This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last year was filled with extreme weather fueled by climate change. California was overrun by mudslides, and there were dangerous heat waves, droughts, and hurricanes. More than four in ten Americans…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What is driving the wildfires that are ravaging California, Oregon and Washington? President Trump and state officials have offered sharply different views. Trump asserts that Western states haven’t done enough…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. During this hurricane season, the increase in named storms has been attributed in part to warmer temperatures below the surface of the Atlantic, but scientists have observed a growing number of storms per season…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Biden administration is facing critical questions about how to balance the urgency of transitioning to clean energy with other progressive priorities. On Monday, a U.S. district judge halted construction…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In September of last year, heavy rainfall from Hurricane Ida reached the Northeastern U.S., killing at least eight people and flooding enough New York City subway stations that the whole system had…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Antarctic ice sheet is much less likely to become unstable and cause dramatic sea-level rise in upcoming centuries if the world follows policies that keep global warming below a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Today’s monster fires result largely from three human forces: taxpayer-funded fire suppression that has made the forest a tinderbox; policies that encourage construction in places that are clearly prone to burning; and climate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Researchers simulated Earth’s changing climate under different wind conditions, recreating thousands of simulated storms to evaluate the magnitude and frequency of extreme events. They find that if we don’t curb global emissions,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. From phasing out fossil fuel subsidies to tackling the surging costs of loss and damage caused by climate change impacts, 2022 is likely to see growing pressure for more ambitious…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. To be honest, I personally find myself a bit slow moving in the first week of 2022, feeling more comfortable reflecting on the year past than assuredly facing the year…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Trekking out to my research sites near North Carolina’s Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, I slog through knee-deep water on a section of trail that is completely submerged. Permanent flooding…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Imagine discovering a sea lion in the middle of the woods, more than a mile inland from the beach. Or coming face to face with one of these curious creatures…