Could Hurricane Harvey deal a fatal blow to climate change skepticism?
A damaged home is seen after Hurricane Harvey passed through on August 26th, 2017, in Rockport, Texas.
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Hurricane Harvey, the strongest storm...
The West is in the middle of the worst flash drought in recent memory.
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As wildfires blaze across the West, parts...
Cities across Africa face threat of landslides like Sierra Leone.
Threat worsening as rainfall, deforestation increaseBy Edward McAllister
DAKAR, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Natural and human factors made Sierra Leone's capital vulnerable to a landslide...
Greenland: Land of ice on fire.
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Appeal period begins for revised flood maps.
Coastal flooding is shown near Rodanthe in August 2011. Photo: N.C. Department of Transportation
GREENVILLE – A 90-day appeal or protest period began this week...
On the Colorado, the lowest water use in 25 years.
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Wildfires are a climate change wake-up call.
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Why flooding in Nigeria is an increasingly serious problem.
Earlier this year heavy rains and thunderstorms caused havoc in Lagos, Nigeria’s economic nerve centre and one of Africa’s most populous cities. Residents woke...
The other terrible thing Donald Trump did yesterday, you know, besides the neo-Nazi stuff.
Waves splash against a seawall and onto houses along the Atlantic coast, in Scituate, Mass.
Image: Steven Senne/AP/REX/Shutterstock
By Andrew Freedman2017-08-16 17:51:21 UTC
There's an important rule...
Trump to reverse Obama-era order aimed at planning for climate change.
President Trump is expected to revoke an order requiring federal funds recipients to consider risk-management standards when building in flood zones. (Andrew Harnik/AP)President...
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