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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 ...
Flash floods from Texas to Nepal reveal how climate change, geography & poor warning systems fuel deadly disasters worldwide.
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 ...
We saw something similar when Hurricane Harvey dumped as much as 60 inches of rain on parts of Texas in 2017 and when Hurricane Helene devastated North Carolina last year—and co ...
In less than a week, there were at least four 1-in-1,000-year rainfall events across the United States — intense deluges that ...
Officials are concerned about extreme weather and potential cuts to forecasting and federal emergency funding.
Officials are concerned about extreme weather and potential cuts to forecasting and federal emergency funding.
According to new Yale research, adding lime to agricultural soils may help remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Texas. North Carolina. Illinois. New Mexico. Flash flooding has surged into the spotlight in the last week with record-breaking flood events occurring nearly back-to-back across the country. Here’s ...
Kerr County remains at the center of the disaster after the Guadalupe River burst its banks on Friday. Ninety-six people in the county are dead, including 36 children, officials said Thursday. At ...