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Wet winter won’t fix Colorado River woes

Although the moisture is welcome, some experts worry it could further delay the hard work that managers of the watershed must do to keep it healthy and make its service more inclusive as the climate grows hotter and more parched.

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Weather's unwanted guest: Nasty La Niña keeps popping up

Something weird is up with La Niña, the natural but potent weather event linked to more drought and wildfires in the western United States and more Atlantic hurricanes.

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Climate change: Hurricane Ida shows New York’s future is very wet

How the city deals with climate change will affect not only the tens of millions of people in the region, but cities worldwide that follow its example.

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Pennsylvania updates predictions for effects of climate change: "Warmer and wetter"

Pennsylvania has released the 2020 update to its climate impacts assessment report, focusing on the "future effects of climate change on livestock, infrastructure, and water quality."

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Shocking photos of Swiss glaciers reveal how ice has nearly disappeared since 1800s

Shocking photos reveal the extent to which Swiss glaciers have vanished due to global warming.

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The US just had its 2nd-wettest May on record, and wettest 12 months

Get used to such extremes.

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The U.S. just had its wettest 12 months on record

The continental United States just experienced its wettest 12 months on record, receiving 6.25 inches of rainfall above the mean, according to a new report by NASA's Earth Observatory. The finding comes amid weeks of record-setting floods throughout much of the central United States.

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Wet winter won’t fix Colorado River woes

Weather's unwanted guest: Nasty La Niña keeps popping up

Climate change: Hurricane Ida shows New York’s future is very wet

Pennsylvania updates predictions for effects of climate change: "Warmer and wetter"

Shocking photos of Swiss glaciers reveal how ice has nearly disappeared since 1800s

The US just had its 2nd-wettest May on record, and wettest 12 months

The U.S. just had its wettest 12 months on record

Coal stockpiles strain US power sector as demand wanes

Bogotá faces water rationing

Wisconsin oil spill fuels doubts over Enbridge’s pipeline safety

Hydrogen hubs test new federal environmental justice rules

Donald Trump wins US presidency. What that could mean for the environment.

Trump-backed plan seeks to overturn Biden's climate policies

Op-ed: The real scam — rail against renewables, run away with factories

Cyclone devastates Mayotte