After Hurricane Sandy, New York commuters will be hoofing it for a while. Other cities around the world should be paying attention.
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Climate Change and Sandy: Why We Need to Prepare for a Warmer World
Climate change didn’t cause Hurricane Sandy on its own, but that doesn’t mean that global warming doesn’t have an impact on extreme weather. Why we need to climate -proof our cities
Flying Blind: America’s Aging Weather Satellites
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Hurricane Sandy Will Put a Rickety Power Grid to the Test
The U.S. power grid is a 20th century technology powering a 21st century country. Why Hurricane Sandy will stress it to the limit
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Landfall: Why New York City Could Get the Worst of Sandy’s Wrath
As the hurricane approaches landfall, scientists say that the areas to the north and east of Sandy’s eye will get the worst of coastal flooding and storm surges. And that’s bad news for New York City
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Frankenstorm: Why Hurricane Sandy Will Be Historic
The name may be funny—Frankenstorm—but be advised: Hurricane Sandy is no joke
Hors d’Oeuvre for the Milky Way
A delicate formation in the southern sky provides new clues to the galaxy’s formation
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Frankenstorm: Why Hurricane Sandy Could Be the Perfect Storm, Part II
You can call it the Frankenstorm, or the Snowicane, or the Snow’easter or just plain old Sandy. But whatever you name it, the mega-storm that now seems likely to blast much of the East Coast next week could be a natural disaster …
Sexy Dinosaurs: The Lure of the Feather
A fossil found in Canada explains the origins of feathers — and they weren’t for flight
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ICE: Portraits of Vanishing Glaciers
I’ve been fortunate enough to travel around the world as TIME’s environment correspondent: to rainforests, Himalayan mountains, coral reefs. But far and away the most singular spot I ever visited was the far north of Greenland. I …