Rebecca Hersher
Stories
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Last month was the hottest June ever recorded on Earth
June 2023 was the hottest June on record, going back to 1850. And forecasters expect more records to fall as El Niño exacerbates human-caused climate change.
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Climate change is making the way we talk about flood risk outdated
Flood experts all use the same language to convey risk: 10-year floods, 100-year floods, 500-year floods. But those intervals are often misunderstood, and climate change is making them less accurate.
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El Niño plus climate change means record-breaking heat
Some of the hottest global weather in recorded history is happening this week. It's likely that records will continue to fall this year.
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A new satellite could help clean up the air in America's most polluted neighborhoods
A new satellite will take continuous measurements of dangerous air pollution in the U.S. That has scientists, and residents, warily optimistic about undoing decades of environmental injustice.
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Climate change is causing people to move. They usually stay local, study finds
Researchers looked at thousands of homeowners who moved out of flood-prone homes. Most stayed within a 20-minute drive, and their new homes were safer from flooding.
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El Niño has officially begun. Here's what that means for the U.S.
The natural climate pattern known as El Niño has officially begun. It exacerbates human-caused climate change, driving even hotter temperatures and other dangerous weather.
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NOAA predicts a 'near-normal' hurricane season. But that's not good news
El Niño is coming, which usually means fewer storms. But abnormally warm ocean water makes hurricanes more likely. It's a rare situation
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The message from a U.N. climate report is dire: Humans must cut pollution quickly
Scientists working for the United Nations released their final report on the state of the Earth's climate, current greenhouse gas emissions and the options humans have for curbing those emissions.
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Why the EPA puts a higher value on rich lives lost to climate change
There is one number that the Environmental Protection Agency relies on to decide which climate policies to pursue. So why does that number assume the lives of richer people are worth more?
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Climate change makes heat waves, storms and droughts worse, climate report confirms
The connection between weather and climate change has never been clearer. And simultaneous extremes, such as hot and dry weather together, are particularly dangerous.