Impacts
Satellite view of hurricane

FEMA payments lag for N.C. counties that spent big on Helene cleanup

A year after Hurricane Helene, North Carolina communities that exhausted their budgets on storm cleanup and recovery are still waiting for FEMA reimbursement.
www.washingtonpost.com
coastal resilience storm surge rising seas

How AI can improve storm surge forecasts to help save lives

Storm surge is the No. 1 cause of deaths and damage during a hurricane, yet detailed storm surge forecasts are difficult to create. AI could turn that around.
theconversation.com
Sailing vessel navigating icebergs in Arctic waters

Canada moves to discourage Arctic rivals as the fabled Northwest Passage opens up

The Inuit of the far north helped solve the mystery of a doomed 19th-century expedition. Now Canada needs them to strengthen its claim to this newly contested region.
www.nytimes.com
A Black person's hands holding an empty wallet

How extreme weather is destroying Black families’ retirement savings

Early retirement withdrawals for hardship have tripled since 2020, as disasters strike and insurance fails, leaving workers on their own in old age.

capitalbnews.org
A Black person's hands holding an empty wallet

How extreme weather is destroying Black families’ retirement savings

Early retirement withdrawals for hardship have tripled since 2020, as disasters strike and insurance fails, leaving workers on their own in old age.

capitalbnews.org
A pair of giant hands rising out of a Venice canal to hold up a building

Sea levels are rising faster than at any time in the last 4,000 years. Here’s why

Global sea levels are climbing at record speeds due to melting glaciers and ocean expansion from climate change, posing a growing flood risk to major coastal cities worldwide, researchers report.

www.euronews.com
A silhouette of a firefighter spraying water on a fire with billowing smoke

Warming made L.A. wildfires 25 times larger

A new international report shows that climate change made this year’s devastating Los Angeles wildfires twice as likely and 25 times larger, as warming, drought, and vegetation growth combined to create explosive fire conditions worldwide.

e360.yale.edu
An interior photo of a burned home

L.A. declares fire-damaged Pacific Palisades properties a public nuisance

Los Angeles officials have declared eight Pacific Palisades properties — among them a mansion featured in HBO’s Succession — public nuisances after owners failed to clear toxic debris from the Palisades fire.

www.latimes.com
a group of children standing next to each other in a black and white photo

‘Leaving the world’s poorest behind’: Nearly 900 million poor people face climate shocks

Climate change and poverty are increasingly intertwined, with hundreds of millions of people enduring multiple simultaneous hazards such as extreme heat, flooding, drought, and air pollution.

www.euronews.com
Arctic landscape partially snow-covered

What happens when the ice melts? Three women in Alaska are sounding an alarm.

Paintings, poems and science are on display at the Museum of the North in Fairbanks, illustrating the shared impact when carbon is released from the permafrost.
www.nytimes.com
Child with asthma inhaler

Her son died of asthma. Now kids get lessons on surviving smoky skies, in his name

Carter Vigh, 9, died in 2023 after an asthma attack that was made worse by wildfire smoke. His mother. Amber, and the B.C. Lung Foundation collaborated through the Carter’s Project initiative to teach kids about the kids of poor air quality and how to protect themselves.
www.cbc.ca
A view of the north coast of the United States with the Pacific Ocean to the right

Mysterious 'warm blob' breaks records in the North Pacific Ocean

The north Pacific Ocean has recorded its hottest summer on record, with sea surface temperatures soaring far above previous highs. Scientists say the extreme marine heatwave may be linked to reduced air pollution from shipping and industry — and could even influence Europe’s winter weather.

www.bbc.com
An illustration of a glass bottle floating in water with the word HELP inside of it.

FEMA cuts disaster aid, leaving states fending for themselves

President Trump has said he wants to eventually shift the burden of disaster relief and recovery onto states. It’s already happening.
www.nytimes.com
A aerial view of a flooded neighborhood.

FEMA buyouts vs. risky real estate: New maps reveal post-flood migration patterns across the US

In general, people are moving to safer homes after disasters, but the vast majority are selling, meaning someone else is now taking on that risk. Buyout programs can help.
theconversation.com
Flooded road with sign "Water Over Road."

FEMA denied or didn’t advance most Kerr County flood requests

Advocates are questioning why so many applicants from the flood-ravaged Texas county have not received federal disaster help. Nonprofits are trying to fill in the gaps.

www.texastribune.org
a group of white corals on a coral reef

Podcast: Will coral reefs be gone by 2050?

Twenty-five years ago, a landmark paper warned that the world’s coral reefs could vanish by 2050. Now, halfway to that projected date (and amid ever more frequent coral bleaching events), that grim prediction feels increasingly close to reality.

www.thegreatsimplification.com
A red sailboat in the water near icebergs

Climate change in the Arctic: How melting ice is causing Greenland to ‘shrink’

New research shows that Greenland is slowly “shrinking” and shifting northwest as melting ice reduces pressure on the land beneath it, causing the island’s bedrock to twist, stretch, and rise.

www.euronews.com
An aerial view of a whale with a school of fish

Drone surveys offer early warnings on whale health and survival

Scientists are using drones and photogrammetry to track how climate change is affecting whales’ health, growth, and reproduction. By analyzing aerial images, researchers can spot pregnancy trends and size changes in right whales and orcas, providing critical early insights into population declines.

news.mongabay.com
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