Resilience
Heavy ice build up on a truck during an ice storm

A winter storm fueled by global warming tests U.S. disaster response

A sprawling winter storm that left hundreds of thousands without power, grounded thousands of flights and disrupted travel across the eastern half of the U.S. could be the first real test of the second Trump administration’s Federal Emergency Management Agency.

insideclimatenews.org
An older woman with a bottle of water being taken care of by two other people during a heat wave

What happens to the human body in 49C heat? Australians are finding out

Doctors warn there are biological limits to temperatures we can survive, and exposure to extreme heat can provoke a heart attack.

www.theguardian.com
Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse makes a speech at a political rally for Barack Obama on September 20, 2008

Democrats are shying away from climate messaging. One of their own is fighting back

There’s a schism within the Democratic Party about whether talking about climate change is the right message to win back control of Washington.

www.politico.com
Great Salt Lake in Utah with dry mountains in the background.

‘An environmental nuclear bomb’: documentary examines fight to save Great Salt Lake

A cautionary new film, executive-produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, warns of the devastating consequences if the Utah lake continues to disappear.

www.theguardian.com
Holy Brahmaputra river, Yarlung Tsangpo, and Tibetan mountain landscape

Opinion: The mother of all mega-dams is China’s hidden weapon in the Himalayas

New disclosures reveal that China’s planned super-dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo — the world’s highest-altitude major river, better known as the Brahmaputra — is not a single structure. Rather, it is a a vast, tunnel-linked hydropower and water-diversion complex, spanning roughly 150 kilometers through the Himalayas.

thehill.com
Florida spring with clear blue-green water

The business of saving nature

Global financing is heavily skewed to industries that harm rather than preserve nature, according to a new report that calls for an urgent scale-up of nature-positive spending.
www.dw.com
an underwater view of a coral reef with fish

Great Barrier Reef and climate change: See the largest effort to save Australia’s gem

Australia’s Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program is racing to keep the Great Barrier Reef alive by collecting coral spawn at sea and breeding millions of baby corals in high-tech tanks for reseeding.

www.vox.com
brown concrete building under blue sky during daytime

Climate change and health

Climate change, combined with other natural and human-made stressors, is intensifying existing health threats and creating new ones, with impacts varying by age, income, and location.

libguides.massgeneral.org
Mural on commercial building in downtown Asheville, North Carolina

After Helene, rural North Carolina turns to solar and battery hubs

More than a year after the storm’s devastation, clean-energy microgrids are springing up in remote areas thanks to a program that could become a national model.

www.canarymedia.com
A closeup of the Zillow logo on a website

A California climate expert is working to restore climate risk scores deleted by Zillow

The real estate website scrubbed the data under pressure from California’s real estate brokers and agents who were concerned about its impact on home prices. Neil Matouka thinks prospective buyers have a right to know.
insideclimatenews.org
Aerial photo of Lake Mead and Hoover Dam showing low water level evidenced by a "bathtub ring."

The world has entered a new era of ‘water bankruptcy,’ UN report says

Researchers say this is not merely a temporary crisis, but a permanent failure that requires rethinking the world’s approach to water scarcity.
www.washingtonpost.com
a group of people walking down a tree lined path in a park

Urban greenery is making some cities hotter, study finds

As urban planners look to expand green spaces to help cool cities, a new study finds that, in arid regions, grassy areas can actually have a warming effect.

e360.yale.edu
A view of a road in Alaska with an oil pipeline alongside it

Proposed surcharge on oil would help pay for responses to climate-related disasters in Alaska

A new bill proposes establishing a surcharge to help cover the mounting costs of Alaska disasters like landslides and floods.
alaskabeacon.com
An illustration of a house covered in a folded $100 bill

LA fire survivors got a rude surprise that could hit more Americans

Many home insurance policies don’t cover the full cost of rebuilding after a disaster, a problem that’s set to grow along with the impacts of climate change.

www.bloomberg.com
Two women and kid in a street of Copacabana Bolivia

‘We’re in danger of extinction’: Can Bolivia’s ‘water people’ survive a rising tide of salt and migration?

The Uru Chipaya, one of South America’s most ancient civilizations, are battling drought, salinity and an exodus of their people as the climate crisis wreaks havoc on their land.

www.theguardian.com
A research ship with computers and crew

High Seas Treaty takes effect, giving the open ocean real protection

The high seas used to be the wild west of the ocean, but a new treaty could finally bring oversight.
www.vox.com
ship floating on ocean heading to ice burg

New map reveals landscape beneath Antarctica in unprecedented detail

Scientists believe the map could shed light on how Antarctica's vast ice sheet will respond to climate change.
www.bbc.com
Ocean surf at the beachline

Company hopes new technology will make desalination more efficient

Climate change is driving a global boom in desalination as regions turn to the sea for drinking water.
apnews.com
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