A new study calculates that by 2047, average temperatures across much of the planet will rise to levels higher than we’ve ever seen in recent history
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As Tropical Storm Karen Dissipates, the Debate Grows Over a Quiet Hurricane Season
The Gulf Coast was spared as Tropical Storm Karen weakened, and the hurricane season remains not much of a season
Let It Burn: Changing Firefighting Techniques for a Warming World
This year has been a bloody one for firefighters on the front lines against wildfires. With climate change intensifying fires, it may be time to change the way we fight them.
The Hard Math of Flood Insurance in a Warming World
As subsidized rates of federal flood insurance rise, property owners along the coasts get angry. But we need insurance that reflects the risks of a changing planet
The Benefits and Perils of Energy Abundance
40 years after a Mideast oil embargo decimated the U.S., the country is awash in new supplies of energy, from oil to natural gas to solar. But that abundance could make fighting climate change harder
It’s Not Just Obama’s Carbon Rules That Are Killing Coal. It’s Cheap Gas
New regulations from the EPA will make it almost impossible to build a new coal plant. But cheap natural gas was doing that already
From Drought to Drenched: Colorado’s Volatile Weather
A wild year of weather in Colorado continues, with a lack of rain giving way to far too much. Is this what life in a warmer world will be like?
A New Deal for Carbon Raises Hopes for Threatened Forests in Madagascar
The Wildlife Conservation Society and Madagascar come together to help protect one of the most important forests in the world—and slow climate change at the same time.
Study: Leaks at Natural Gas Wells Less Than Previously Thought
A new study from researchers at the University of Texas suggests that the amount of methane leaking at natural gas wells is significantly lower than previously thought, The Wall Street Journal reports.
The study measured …
The Science Behind Colorado’s Thousand-Year Flood [CORRECTION]
How severe is the rainfall that has drenched Boulder over the past week? The city has already broken the record for annual precipitation—with more than three months left to go in the year