Fox News’ Parent Company Is Really Worried About Global Warming
Rupert Murdoch’s businesses lost millions during Superstorm Sandy—and they’re warning that climate change could mean more extreme weather. Fox News criticizes Al Gore’s comments about Superstorm Sandy...
View ArticleHere’s What It Looks Like When a Typhoon Devastates Your City
One year ago, Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines. DigitalGlobe/Google Well before Typhoon Haiyan made landfall in the Philippines on November 8, 2013, weather watchers knew the storm would be...
View Article“So Little Time Between Hope and Death”
This fall, Kashmir saw its worst floods in more than half a century. My family and I barely survived them. A Kashmiri Muslim man carries an electric transformer through floodwaters. Dar Yasin/AP When...
View ArticleHere’s How Much the Storm Is Helping California’s Epic Drought
The short answer: It’s a drop in the bucket. People canoeing and kayaking in a flooded parking lot in Healdsburg, Calif. Eric Risberg/AP In the midst of the most intense drought in hundreds of years,...
View ArticleReport: Florida Banned State Workers From Saying “Climate Change”
“Global warming” and “sustainability” among phrases allegedly barred at state’s Department of Environmental Protection, investigative report finds. The aftermath of Hurricane Wilma in 2005 Luis...
View ArticleVanuatu’s President: “Yes, Climate Change Is Contributing to This”
As Cyclone Pam devastates his country, President Baldwin Lonsdale speaks out on the link between global warming and extreme weather. Devastation from Cyclone Pam in Port Vila, Vanuatu Dave Hunt/AP At...
View ArticleBaked Alaska
If the Last Frontier is the canary in the climate coal mine, we’re in trouble. Bear Glacier, Alaska, in 2007 Tim Hamilton/Flickr Earlier this winter, Monica Zappa packed up her crew of Alaskan sled...
View ArticleFlorida and the Science Who Must Not Be Named
Typing around Florida’s ban. wsfurlan/iStock The oceans are slowly overtaking Florida. Ancient reefs of mollusk and coral off the present-day coasts are dying. Annual extremes in hot and cold, wet and...
View ArticleThe Drought Is Making California Mudslides Even Worse
Here’s why El Niño, wildfires, and drought are such a dangerous combination. Caltrans/AP Mudslides stranded hundreds of motorists on Southern California’s main north-south highway Thursday evening...
View ArticleThis Deadly Hurricane Is the Strongest Ever in Our Hemisphere
Hurricane Patricia will make landfall today. The strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere is barreling toward Mexico’s Pacific coast, where it is expected to make landfall later...
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