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![photo of wildfire at night overlapping photo of hurricane damaged trees]()
![photo of wildfire at night overlapping photo of hurricane damaged trees]()
First a hurricane, now wildfire: Climate disasters are colliding in Florida
How Hurricane Michael fueled fires in the Panhandle.
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![Scottsdale, Arizona highway over a river with buildings, green trees, and mountains in the distance]()
![Scottsdale, Arizona highway over a river with buildings, green trees, and mountains in the distance]()
How the West’s megadrought is leaving one Arizona neighborhood with no water at all
Thanks to Colorado River cuts, hundreds of residents on the outskirts of Phoenix are “the canary in the coal mine.”
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![Fires burn in the Amazon rainforest.]()
![Fires burn in the Amazon rainforest.]()
Amazon rainforest is nearing critical ‘tipping point’
New research indicates that the forest is losing its ability to recover from deforestation, fire, and drought.
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![Eifel, Elz valley, flood disaster, July 15th 2021.]()
![Eifel, Elz valley, flood disaster, July 15th 2021.]()
It’s not just climate: Are we ignoring other causes of disasters?
A growing number of scientists are cautioning that blaming disasters solely on climate overlooks the poor policy and planning decisions that make these events much worse.
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![Photo: A sign showing a temperature of 133F in Death Valley, CA.]()
![Photo: A sign showing a temperature of 133F in Death Valley, CA.]()
A third of Americans are already facing above-average warming
Temperatures in 499 counties across West, Northeast, and upper Midwest US have already breached 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit.
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![man in yellow construction vest bends over street flooded with water measuring depth with ruler. Bottom of the screen is red brick road]()
![man in yellow construction vest bends over street flooded with water measuring depth with ruler. Bottom of the screen is red brick road]()
Cities’ biggest obstacle to flood-proofing isn’t money: It’s 50-year-old rainfall data.
Cities say they can’t plan for tomorrow’s storms using yesterday’s data.
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![Multiple people in India lying on grass with a fountain in the background]()
The world’s poorest bear the burden of heat — and it’s getting worse
By 2100, they’ll see 23 more days of heat waves each year than the world’s richest.
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A wildfire may have forever changed this Colorado community — and who can afford to live there
How climate-fueled fires are exacerbating the housing crisis sweeping the West.
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![Flooded fields inside the shape of a house with a gavel on top]()
![Flooded fields inside the shape of a house with a gavel on top]()
Historic flooding and a housing crisis left evicted Nooksack members with nowhere to go
Faced with disenrollment and climate change, Nooksack tribal members are seeking human rights protections from the U.N.
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![Hurricane Dorian hits Cape Hatteras in North Carolina]()
![Hurricane Dorian hits Cape Hatteras in North Carolina]()
US flood risk is about to explode — but not for the reasons you think
A new study projects that the number of Americans exposed to flooding will double in 30 years. Development is largely to blame.
