Erin may be the first real test of America’s hurricane readiness under Trump
Erin was upgraded Friday morning from a tropical storm to a hurricane, a storm with sustained winds above 74 miles
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How climate change will worsen hunger
Globally, humanity is producing more food than ever, but that harvest is concentrated in just a handful of breadbaskets. More
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Why we’re barely keeping track of this growing climate problem
Odorless and colorless, methane is a gas that is easy to miss — but it’s one of the most important
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The clean energy transition can’t happen without these minerals
The world is hungry for more stuff: televisions, phones, motors, container ships, solar panels, satellites. That means the stuff required
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One thing we can count on to keep ruining our summers
Smoke from wildfires in Canada is once again shrouding parts of the United States — cities like Chicago and Milwaukee
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09:20
Trump boots climate scientists from climate science report
Welcome to The Logoff: The Trump administration dismissed hundreds of scientists this week who were working on a major report
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Elon Musk is coming for our weather service
The weather forecasts you see on TV or the severe storm alerts you get from your apps are powered by
Umair Irfan
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The LA fires have a shocking price tag — and we’ll all have to pick up the tab
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Is climate change really making hurricanes worse?
The deadly and destructive hurricanes this year have torn through enormous swaths of the country and reached places where people
