2023's extreme storms, heat and wildfires broke records – a scientist explains how global warming fuels climate disasters
The US saw a record number of billion-dollar disasters in 2023, even when accounting for inflation. The number of long-running heat waves like the Southwest experienced is also rising.
Dec. 19, 2023 • ~9 min
Volcanic Iceland is rumbling again as magma rises − a geologist explains eruptions in the land of fire and ice
Iceland’s volcanic activity is generally tame compared with explosive eruptions along the Pacific’s Ring of Fire. This time, it’s shaking up a town.
Nov. 15, 2023 • ~9 min
Climate change is a fiscal disaster for local governments − our study shows how it's testing communities in Florida
A new study of Florida’s fiscal vulnerability to climate change finds that flooding directly threatens many local tax bases.
Oct. 5, 2023 • ~11 min
Was the freak 'medicane' storm that devastated Libya a glimpse of North Africa's future?
Climate models suggest North Africa will get drier in future. But its caves tell a different story.
Sept. 21, 2023 • ~7 min
Wildfire risk is soaring for low-income, elderly and other vulnerable populations in California, Washington and Oregon
Alarmingly, about half the people exposed to wildfires in Washington and Oregon were those least able to afford to protect their homes, evacuate safely and recover.
Sept. 20, 2023 • ~7 min
Keeping your cool in a warming world: 8 steps to help manage eco-anxiety
A therapist shares advice for harnessing your stress over climate change and other environmental harms and putting it to work.
Sept. 18, 2023 • ~8 min
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