Climate Extreme Weather
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Heat waves can be life-threatening — for more reasons than one
How heat and air pollution make a dangerous public health duo.
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Will history repeat in a dry Klamath Basin this summer?
This year’s drought is worse than in 2001, when political and environmental tensions exploded into the national spotlight.
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During wildfires and hurricanes, a language gap can be deadly
The importance of translating emergency warnings is often a lesson learned too late.
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Remember snow days? Today’s kids get heat days.
America’s schools are underprepared for the worst impacts of climate change.
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Why California is building new houses in the path of wildfires
The housing market is dangerously hot.
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A zombie-fire outbreak may be growing in the North
“Overwintering” fires smolder under the snow, reigniting vegetation in the spring. New research shows the zombies may proliferate in a warmer world.
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How federal agencies are failing their wildland firefighters
Wildland firefighters protect us. But are we taking care of them?
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How many people has climate change killed already?
A first-of-its-kind study says hotter temperatures have already killed thousands.
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California ramps up wildfire prevention spending 16-fold
The coming fire season could be brutal
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Biden made this city a poster child for climate change. Then it flooded again.
Lake Charles, Louisiana, was wrecked by another storm just two weeks after President Joe Biden pledged support for disaster recovery from last year's hurricanes.