Summer Is Already Off to a Wild Start July 2, 2021 By Brian K Sullivan Extreme temperatures in China coupled with a lack of hydro-power forced blackouts in some of its largest industrial cities last...
America’s New Normal: A Degree Hotter Than Two Decades Ago May 5, 2021 By Seth Borenstein America’s new normal temperature is a degree hotter than it was just two decades ago. Scientists have long talked about...
Southern Exposure: Cold Wreaks Havoc on Aging Waterworks February 26, 2021 By Melinda Deslatte and Leah Willingham JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The sunshine is back and the ice has melted. But more than a week after a...
Fire in California Wine Country Expands as Thousands Flee September 29, 2020 By Mark Chediak, Brian K. Sullivan and David R. Baker A wildfire ripping through Northern California’s wine country has more than tripled in size, forcing thousands of evacuations and endangering...
Hurricane Laura and the California Fires Are Part of the Same Crisis August 27, 2020 By David R Baker, Eric Roston and Brian Eckhouse As Hurricane Laura pounded the U.S. Gulf Coast with nearly 150 mile-per-hour winds, causing water levels to rise almost 10...
Fires and Virus Converge on California August 20, 2020 By Sophie Alexander and Brian Eckhouse Californians are in their sixth month of sheltering in place because of a pandemic that’s killed more than 11,000 residents....
Drought and Rain Are Reshaping Global Grain Trade Routes August 19, 2020 By Megan Durisin and Ainslie Chandler The global wheat trade is being shaken up again after extreme weather hurt crops in the European Union while harvests...
Trump Approves Emergency Aid For Iowa After Storm August 17, 2020 U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he approved federal disaster aid for Iowa after a hurricane-force storm hit last...
Warmest Oceans on Record Adds to Hurricanes, Wildfires Risks April 20, 2020 By Brian K. Sullivan The world’s seas are simmering, with record high temperatures spurring worry among forecasters that the global warming effect may generate...
Americans Are Paying $34 Billion Too Much for Houses in Flood Plains March 3, 2020 By Eric Roston At least 3.8 million U.S. homes lie in flood plains. Together, they may be overvalued by $34 billion. New research...