Climate Extreme Weather
All Stories
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The summer that reality caught up to climate fiction
"My novel is going to be coming true for the rest of my life."
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Study: Wildfire smoke is reversing years of US air quality progress
“We are seeing influence in states that basically have none of their own wildfires."
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It’s not just coral. Extreme heat is weakening entire marine ecosystems in Florida.
Anemones, sponges, and jellyfish are bleaching throughout the Everglades amid record temperatures. It's a troubling sign for Florida Bay and beyond.
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Hawaii needs to build hundreds more miles of firebreaks to protect against wildfire
Fire officials and landowners have known for years about gaps in Hawaii's firebreaks and fuelbreaks. The problem boils down to money and cooperation.
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Extreme heat is linked to higher risk of life-threatening delivery complications for pregnant people
A new study found significant associations between both long- and short-term exposure to environmental heat during a pregnancy and severe maternal morbidity.
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‘It’s gigantic’: Hurricane Lee heads for New England and Atlantic Canada
The 600-mile wide storm has weakened, but its impacts in Massachusetts, Maine, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia are expected to be severe.
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How climate change contributed to the staggering flood death toll in Libya
Political unrest and crumbling infrastructure were also factors in the disaster.
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Is it time for the world to take a siesta?
An idea from the past could provide a way to cope with extreme heat.
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FEMA rolls out climate adaptation loans for small and overlooked communities
The federal disaster relief agency has taken heat for steering past resilience funds to whiter, wealthier areas.
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2023 has already broken the US record for billion-dollar climate disasters
And there are still four months to go.