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Una inundación catastrófica en la costa central de California profundizó la crisis de los ya marginados trabajadores agrícolas indígenas

By Liza Gross — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 17:31:03 +0000

Un desastre natural tras otro, y leyes injustas de trabajo y de inmigración, dejan a los trabajadores agrícolas indocumentados sin protecciones.

By Liza Gross

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Alabamians Want Public Officials to Mitigate Landslide Risk as Climate Change Makes Extreme Precipitation More Frequent

By Lee Hedgepeth — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 09:05:00 +0000

In Birmingham, residents want two properties shielded from development and turned into parkland. Councilors decided to protect one parcel years ago. The vote never stuck.

By Lee Hedgepeth

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.— Gary Bostany said it was like lava flowing down from above.

The Oregon Coast Inspired the Novel ‘Dune.’ Does the Sci-Fi Tale Foreshadow Its Fate?

By Kiley Price — Sun, 10 Mar 2024 17:51:15 +0000

The Oregon ecosystem that resembles fictional “Arrakis” is eroding due to extreme weather.

By Kiley Price

Released on March 1, the “Dune 2” movie has already earned over $200 million at box offices worldwide. The movie series is based on the late novelist Frank Herbert’s 1965 sci-fi novel, in which colonizers from other worlds fight among themselves and with an Indigenous population for control of an inhospitable desert planet known as “Arrakis.”

In Florida, Skyrocketing Insurance Rates Test Resolve of Homeowners in Risky Areas

By Amy Green — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 10:05:00 +0000

Research shows the soaring costs hint at widespread, unpriced risk as the global climate warms, with states like California, Florida and Louisiana hit hardest.

By Amy Green

ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla.—For most of his life, Cory Infinger has lived down a hill and along a bend in the Little Wekiva River, a gentle stream meandering northwest of Orlando. During Hurricane Ian, in September 2022, the stream swelled, inundating the homes of his family and his neighbors and also the street where they live, making it impassable.

How Developing Nations Battered by Climate Change Are Crushed by Debt From International Lenders

By Katie Surma — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 10:00:00 +0000

A new UN report describes the interplay between natural disasters made worse by climate change, compounding debt and the resulting inability to fund social welfare programs.

By Katie Surma

A new U.N. report sheds light on how climate change is driving some climate-vulnerable nations deeper into debt, locking them into unsustainable cycles of economic crisis and hampering their governments’ ability to provide basic services to citizens.

Study Pinpoints Links Between Melting Arctic Ice and Summertime Extreme Weather in Europe

By Bob Berwyn — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 10:10:00 +0000

New research shows how last year’s warming melted ice in Greenland that increased flows of fresh, cold water into the North Atlantic, upsetting ocean currents in ways that lead to atmospheric changes.

By Bob Berwyn

The Arctic Ocean is mostly enclosed by the coldest parts of the Northern Hemisphere’s continents, ringed in by Siberia, Alaska and the Canadian Arctic, with only a small opening to the Pacific through the Bering Strait, and some narrow channels through the labyrinth of Canada’s Arctic archipelago.

Record Winter Heat, Dry Air Helped Drive Panhandle Fire Risk

By Emily Foxhall, The Texas Tribune — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 09:30:00 +0000

Texas has a wildfire season in winter, but climate change is extending it, scientists say.

By Emily Foxhall, The Texas Tribune

This article was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans—and engages with them—about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.

Understanding the Weather Behind a Down Year for Wind Energy

By Dan Gearino — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 14:00:00 +0000

U.S. wind energy generation fell last year, with the greatest decreases recorded in the Midwest.

By Dan Gearino

When talking about the growth of renewable energy, I often say it’s not notable when wind, solar or other technologies reach a record high, because they should be doing that every year.

Federal Data Reveals a Surprising Drop in Renewable Power in 2023, as Slow Winds and Drought Took a Toll

By Dan Gearino — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 20:45:00 +0000

A big increase in utility-scale solar power was not enough to offset decreases in wind and hydropower.

By Dan Gearino

U.S. utility-scale renewable electricity generation fell in 2023 due to weather patterns that reduced output from wind farms and drought that affected hydropower. Data released by the Energy Information Administration shows a decrease of 0.8 percent compared to the prior year.

‘Spongy’ LA Soaked Up Tons of Water From Atmospheric River

By Kiley Price — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 20:00:00 +0000

Green spaces and porous soil helped trap water that could have exacerbated flooding during California storms.

By Kiley Price

From Feb. 4 to 7, an atmospheric river passing through the skies of California unleashed 9 inches of rain on Los Angeles.