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Nature’s wrath, extreme heat and organ failure
Matt James & Traci SiegelRead MoreWhile the nation watched in awe as Mother Nature devastated parts of Yellowstone National Park, extreme weather of another kind was also playing out across a w…
Vanishing coasts, rising costs and a new CO2 record
Matt James & Traci SiegelRead MoreSeveral new reports out this week highlight the brutal climate inequities between rich and poor nations, starting with the disastrous impacts of sea level rise…
Republican rollbacks and retaliation
Matt James & Traci SiegelRead MoreA major report released this week by researchers at Columbia and Yale offers a jarring look at the United States' dismal progress in addressing the climate cri…
Trapped heat, intensifying hurricanes and a sweltering summer
Matt James & Traci SiegelRead MoreThree reports from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released this week tell a sobering story about the increased heat being trapped i…
A nation of fires and assessing your risk
Matt James & Traci SiegelRead MoreAs grim images from space reveal, New Mexico’s Calf Canyon/Hermit's Peak fire continues to tear through the state. The largest wildfire in the state’s history,…
Shrinking lakes, water cuts and an ominous milestone
Matt James & Traci SiegelRead MoreA new report from the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification shines a light on the growing incidence of extreme drought and calls upon leaders to …
Deadly heat, enormous wildfires and a new record.
Matt James & Traci SiegelRead MoreAn intense and widespread heatwave has gripped India and Pakistan in recent weeks, blanketing the region in some of the highest temperatures ever recorded on …
Losses on land, extinctions at sea, and three possible climate scenarios
Matt James & Traci SiegelRead MoreWhile climate change is often associated with harmful increases in things like heat and rainfall, new developments this week point to the growing threat of cli…