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What exactly is a natural disaster?

Here are the types of extreme weather you may face — from tornadoes to floods to snow storms — and the officials who determine how severe it is and how financial assistance is distributed.

Lyndsey Gilpin Extreme Weather July 7, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. looking at Donald Tr*mp during a cabinet meeting

How Trump’s Big Ag bailout is alienating his MAHA base

The administration’s pro-industry tilt — across three executive agencies — is feeding the MAHA movement’s growing discontent.

Ayurella Horn-Muller Food and Agriculture December 15, 2025

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.

Alex Hager, KUNC Drought July 5, 2025

Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there — unless you’re a California homeowner

State Farm blamed "rapidly growing catastrophe exposure," along with inflation and reinsurance costs, for fleeing the Golden State ahead of wildfire season.

Naveena Sadasivam Housing June 1, 2023

Talking about climate change can be awkward. Just ask Tim Robinson.

Does cringe comedy have anything to teach climate scientists?

Kate Yoder Culture February 15, 2024

How your showerhead and fridge got roped into the culture wars

Efficient appliances used to have bipartisan support. What happened?

Kate Yoder Politics April 23, 2025

collage of a small farmer, a food scientist, a woman picking up food from a food bank, and a woman grocery shopping with the US capitol building in front of them and bright red stripes in the background

How the shutdown broke America’s food chain — and what happens next

Cash-strapped farmers, gaps in the public safety net, and food inspection backlogs could reshape who eats what in the years to come.

Ayurella Horn-Muller Food and Agriculture November 17, 2025

A home is engulfed in flames during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles, California on January 8, 2025

California overhauled its insurance system. Then Los Angeles caught fire.

The fires could cause more than $20 billion in damages, further straining the state’s fragile insurance market.

Jake Bittle Extreme Weather January 8, 2025

digital collage of world map with 3 photo cutouts of different foods with arrows drawn on top

A new app details where your food comes from — and just how fragile the global food system really is

A “first of its kind" tool could help untangle the complex global web of food supply chains and make it more resilient to climate shocks.

Ayurella Horn-Muller Food and Agriculture June 19, 2025

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