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The mysterious X factor behind a year of unbelievable heat
Was this extra warming a blip, or a sign that climate change is veering off predictable tracks?
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![Construction crews restore a beach in Daytona Beach Shores, Florida, following erosion from Hurricanes Ian and Nicole.]()
![Construction crews restore a beach in Daytona Beach Shores, Florida, following erosion from Hurricanes Ian and Nicole.]()
The homeowner mutiny leaving Florida cities defenseless against hurricanes
The government is refusing to restore eroded beaches in coastal Florida counties unless homeowners agree to one condition: public access.
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![a grey sky backdrops rows of palm trees buffeted by wind while a car with headlights on drives by]()
![a grey sky backdrops rows of palm trees buffeted by wind while a car with headlights on drives by]()
Why this summer might bring the wildest weather yet
El Niño has been rough. Its departure could be even rougher.
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![An illustration of a woman in an hourglass looking outside at a stork carrying a bundle. Around them, a hurricane swirls.]()
![An illustration of a woman in an hourglass looking outside at a stork carrying a bundle. Around them, a hurricane swirls.]()
Four lost pregnancies. Five weeks of IVF injections. One storm.
A couple spent years and tens of thousands of dollars trying to have a baby. Then Hurricane Ian hit.
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![An illustration of a woman with a visibly pregnant belly kneeling on the ground looking up as a large sun shines ominously overhead]()
![An illustration of a woman with a visibly pregnant belly kneeling on the ground looking up as a large sun shines ominously overhead]()
‘How did we miss this for so long?’: The link between extreme heat and preterm birth
Heat waves are making pregnancy more dangerous and exacerbating existing maternal health disparities.
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![A resident of the borough of Benito Juarez in Mexico City rests after receiving drinking water. Many residents of the city have been affected by the contamination of groundwater wells amid a severe drought.]()
![A resident of the borough of Benito Juarez in Mexico City rests after receiving drinking water. Many residents of the city have been affected by the contamination of groundwater wells amid a severe drought.]()
As reservoirs go dry, Mexico City and Bogotá are staring down ‘Day Zero’
Cape Town, which beat a water crisis in 2018, holds lessons for cities grappling with an El Niño-fueled drought.
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![People in kayaks navigate the flooded streets of downtown Montpelier, Vermont in the days after heavy rains during the month of July, 2023, caused extensive flooding throughout the state.]()
![People in kayaks navigate the flooded streets of downtown Montpelier, Vermont in the days after heavy rains during the month of July, 2023, caused extensive flooding throughout the state.]()
Vermont passed a bill making Big Oil pay. Now comes the hard part.
The state still has to figure out how much individual fossil fuel companies must pay for the impacts of climate-driven disasters.
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![thick spiral of smoke drifts over field obscuring blue sky and sun]()
![thick spiral of smoke drifts over field obscuring blue sky and sun]()
Canadian wildfire smoke just blanketed the Midwest — again
"You could definitely see the smoke outside, you could smell it, you could even taste it."
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![Zack Crowder views his home after it was struck by a tornado on May 7 in Barnsdall, Oklahoma. Oklahoma is one of several inland states that has seen skyrocketing insurance costs in recent years.]()
![Zack Crowder views his home after it was struck by a tornado on May 7 in Barnsdall, Oklahoma. Oklahoma is one of several inland states that has seen skyrocketing insurance costs in recent years.]()
How ‘kitty cats’ are wrecking the home insurance industry
Supercharged thunderstorms and tornadoes are ravaging the Midwest, driving insurance costs to record highs.
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![A road stretches through the desert]()
Tribes could lease their water to dry states. Why is it so hard?
The Colorado River Indian Tribes can now lease water to non-Indigenous users along the drought-stricken river. Most nations can’t do the same.
