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![A collage showing a red square with orange-to-red gradient and a square of a car driving through a flooded street]()
![A collage showing a red square with orange-to-red gradient and a square of a car driving through a flooded street]()
How climate change is worsening flooding and heavy rainfall
The latest science on the link between climate change and natural disasters — and how they may be playing out where you live.
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![A collage showing a red square with orange-to-red gradient and a square of a person standing in an urban neighborhood on a hot day]()
![A collage showing a red square with orange-to-red gradient and a square of a person standing in an urban neighborhood on a hot day]()
How climate change is worsening extreme heat
The latest science on the link between climate change and natural disasters — and how they may be playing out where you live.
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Conozca sus derechos como inmigrante antes, durante y después de un desastre
A continuación, hallará fuentes confiables y seguras para usar durante fenómenos climáticos extremos o desastres naturales para personas que no hablan inglés e inmigrantes indocumentados
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![The upper building of a dam sits amid red rocks and a low water level]()
![The upper building of a dam sits amid red rocks and a low water level]()
A deadline looms for a new Colorado River plan. What happens if there isn’t one?
It would likely be complicated, messy and involve big lawsuits, according to experts and former officials.
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It’s not just the cities. Extreme heat is a growing threat to rural America.
The urban heat island sits in a rural heat ocean.
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![Firefighter stands on road next to a wildfire. The photo is tinged red from fire.]()
![Firefighter stands on road next to a wildfire. The photo is tinged red from fire.]()
The Trump administration claims roads in forests prevent wildfires. Researchers disagree.
Experts say repealing the "Roadless Rule" won't help stop fires, but it will help loggers.
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![A female river guide leads two groups of rafts down a river]()
![A female river guide leads two groups of rafts down a river]()
A year after Helene, river guides in Appalachia are navigating a new world
The first tourist season since the storm reveals how much the river and livelihoods have changed.
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![Glenn Harris of the Bureau of Land Management surveys the scorched land of the watershed above Casatic Power Plant in the hills above Los Angeles.]()
![Glenn Harris of the Bureau of Land Management surveys the scorched land of the watershed above Casatic Power Plant in the hills above Los Angeles.]()
Pollution from wildfires can contaminate our water for up to 8 years, study finds
An analysis of 500 watersheds found levels of organic carbon, phosphorus, and other pollutants up to 103 times higher after a wildfire.
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How shrinking the EPA could make wildfire smoke even more dangerous
"It will leave communities more vulnerable."
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![Forecasted temperatures for June 16 in Alaska.]()
![Forecasted temperatures for June 16 in Alaska.]()
Alaska just hit a climate milestone — its first-ever heat advisory
The heat bearing down on central Alaska "could feel like 110" in a state where the sun can shine all day.
