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An aerial view over Brooklyn and the Rockaways, near Jamaica Bay. The tentative U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' coastal storm surge plan calls for one storm gate to be constructed at the entrance to Jamaica Bay. Credit: Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images.

Frustrated by a Lack of Details, Communities Await Federal Decision on Protecting New York From Coastal Storm Surges

By Delaney Dryfoos

Hurricane Hilary southwest of the Baja Peninsula on Friday, August 18, 2023. Credit: NOAA

Unusual Pacific Storms Like Hurricane Hilary Could be a Warning for the Future

By Bob Berwyn

William, an organizer with the Workers Justice Project, speaks to delivery workers outside of a restaurant that uses app deliveries on July 07, 2023 in New York City.

During Some of the Hottest Months in History, Millions of App Delivery Drivers Are Feeling the Strain

By Gina Jiménez

In Florida, parts of the Sanibel Causeway to Sanibel Island were washed away, along with sections of the bridge to the island, after Hurricane Ian passed through the area in September 2022. The hurricane brought high winds, storm surge and rain to the area causing severe damage. Credit:Joe Raedle/Getty Images.

NOAA Adjusts Hurricane Season Prediction to ‘Above-Normal’

By Amy Green

Jane Gilbert, chief heat officer for Miami-Dade County, says not only is the heat here changing. Certain residents are more vulnerable than others. Credit: Amy Green/Inside Climate News.

Miami is Used to Heat, but Not Like This

By Amy Green

The Ilulissat Ice fjord in Greenland runs west 25 miles from the Greenland ice sheet to Disko Bay close to Ilulissat town. Credit: Veronique Durruty/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images.

Extreme Rain From Atmospheric Rivers and Ice-Heating Micro-Cracks Are Ominous New Threats to the Greenland Ice Sheet

By Bob Berwyn

Homeless Phoenix resident Michael Soes sits in his tent after missing the bus to a cooling center on July 14, 2023. Today marks the Phoenix area's 15th consecutive day of temperatures exceeding 110 degrees. Record-breaking temperatures continue soaring as prolonged heatwaves sweep across the Southwest. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Phoenix is Enduring its Hottest Month on Record, But Mitigations Could Make the City’s Heat Waves Less Unbearable

By Wyatt Myskow

Motorists navigate streets during a heavy rainfall on April 18, 2013 in Chicago, as thunderstorms dumped up to 5 inches of rain on parts of city.

Record-Breaking Rains in Chicago Underscore the Urgency of Flood Resiliency Projects, City Officials Say 

By Aydali Campa

In a file photo, a sign reads "Heat Alert" and warns drivers and pedestrians about excessive heat in Chicago. Credit: Tim Boyle/Getty Images.

New York, LA, Chicago and Houston, the Nation’s Four Largest Cities, Are Among Those Hardest Hit by Heat Islands

By Aydali Campa

Aerial view of north Baltimore, where residents are eligible for assistance to cover cleanup costs after sewage backs up into homes under a 2017 modified consent decree signed by the city, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Maryland Department of the Environment. Credit: Visions of America/Joseph Sohm/Universal Images Group via Getty Images.

Baltimore Won’t Expand a Program to Help Residents Clean up After Sewage Backups

By Aman Azhar

A billboard displays a temperature of 118 degrees Fahrenheit during a record heat wave in Phoenix, Arizona on July 18, 2023. Swaths of the United States home to more than 80 million people were under heat warnings or advisories, as relentless, record-breaking temperatures continued to bake western and southern states. Credit: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images.

This Summer’s Heatwaves Would Have Been ‘Almost Impossible’ Without Human-Caused Warming, a New Analysis Shows

By Bob Berwyn

The disastrous Pajaro flood made the home Emilio Vasquez rents with his family unlivable. He's still waiting to hear when he can move back in. Credit: Liza Gross

A Catastrophic Flood on California’s Central Coast Has Plunged Already Marginalized Indigenous Farmworkers Into Crisis

By Liza Gross

The Pleasant Village Community Garden, at Pleasant Avenue between 118th & 119th Streets in East Harlem, New York City. Credit: Kim Yim

As East Harlem Waits for Infrastructure Projects to Mitigate Flood Risk, Residents Are Creating Their Own Solutions

By Juanita Gordon

The sun sets behind power transmission lines, part of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the state's power grid. Credit: Nick Wagner/Xinhua via Getty Images.

As Texas Cranks Up the AC, Congested Transmission Lines Cause Renewable Power to Go to Waste

By Keaton Peters

Haze obscures the skyline in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on June 27, 2023. Smoke from wildfires in Canada caused low air quality and obscured visibility. Credit: Nick Rohlman / The Gazette

Midwest States, Often Billed as Climate Havens, Suffer Summer of Smoke, Drought, Heat

By Madeline Heim, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and Chloe Johnson, Minneapolis Star-Tribune

A view of wildfires at Lebel-sur-Quevillon in Quebec, Canada on June 23, 2023. Credit: Frederic Chouinard/SOPFEU/ Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

June Extremes Suggest Parts of the Climate System Are Reaching Tipping Points

By Bob Berwyn

A man cools himself down with water from a water fountain during one of the hottest days of the third heat wave in Guadalajara, Jalisco state, Mexico, on June 12, 2023. Credit: Ulises Ruiz/AFP via Getty Images

Extreme Heat Is Already Straining the Mexican Power Grid

By Gina Jiménez

A damaged house in the village of Saint-Martin-Vesubie, southeastern France, on Dec, 3, 2020, two months after heavy rains and brutal floods left areas cut off from the world in the French Alps. Credit: Valery Hache/AFP via Getty Images

Rainfall Extremes Increasingly Threaten Mountain Regions and Areas Downstream From Them

By Bob Berwyn

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