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‘Getting Heavier’: Climate Change Primes Storms to Drop More Rain
With rising temperatures, the atmosphere can hold more moisture, meaning precipitation has a tendency to fall at more extreme ...
What’s at stake in threatened cuts to federal climate-change-mitigation projects: Edward W. Wolner
Jump-started by Inflation Reduction Act funding, the transition to an all-electric future cannot be stopped, but it can be ...
White House moves to hamstring national climate assessment
The Trump administration plans to scrap a contract for a federal climate assessment used to direct government action on ...
Climate Change Could Become a Global Economic Disaster
New warnings from financial firms and insurers point to a future defined by profound risks to the global economy from heat, ...
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Did climate change supercharge the ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ storm pummeling the central US?
A relentless storm is unleashing floods and tornadoes. Here's how a warmer atmosphere and a simmering Gulf of Mexico may be making it worse.
Trump administration cuts contracts for National Climate Assessment
The Trump administration is cutting contracts that funded work on the National Climate Assessment — which is published every ...
As Trump dismantles EPA, Great Lakes states with a history of pollution likely will suffer
Mass firings and regulatory rollbacks come as scientists routinely determine pollution is far more damaging than previously ...
The SS United States is a piece of maritime history. Now it’s becoming an artificial reef
A piece of maritime history, the SS United States, is set to become the world's largest artificial reef, destined for the ...
Scientists shielding farming from climate change need more public funding. But they’re getting less
Public funding for agricultural research in the U.S. has been declining for the last two decades, a process Trump has rapidly ...