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The world's rivers faced the driest year in three decades in 2023, the UN weather agency says
Read full article: The world's rivers faced the driest year in three decades in 2023, the UN weather agency saysThe U.N. weather agency is reporting that 2023 was the driest year in more than three decades for the world’s rivers, as the record-hot year underpinned the drying up of water flows and contributed to prolonged droughts in many places.
US court to review civil rights lawsuit alleging environmental racism in a Louisiana parish
Read full article: US court to review civil rights lawsuit alleging environmental racism in a Louisiana parishThe Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans is set to hear arguments in a civil rights lawsuit alleging a south Louisiana parish engaged in racist land-use policies that placed polluting industries in majority-Black communities.
Milton strengthens into a major hurricane. Florida prepares for large-scale evacuations
Read full article: Milton strengthens into a major hurricane. Florida prepares for large-scale evacuationsMilton has strengthened into a Category 3 hurricane as Florida gears up for what could be its biggest evacuation in seven years.
Samoa warns of 'highly probable' fuel spill after New Zealand navy ship caught fire and sank
Read full article: Samoa warns of 'highly probable' fuel spill after New Zealand navy ship caught fire and sankSamoa's acting prime minister says a fuel spill is “highly probable” after a New Zealand navy ship grounded, caught fire and sank off the coast of the Pacific island nation.
Hurricane Milton is growing stronger as it blows toward Florida's Tampa Bay region
Read full article: Hurricane Milton is growing stronger as it blows toward Florida's Tampa Bay regionThe National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Milton is intensifying and will likely be a major hurricane before it slams into the storm-ravaged Florida coast, most likely on Wednesday.
International rescue teams arrive in Bosnia after devastating floods and landslides
Read full article: International rescue teams arrive in Bosnia after devastating floods and landslidesRescue teams from Bosnia’s neighbors and European Union countries are joining efforts to clear rubble and find people still missing after floods and landslides devastated parts of the Balkan country.
Death toll from Hurricane Helene rises to 227 as grim task of recovering bodies continues
Read full article: Death toll from Hurricane Helene rises to 227 as grim task of recovering bodies continuesThe death toll from Hurricane Helene has inched up to 227 as the grim task of recovering bodies continues more than a week after the monster storm ravaged the U.S. Southeast.
Floods inundate Thailand's northern tourist city of Chiang Mai
Read full article: Floods inundate Thailand's northern tourist city of Chiang MaiChiang Mai, Thailand’s northern city popular with tourists, has been inundated by widespread flooding as its main river overflowed its banks following heavy seasonal rainfall.
FEMA has faced criticism and praise during Helene. Here's what it does — and doesn't do
Read full article: FEMA has faced criticism and praise during Helene. Here's what it does — and doesn't doThe Federal Emergency Management Agency is tasked with helping states and communities hit by disasters like Hurricane Helene.
Flooding from seasonal rains threatens residents in northern Thailand, including elephants
Read full article: Flooding from seasonal rains threatens residents in northern Thailand, including elephantsFlooding in northern Thailand has forced many residents of the city of Chiang Mai and its outskirts to seek safety on higher ground, with members of the animal world under similar threat.
Supreme Court leaves in place two Biden environmental regulations
Read full article: Supreme Court leaves in place two Biden environmental regulationsThe Supreme Court has left in place two Biden administration environmental regulations aimed at reducing emissions of planet-warming methane and toxic mercury.
Mexico’s new president promises to resume fight against climate change
Read full article: Mexico’s new president promises to resume fight against climate changeIn her first days as Mexico’s new president, Claudia Sheinbaum made a point of distancing herself from the fossil fuel reliance promoted by her predecessor, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, and vowed to resume an energy transition that he halted.
Helene’s powerful storm surge killed 12 near Tampa. They didn't have to die
Read full article: Helene’s powerful storm surge killed 12 near Tampa. They didn't have to dieHurricane Helene’s storm surge struck Florida fast and hard when it slammed into Gulf Coast communities near St. Petersburg.
Supreme Court steps into a fight over plans to store nuclear waste in rural Texas and New Mexico
Read full article: Supreme Court steps into a fight over plans to store nuclear waste in rural Texas and New MexicoThe Supreme Court has agreed to step into a fight over plans to store nuclear waste at sites in rural Texas and New Mexico.
Work and travel resume across Taiwan after Typhoon Krathon finally dissipates
Read full article: Work and travel resume across Taiwan after Typhoon Krathon finally dissipatesWork, classes and flights resumed across Taiwan after Typhoon Krathon brought torrential rainfall to the island but finally dissipated over a mountain range.
When will the power return? Weary Carolinas residents long for relief after Helene's fury
Read full article: When will the power return? Weary Carolinas residents long for relief after Helene's furyNearly 700,000 homes and businesses in the U.S. Southeast are still without power more than a week after Hurricane Helene blew through the region.
G20 environment ministers back funding for forest conservation
Read full article: G20 environment ministers back funding for forest conservationEnvironment ministers of the Group of 20 nations agreed Thursday to support the creation of funding sources for ecosystem services, acknowledging Brazil’s proposal to establish a trust fund for forest conservation.
Hurricane Kirk strengthens into a Category 4 storm in the Atlantic
Read full article: Hurricane Kirk strengthens into a Category 4 storm in the AtlanticForecasters say Hurricane Kirk has strengthened into a Category 4 storm in the Atlantic Ocean and waves caused by it could cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions this weekend.
Spider lovers scurry to Colorado town in search of mating tarantulas and community
Read full article: Spider lovers scurry to Colorado town in search of mating tarantulas and communityIt’s tarantula mating season on the Colorado plains, when male spiders scurry out of their burrows in search of a mate.
Florida communities hit three times by hurricanes grapple with how and whether to rebuild
Read full article: Florida communities hit three times by hurricanes grapple with how and whether to rebuildBrooke Hiers just a month ago left the state-issued emergency trailer where her family had lived after Hurricane Idalia slammed into her home on Florida's Gulf Coast in August of 2023.
The search for the missing hits snags at every corner as Helene's death toll tops 200
Read full article: The search for the missing hits snags at every corner as Helene's death toll tops 200Searchers are combing the remote mountains of North Carolina to locate the missing and those needing supplies nearly a week after Hurricane Helene barreled through the Southeast.
Hurricane Kirk strengthens into a Category 3 storm in the Atlantic
Read full article: Hurricane Kirk strengthens into a Category 3 storm in the AtlanticForecasters say Hurricane Kirk has strengthened into a Category 3 storm in the Atlantic Ocean and is expected to grow rapidly into a major hurricane.
Grandparents found hugging each other after fallen tree killed them in their South Carolina home
Read full article: Grandparents found hugging each other after fallen tree killed them in their South Carolina homeJohn Savage says he checked on his grandparents in their bedroom as Hurricane Helene roared outside.
Deadly Maui fire erupted from earlier blaze believed to have been extinguished, investigation finds
Read full article: Deadly Maui fire erupted from earlier blaze believed to have been extinguished, investigation findsOfficials say the wildfire that killed at least 102 people on Maui last year erupted from an earlier brushfire that firefighters believed they had extinguished.
Shock of deadly floods is a reminder of Appalachia’s risk from violent storms in a warming climate
Read full article: Shock of deadly floods is a reminder of Appalachia’s risk from violent storms in a warming climateHurricane Helene dumped heavy rain on a mountainous region hundreds of miles away from the coast.
2 dead and thousands evacuated as a typhoon approaches Taiwan
Read full article: 2 dead and thousands evacuated as a typhoon approaches TaiwanAn approaching typhoon bringing strong winds and torrential rainfall to Taiwan has killed two people and injured more than 100 people over the past few days while forcing thousands to evacuate from low-lying or mountainous areas.
Online voting in Alaska's Fat Bear Week contest starts after an attack killed 1 contestant
Read full article: Online voting in Alaska's Fat Bear Week contest starts after an attack killed 1 contestantVoting has started in the annual Fat Bear Week contest at Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve.
Helene's flooding swept away 11 workers at a Tennessee factory. Now the state is investigating
Read full article: Helene's flooding swept away 11 workers at a Tennessee factory. Now the state is investigatingTennessee state authorities are investigating the company that owns a plastics factory where 11 workers were swept away by cataclysmic flooding unleashed by Hurricane Helene.
Push to map Great Lakes bottom gains momentum amid promises effort will help fishing and shipping
Read full article: Push to map Great Lakes bottom gains momentum amid promises effort will help fishing and shippingWhat lies beneath the Great Lakes' waves is largely unknown, but there's a new push to learn more about thousands of shipwrecks, underwater infrastructure and the impacts of climate change on the bottom of the world's largest freshwater system.
Southerners stay in touch the old-fashioned way after Helene cuts roads, power, phones
Read full article: Southerners stay in touch the old-fashioned way after Helene cuts roads, power, phonesHurricane Helene has left millions without electricity, water and phone service across the Southeast in the six days since making landfall.
Hurricane Helene's victims include first responders who died helping others
Read full article: Hurricane Helene's victims include first responders who died helping othersHurricane Helene killed scores of people when it struck Florida late last week and then plowed through the Southeast as one of the deadliest storms in U.S. history.
Days after Hurricane Helene, a powerless mess remains in the Southeast
Read full article: Days after Hurricane Helene, a powerless mess remains in the SoutheastPower is still out for well over 1 million people in Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina five days after Hurricane Helene tore down trees and destroyed much of the electric grid.
Swiss glaciers are receding again after 2 punishing years and despite a good start to 2024
Read full article: Swiss glaciers are receding again after 2 punishing years and despite a good start to 2024Experts say the volume of Switzerland’s glaciers shrank again this summer and compounded the negative impact of climate change after a devastating two-year run that depleted the ice by more than 10%.
Offering a dose of healing, curious beluga whales frolic in a warming Hudson Bay
Read full article: Offering a dose of healing, curious beluga whales frolic in a warming Hudson BayBeluga whales are called the canaries of the sea because scientists say they are some of the most vocal creatures on Earth.
The Latest: Kirk becomes a hurricane as North Carolina reels from Helene
Read full article: The Latest: Kirk becomes a hurricane as North Carolina reels from HeleneDesperate residents of the storm-battered mountains of western North Carolina lined up for water and food, hunted for cellphone signals and slogged buckets from creeks to flush toilets days after Hurricane Helene’s remnants deluged the region.
Search crews with cadaver dogs wade through muck of communities ‘wiped off the map’ by Helene
Read full article: Search crews with cadaver dogs wade through muck of communities ‘wiped off the map’ by HeleneRescuers are scouring the mountains of western North Carolina for anyone still unaccounted for since Hurricane Helene’s remnants caused catastrophic damage across the Southeast.
Taiwan shuts schools and offices ahead of likely direct hit from powerful typhoon
Read full article: Taiwan shuts schools and offices ahead of likely direct hit from powerful typhoonTaiwan has canceled dozens of flights, closed schools and offices and evacuated hundreds from vulnerable areas around the island ahead of a strong typhoon expected to hit its heavily populated western coast.
Harvesting hops for beer produces a lot of waste. These German groups are seeking to fix that
Read full article: Harvesting hops for beer produces a lot of waste. These German groups are seeking to fix thatA startup called HopfON — a play on Hopfen, the German word for hops — and a research society in Bavaria are seeking to solve the problem of waste created during the hops harvest in Germany.
Along Mexico's Pacific coast, flooding from Hurricane John left devastated towns and 17 dead
Read full article: Along Mexico's Pacific coast, flooding from Hurricane John left devastated towns and 17 deadAlong Mexico’s southern Pacific coast, floodwaters have begun to recede, leaving behind devastated towns and 17 dead, after John struck the coast once as a hurricane and again as tropical storm Desperate residents in the town of Coyuca de Benitez, about 35 miles west of Acapulco, are organizing teams of volunteers to go to outlying areas to burn the decomposing bodies of farm animals that drowned.
Here's how Helene and other storms dumped a whopping 40 trillion gallons of rain on the South
Read full article: Here's how Helene and other storms dumped a whopping 40 trillion gallons of rain on the SouthMeteorologists calculate that more than 40 trillion gallons of rain drenched the Southeast United States in the last week from Hurricane Helene and a run-of-the-mill rainstorm that sloshed in ahead of it.
Trump slams US response to Helene. His own disaster-response record is marked by politics
Read full article: Trump slams US response to Helene. His own disaster-response record is marked by politicsFormer President Donald Trump is criticizing the Biden administration’s response to widespread devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, even as his supporters call for cuts to federal agencies that warn of weather disasters and deliver relief to hard-hit communities.
How to help those affected by Hurricane Helene
Read full article: How to help those affected by Hurricane HeleneThe full impact of Hurricane Helene won’t be known for weeks, but groups from both the public and private sector are mobilizing efforts to help those affected by the Category 4 storm that has killed at least 120 people and already caused billions in damage.
Cutting food waste would lower emissions, but so far only one state has done it
Read full article: Cutting food waste would lower emissions, but so far only one state has done itA study out in Science this month finds that states' attempts to cut the amount of food waste going into landfills are rarely succeeding.
Shelter-in-place order for more than 90,000 Georgia residents is lifted after chemical fire
Read full article: Shelter-in-place order for more than 90,000 Georgia residents is lifted after chemical fireA weekend chemical plant fire that sent a massive plume of dark smoke into the Georgia sky has led to complaints about a strong chemical smell and haze several miles away across metro Atlanta.
Supplies arrive by plane and by mule in North Carolina as Helene's death toll tops 130
Read full article: Supplies arrive by plane and by mule in North Carolina as Helene's death toll tops 130The death toll after Hurricane Helene left a trail of destruction across the U.S. Southeast has reached at least 133.
Flooding deaths in Nepal reach 193 as recovery work is stepped up
Read full article: Flooding deaths in Nepal reach 193 as recovery work is stepped upThe number of people killed by flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rainfall over the weekend in Nepal has reached 193 while recovery and rescue work has been stepped up.
Global Citizen CEO taps into Generation Z's sense of urgency
Read full article: Global Citizen CEO taps into Generation Z's sense of urgencyThe CEO of activism organization Global Citizen says the sense of urgency that younger generations bring to solving international challenges needs to be nurtured in the rest of the world.
Humanitarians enlist entertainers and creators to reach impassioned youth during United Nations week
Read full article: Humanitarians enlist entertainers and creators to reach impassioned youth during United Nations weekHumanitarians are enlisting entertainers and creators to reach impassioned youth during climate week events that coincide with the United Nations General Assembly's high-level meetings.
At least 148 are dead in floods and landslides in Nepal
Read full article: At least 148 are dead in floods and landslides in NepalRescuers in Nepal have recovered dozens of bodies from buses and other vehicles that were buried in landslides near the capital Kathmandu as the death toll from flooding rose to at least 148 with dozens missing.
Death toll rises from Helene while supplies are rushed to North Carolina and Florida digs out
Read full article: Death toll rises from Helene while supplies are rushed to North Carolina and Florida digs outAuthorities are struggling to get supplies to isolated areas across the U.S. Southeast in the wake of Hurricane Helene and the death toll from the storm is rising.
Hurricane Isaac and Tropical Storm Joyce move through the open Atlantic far from land
Read full article: Hurricane Isaac and Tropical Storm Joyce move through the open Atlantic far from landTwo tropical cyclones are continuing to move over open water in the Atlantic, but forecasters say neither poses a threat to land.
Asheville has been isolated after Helene wrecked roads and knocked out power and cell service
Read full article: Asheville has been isolated after Helene wrecked roads and knocked out power and cell serviceFloodwaters pushed by remnants of Hurricane Helene have left North Carolina’s largest mountain city isolated by damaged roads and a lack of power and cellphone service.
Tropical Weather Latest: Millions still without power from Helene as flooding continues
Read full article: Tropical Weather Latest: Millions still without power from Helene as flooding continuesThe remnants of Hurricane Helene are dissipating but millions remain without power across the Southeast and officials warned that record-breaking river flooding is ongoing in parts of southern Appalachia.
At least 64 dead and millions without power after Helene's deadly march across the Southeast
Read full article: At least 64 dead and millions without power after Helene's deadly march across the SoutheastMassive rains brought by Hurricane Helene have left many people stranded or homeless as the cleanup begins from the monster tempest that killed at least 64 people.
A rare condor hatched and raised by foster parents in captivity now gets to live wild
Read full article: A rare condor hatched and raised by foster parents in captivity now gets to live wildAnother chapter in one of the greatest comeback stories in the world of endangered species is being written with the release of three young California condors north of the Grand Canyon.
Profiles in clean energy: Former Shell VP helps create a new way of making clean electricity
Read full article: Profiles in clean energy: Former Shell VP helps create a new way of making clean electricityAt oil and gas giant Shell, Cindy Taff was in charge of drilling wells that are considered unconventional because the oil or natural gas is difficult to access.
Urban communities that lack shade sizzle when it's hot. Trees are a climate change solution
Read full article: Urban communities that lack shade sizzle when it's hot. Trees are a climate change solutionCities are adding trees and green spaces as one way to blunt the impact of warmer average temperatures and heat waves that are longer and hotter due to climate change.
App State cancels football game against Liberty in North Carolina after Helene causes flooding
Read full article: App State cancels football game against Liberty in North Carolina after Helene causes floodingAppalachian State’s home football game against Liberty in Boone, North Carolina, scheduled for Saturday was canceled because of the impacts of severe weather on the area from Tropical Storm Helene.
As many forests fail to recover from wildfires, replanting efforts face huge odds — and obstacles
Read full article: As many forests fail to recover from wildfires, replanting efforts face huge odds — and obstaclesThe U.S. is struggling to replant forests destroyed by increasingly destructive wildfires, with some areas unlikely to recover.
Tropical Weather Latest: Helene weakens into a post-tropical cyclone as rescue efforts persist
Read full article: Tropical Weather Latest: Helene weakens into a post-tropical cyclone as rescue efforts persistHurricane Helene has weakened into a post-tropical cyclone after making landfall overnight in northwestern Florida as a Category 4 storm.
What to know about Hurricane Helene and the flooding the storm left across the Southeast US
Read full article: What to know about Hurricane Helene and the flooding the storm left across the Southeast USMassive Hurricane Helene crashed into Florida’s sparsely populated Big Bend region, bringing storm surge and high winds across the state’s Gulf Coast communities before ripping into southern Georgia.
Top climate negotiators urge tougher targets, but outsiders say they aren't cutting back themselves
Read full article: Top climate negotiators urge tougher targets, but outsiders say they aren't cutting back themselvesAt the United Nations, the troika of the current and next two presidents of U.N. climate conferences are telling other leaders to make their required climate-fighting targets much more ambitious.
Brewing a cold beer on a warming planet is hard. Germany uses education to fight climate change
Read full article: Brewing a cold beer on a warming planet is hard. Germany uses education to fight climate changeGermany’s beer industry relies on education and research to combat the climate change that's wreaking havoc on farms and breweries across the country.
Hurricane Helene is unusual — but it's not an example of the Fujiwhara Effect
Read full article: Hurricane Helene is unusual — but it's not an example of the Fujiwhara EffectHurricane Helene is expected to make landfall on Florida’s northwestern coast and then continue on to torment parts of Georgia, the Carolinas and Tennessee with heavy rain, flash floods and gusty winds.
Climate solution: In the swelter of hurricane blackouts, some churches stay cool on clean power
Read full article: Climate solution: In the swelter of hurricane blackouts, some churches stay cool on clean powerAs another monster storm approaches the U.S. Gulf Coast, for many people the prospect of a blackout carries high risk.
Tropical Weather Latest: Helene makes landfall as a Category 4 hurricane in northwestern Florida
Read full article: Tropical Weather Latest: Helene makes landfall as a Category 4 hurricane in northwestern FloridaHelene has made landfall in the Big Bend area of Florida's northwestern coast as a Category 4 hurricane.
Fluoride in drinking water poses enough risk to merit new EPA action, judge says
Read full article: Fluoride in drinking water poses enough risk to merit new EPA action, judge saysA federal judge has ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to further regulate fluoride in drinking water because high levels could pose a risk to the intellectual development of children.
New Jersey hits pause on an offshore wind farm that can't find turbine blades
Read full article: New Jersey hits pause on an offshore wind farm that can't find turbine bladesNew Jersey has hit pause on an offshore wind energy project that is having a hard time finding someone to manufacture blades for its turbines.
Court upholds finding that Montana clinic submitted false asbestos claims
Read full article: Court upholds finding that Montana clinic submitted false asbestos claimsA federal appeals court has upheld a lower court determination that a Montana health clinic submitted more than 300 false asbestos claims.
Tropical Weather Latest: Fast-moving Hurricane Helene is expected to be a major storm upon landfall
Read full article: Tropical Weather Latest: Fast-moving Hurricane Helene is expected to be a major storm upon landfallHelene has strengthened into a hurricane with forecasters warning that the storm would intensify as it crosses the Gulf of Mexico on a path to Florida.
Evacuation order remains in effect for Ohio town where dangerous chemical leak occurred
Read full article: Evacuation order remains in effect for Ohio town where dangerous chemical leak occurredAn evacuation order remains in effect for residents in an Ohio community as crews work at the scene of a dangerous chemical leak.
Cambodia hopes a new canal will boost trade. But it risks harming the Mekong that feeds millions
Read full article: Cambodia hopes a new canal will boost trade. But it risks harming the Mekong that feeds millionsCambodia has broken ground to build a China-funded canal to eventually link its capital Phnom Penh to the Gulf of Thailand.
A huge Hurricane Helene is expected to hit Florida as a major storm and strike far inland
Read full article: A huge Hurricane Helene is expected to hit Florida as a major storm and strike far inlandForecasters are warning that Hurricane Helene will intensify into a major storm before striking Florida and further inland as it heads northward across the Gulf of Mexico.
Young people in island nations face an existential question: Should they stay or should they go?
Read full article: Young people in island nations face an existential question: Should they stay or should they go?For young people in some small island nations, a big decision always looms in the back of their minds.
EPA data make it hard to know the extent of the contamination from last year's Ohio derailment
Read full article: EPA data make it hard to know the extent of the contamination from last year's Ohio derailmentThe way the Environmental Protection Agency has reported its test results since the disastrous East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment last year makes it hard for residents to know the full extent of the contamination they have been exposed to that they worry could increase their risk of cancer.
Deadly flooding in Central Europe made twice as likely by climate change
Read full article: Deadly flooding in Central Europe made twice as likely by climate changeHuman-caused climate change doubled the likelihood of the heavy rainfall that caused floods killing 24 people in Central Europe earlier this month, a new flash study found.
Tropical Weather Latest: Tropical Storm Helene forms in Caribbean, Tropical Storm John weakens
Read full article: Tropical Weather Latest: Tropical Storm Helene forms in Caribbean, Tropical Storm John weakensTwo major weather systems are bringing heavy rain, high winds and more to Mexico’s southern Pacific coast on one side and the Caribbean on the other.
Tropical Storm Helene is expected to become a hurricane. Florida residents begin evacuating
Read full article: Tropical Storm Helene is expected to become a hurricane. Florida residents begin evacuatingFlorida residents are already evacuating and filling sandbags days ahead of anticipated flooding from Tropical Storm Helene.
Hurricane John strikes Mexico’s southern Pacific coast with 'life-threatening' flood potential
Read full article: Hurricane John strikes Mexico’s southern Pacific coast with 'life-threatening' flood potentialHurricane John has struck Mexico’s southern Pacific coast with life-threatening flood potential.
Hurricane John falls apart after causing deadly mudslides on Mexico's southern Pacific coast
Read full article: Hurricane John falls apart after causing deadly mudslides on Mexico's southern Pacific coastHurricane John fell apart as quickly as it formed but left destruction along Mexico’s southern Pacific coast, including deadly mudslides and flooding that may linger.