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Fishermen navigate on the Shatt al-Arab waterway during a sandstorm in Basra, Iraq, Monday, May 23, 2022.
Environment
‘It’s a mass ecological crisis’: Extreme weather in Iraq hits those already struggling the hardest
Adults and children swim in water near a large, white building in the background and birds flying overhead
The Big Fix
In Karachi, planting dense urban forests could save the city from extreme heat
A man walks in the snow next to the Houses of Parliament in London on March 1. Brtain and much of the rest of Europe have been hit with a late winter blast linked to extreme warming in the Arctic.
Environment
Europe’s cold blast, Arctic’s heat wave are ‘two sides of the same coin’
Bomb cyclone
Environment
Climate change will accelerate extreme weather events in the coming years
Helicopter dropping water on wildfire
Economics
2017 was the costliest US natural disaster year on record
The Polar jet stream carries weather systems around the northern hemisphere. It's powered by the temperature differential between the Arctic and areas farther south, but new research finds that it's being disrupted as rapid warming in the Arctic reduces t
Global Politics
Here’s a new climate change reality that Trump’s new policies ignore
NASA hurricane satellite
Environment
Climate disruption is fueling stronger storms
Technology
Was that extreme weather event influenced by climate change?
Earth and Hurricane Sandy
Environment
Can we accurately gauge the impact of climate change on extreme weather?
A US National Weather Service map shows precipitation levels across the southeastern US on October 4, 2015. White splotches in South Carolina indicate areas with more than 10 inches of rain.
Environment
The Carolinas’ ‘thousand-year’ flood follows a big rainfall trend across the US
El Niño Makes Atlantic hurricanes less likely.
Environment
Welcome to the ‘Double El Niño’ — and more extreme weather
Extreme Weather
Environment
Hurricanes change with global climate