, on August 27, 2022. According to information collected by the observatory managed by the European Commission, the European continent has experienced a historic drought, the worst in nearly 500 years. The Global Drought Observatory (GDO) published a damning report on the current aridity in Europe on August 23, 2022. Credit: Lionel Bonaventure / AFP via Getty Images

Study Finds Global Warming Fingerprint on 2022’s Northern Hemisphere Megadrought

By Bob Berwyn

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