Climate Change's Impact On Hurricane Sandy Has A Price: $8 Billion
When Hurricane Sandy swept up the Eastern Seaboard in 2012, it left a trail of damage from Florida to Maine. Subways were inundated in New York City. Hurricane-force winds tore across New Jersey....
View ArticleThe Deadliest Fire In American History Happened In A Place You Wouldn't Expect
Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Record drought and heat are setting up another precedent-setting fire season in the western U.S., but the deadliest wildfire in American...
View ArticleWildfire Risk Is Growing Everywhere, Even As More Americans Move Into Harm's Way
There's a forgotten history that should serve as a warning — wildfire isn't unique to the West. Now the warming climate is increasing the risk of major wildfires across America. And more people are...
View ArticleSheltering Inside May Not Protect You From The Dangers Of Wildfire Smoke
When wildfire smoke descends over a city or town, as it does increasingly often for tens of millions of people in the American West, public health officials have a simple message: Go inside, shut doors...
View ArticleA look at the ecological damage of the oil spill of California's coast
Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: In Southern California, investigators are looking at whether a German cargo ship was involved in the oil spill that's now polluting beaches,...
View ArticleClimate change is bad for your health. And plans to boost economies may make...
It may seem obvious: Heat kills. Wildfires burn. Flooding drowns. But the sprawling health effects of a rapidly warming world can also be subtle. Heat sparks violence and disrupts sleep. Wildfire smoke...
View ArticleThe U.N. says climate impacts are getting worse faster than the world is...
As world leaders meet in Glasgow to try to curb planet-warming emissions an uncomfortable reality underlies their efforts: They've gathered on a shrinking island in a rising sea, where temperatures are...
View ArticleA famously far-ranging gray wolf is found dead in Southern California
Wildlife officials say a far-ranging gray wolf, the first to tromp across Southern California in more than a hundred years, has been found dead near a roadway a little more than an hour's drive north...
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