CausesNASA Johnson/Flickrhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/ Hurricane Otis and the world we live in now The unexpected Category 5 storm is just the latest in a series of unprecedented climate disasters this year.
CausesNASA Johnson/Flickr/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/ What a record-breaking hurricane looks like Hurricane Lee grew from a category one storm to a category five hurricane in 24 hours. Experts say such storms are more likely in a warming world.
ResilienceNASA Johnson/Flickr Bill McKibben: Hurricane Ian is a storm that we knew would occur Too much climate energy, too little climate action.
Politics Fleeing disaster is hard. Climate change is making it harder Hurricane Ida and California wildfires are two sides of the same coin: On a warmer planet, it’s getting harder to evacuate from extreme events.
Resilience Bill McKibben: Hurricane Ida proves that we need to step up the political fight on climate change It’s past time to take the planet’s limits seriously.
Top Story We’re hitting the limits of hurricane preparedness Cities simply don’t have enough time to run from a storm like Ida.
Impacts Hurricane Ida is a manmade disaster The same fossil fuel industry whose emissions helped intensify the storm also modified the Louisiana coastline to make it more vulnerable to flooding.