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![Historic and tourist center Saint Paul Episcopal Church in Florida.]()
![Historic and tourist center Saint Paul Episcopal Church in Florida.]()
‘Preach now or mourn in the future’: How Key West faith leaders are confronting climate change
An island city’s billion-dollar route to climate resilience will need residential buy-in to succeed. Local places of worship could be pivotal.
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![Lightning Strike Near Cellular Tower]()
![Lightning Strike Near Cellular Tower]()
How 5G could send weather forecasting back to the 1970s
Plans to expand wireless cellular networks could be bad news for atmospheric science.
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![A BQ-100 Beechcraft aircraft fitted with canisters containing Silver Iodide, Sodium Chloride and Potassium Chloride on its wings takes off during the cloud seeding experiment Project Varshadhari at Jakkur Airport in the Indian city of Bangalore on August 21, 2017.]()
![A BQ-100 Beechcraft aircraft fitted with canisters containing Silver Iodide, Sodium Chloride and Potassium Chloride on its wings takes off during the cloud seeding experiment Project Varshadhari at Jakkur Airport in the Indian city of Bangalore on August 21, 2017.]()
Can cloud seeding help quench the thirst of the US West?
In the midst of a historic megadrought, states in the American West are embracing cloud seeding to increase snow and rainfall.
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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]()
![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.
