News

As a climate scientist who calls Texas home, I can tell you that the Hill Country of Texas is no stranger to flooding.
Warming ocean temperatures and warmer air mean there’s more water vapor in the atmosphere to fuel extreme downpours like ...
In the late 2010s, when Assistant Professor Flavio Lehner worked for the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, ...
Democrats criticize Trump's cuts to the National Weather Service and his approach to climate change after at least 59 people ...
Central Texas is infamous for its flash flooding and arid soil, hard-packed ground into which water does not easily ...
President Trump and Gov. Abbott have downplayed the link between extreme weather and climate change. Scientists say the warming climate is making storms worse.
Both Florida and Texas are adversely affected because they lie on the Gulf of Mexico, which is currently between 2 to 3 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the average for the beginning of July, conditions ...
All of the Texas Observer’s articles are available for free syndication for news sources under the following conditions: ...
The heavy rain that turned a river in Texas into a raging wall of water was fueled by unique atmospheric conditions, ...
As climate change increases the frequency of environmental disasters, experts say federal cuts could leave California and ...
This phenomenon has also already struck Europe and China this summer, leading to the temporary closure of the Eiffel Tower and worries about wilting rice crops, respectively ...