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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

The Marshall Fire continues to burn out of control on Dec. 30, 2021 in Broomfield, Colorado. Credit: RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Colorado’s Suburban Firestorm Shows the Threat of Climate-Driven Wildfires is Moving Into Unusual Seasons and Landscapes

By Bob Berwyn

Evacuated resident April Phillips wipes her face while watching a family dog at an evacuation center for the Dixie Fire at Lassen Community College in Susanville, California on Aug. 6, 2021. Phillips and her family were living in their cars and were told it would be at least 10 days before they could return home during the second-worst wildfire in California's history. Credit: Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images

The Year in Climate Photos

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Houston, Texas, after the epic rains of Hurricane Harvey, August 2017. Credit: Xinhua/Yin Bogu via Getty Images

In Deep Adaptation’s Focus on Societal Collapse, a Hopeful Call to Action

By Kiley Bense

An angler catches a perch while fishing an area of Gull Lake on Jan. 25, 2008 in Brainerd, Minnesota. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Warming Trends: A Potential Decline in Farmed Fish, Less Ice on Minnesota Lakes and a ‘Black Box’ for the Planet

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Emergency workers search through what is left of the Mayfield Consumer Products Candle Factory after it was destroyed by a tornado in Mayfield, Kentucky, on Dec. 11, 2021. Credit: John Amis/AFP via Getty Images

Global Warming Can Set The Stage for Deadly Tornadoes

By Bob Berwyn

A boat navigates the waters Lake Powell on June 24, 2021 in Page, Arizona as severe drought grips parts of the Western United States. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

The West Sizzled in a November Heat Wave and Snow Drought

By Bob Berwyn

A workers at Holiday Tree Farms tags freshly harvested Christmas trees at the Beaver Creek shipping yard on Nov. 18, 2017 in Philomath, Oregon. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Warming Trends: Swiping Right and Left for the Planet, Education as Climate Solution and Why It Might Be Hard to Find a Christmas Tree

By Katelyn Weisbrod

People who were forced to abandon their homes in the San Pedro Sula Valley due to floods in the aftermath of Hurricane Eta take refuge in a makeshift camp underneath an overpass in Chemelecon. Credit: Seth Sidney Berry/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

By 2050, 200 Million Climate Refugees May Have Fled Their Homes. But International Laws Offer Them Little Protection

By Moira Lavelle

In September, there was no electricity in Old San Juan's La Perla section. Credit: Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Plagued by Daily Blackouts, Puerto Ricans Are Calling for an Energy Revolution. Will the Biden Administration Listen?

By Kristoffer Tigue

With a Warming Climate, Coastal Fog Around the World Is Declining

By Bob Berwyn, David Hasemyer, Mallory Pickett

Members of the Mexican Army evacuate patients of the IMSS Hospital in Tula de Allende, Hidalgo state, Mexico, on Sept. 7, 2021. Credit: Francisco Villeda/AFP via Getty Images

World Meteorological Organization Sharpens Warnings About Both Too Much and Too Little Water

By Bob Berwyn

An oil flare burns at the Royal Dutch Shell Norco Refinery during a power outage caused by Hurricane Ida in LaPlace, Louisiana, on Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. Credit: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images

After Ida, Louisiana Struggles to Tally the Environmental Cost. Activists Say Officials Must Do Better

By James Bruggers

President Joe Biden speaks during a conference call on climate change with the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate on Sept. 17, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Al Drago/Getty Images

Biden Administration Unveils Plan to Protect Workers and Communities from Extreme Heat

By Liza Gross

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