Impacts
Two men attempting to salvage items inundated by floodwaters amidst submerged vehicles.

A more troubling picture of sea level rise is coming into view

Scientists have uncovered a "blind spot" in the research on rising seas, revealing that tens of millions of people thought safe from coastal flooding are at risk of inundation. Across much of the world, sea levels are higher than previously assumed and land is sinking faster.
e360.yale.edu
An illustration of the setting sun in front of an orange sky

What to expect when you’re expecting the end of the world

Jem Bendell predicted that society would collapse because of climate change. Then he tried to get on with his life.
grist.org
Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, speaks on climate justice during COP21.

World held hostage by reliance on fossil fuels, Christiana Figueres warns — and climate health impacts are ‘mother of all injustices’

Former UN climate chief to co-chair Lancet Commission examining how sea-level rise is reshaping health, well-being, and inequality.

www.theguardian.com
Lake Cayuga dock with sunset in the background

After toxic algae blooms, Cayuga Lake enters ‘The Twilight Zone’

Residents and vacationers flock to this New York lake each summer, but the water carries something harmful — and the community is fighting back.

therevelator.org
Dry farm fields with mountains in the background

Forecasters predict and prepare for increased drought and wildfire risk after NOAA climate outlook

After a mild winter and dry spring outlook, here is how Oregon is preparing for the potential of its warmest year on record.

oregoncapitalchronicle.com
A dry section of the Great Salt Lake with mountains in the background

Facing a hotter climate and drying Great Salt Lake, some families plan to leave Utah

Some Utahns are leaving the state to get away from the drying Great Salt Lake and dust containing heavy metals from its exposed lakebed.

utahnewsdispatch.com
An aerial view of a railway and green trees with Richmond, VA in the background

Trees take root as Virginia’s frontline defense against urban heat

As temperatures climb, some parts of the commonwealth are heating up faster than others — a result of too few trees and too little shade.

virginiamercury.com
Texas longhorn cattle grazing on sparse pasture with one longhorn prominent in the foreground

Corpus Christi water crisis spurs stampede on South Texas aquifers

Cities, towns, and industrial complexes aim to quickly pump tens of millions of gallons per day in a bid to avert disaster.

insideclimatenews.org
Village of Stowe, Vermont

As Vermont defends its law to make fossil fuel firms pay for climate adaptation, the bill is already coming due

The courts will decide if the first “climate superfund” law in the nation survives, a likely years-long battle. Vermont towns, meanwhile, must figure out how to pay for infrastructure that extreme weather won’t destroy.
insideclimatenews.org
Miami Beach, Florida showing coast as well ad inland waterway.

Florida communities with highest climate change risk face new Tallahassee hurdles

A bill that passed Florida’s Legislature would prevent local governments from capping greenhouse gas emissions.
www.politico.com
A flooded street with houses in the background

FEMA in the crosshairs as climate disasters worsen

Extreme weather events are growing more frequent and intense. Will FEMA be around to help affected communities?
atmos.earth
A farm field with a tractor in the background

Climate experts say spring is coming earlier. How will that affect agriculture and ecosystems?

An earlier spring affects when migratory birds arrive, leaves emerge, and fruit ripens — among plants and animals that determine ecosystem health.

grist.org
Young person winter-skating on backyard rink with hockey stick and puck

Hockey rinks turn to plastic ice as planet warms

Some environmentalists question using plastic to address rising temperatures.
www.nytimes.com
Sea cliffs, Tasman National Park, Tasmania, Australia

Tasmania's 50-year air record reveals true scale of humanity's impact on planet

Perched on Tasmania's wild north-west coast, Cape Grim has been quietly tracking the world's cleanest air for 50 years. Its data tell an interesting story about how our world has changed over half a century, including rare success stories.
www.abc.net.au
A musk ox with brown fur walking in a rocky landscape

Canadian muskoxen hit by double punch of novel diseases and climate change

Emerging pathogens and a warming Arctic are driving steep declines in muskox populations across parts of northern Canada, raising concerns for ecosystems and Inuit food security.

news.mongabay.com
Idle ships awaiting offloading or clearance to move

The energy crisis has only just begun

For 26 days, oil shipments out of the Persian Gulf have stopped. But ships that made it out before the war started have been at sea delivering energy products to markets that ordered them. The last of those ships should dock in the next week setting off a whole new crisis in global energy markets.
www.cbc.ca
Firefighter wielding a Pulaski tool silhouetted against inferno

Forest Service shake-up comes as risky wildfire season looms

The Trump administration says moving the Forest Service headquarters to Utah and shutting down 31 research stations will streamline operations and bring leaders west, where the forests are.
insideclimatenews.org
Three firefighters fighting a wildfire

These maps show exactly where the West might burn this summer

Drought, low snowpack, and a winter heatwave have left every state in the Western U.S. facing an above-average risk of summer wildfires.
grist.org
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