Climate Extreme Weather
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How climate disasters hurt adolescents’ mental health
Young people traumatized by Hurricane Maria were more likely to report substance use.
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Study: Climate migration will leave the elderly behind
Coastal populations will get older — and more fragile — as young people flee rising seas, according to new academic research.
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Persistent wildfire smoke is eroding rural America’s mental health
Besides physical effects, wildfire smoke can create economic anxiety, isolation, and despair. In rural areas, scientists see a link between smoke and higher suicide rates.
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Will Arizona close a loophole that lets developers build without water?
Despite water woes in “wildcat” neighborhoods, lawmakers may not act.
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24 Climate Predictions for 2024
Plastics, taxes, and expensive desserts: Grist reporters weigh in on the climate trends that will shape the year ahead.
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How can California solve its water woes? By flooding its best farmland.
Restored floodplains in the state’s agricultural heartland are fighting both flooding and drought. But their fate rests with California’s powerful farmers.
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‘A matter of survival’: India’s unstoppable need for air conditioners
Access to sufficient cooling could further drive up the already rampant inequality in the country.
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Extreme weather cost $80 billion this year. The true price is far higher.
The U.S. saw 25 billion-dollar weather disasters this year — more than ever before. Next year could be worse.
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Why tenants struggle more in the wake of hurricanes
“There's so many ways that renters are screwed.”
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The libertarian developer looming over West Maui’s water conflict
Peter Martin spent decades guzzling water around Lāhainā. Then came the fire.