The future of Atlantic hurricane tracks » Yale Climate Connections

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A look at what we know and don’t yet know about how climate change could affect the paths of these storms — and the all-important question of how often they’ll make landfall.

Marching Mangroves Threaten This Delicate Florida Ecosystem

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South Florida residents worry about the inland and northward march of the trees

Curious Reindeer and Hungry Polar Bears: Warming Is Upending an Arctic Island

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Climate change is transforming ecosystems in the far north. An international team of scientists has made some surprising discoveries.

The Lessons of a Glacier’s Collapse

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In May, an unprecedented landslide destroyed an Alpine village. Scientists are studying the role of climate change, and residents are trying to rebuild.In mid-May, at about ten thousand feet above sea level, a rocky mountainside in the Swiss Alps gave…

The Future of Climate Change Is on Mauritius — The Dial

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Freak tornadoes, “explosions” of jellyfish, flash floods and dried up pumps.

Saguaro Cactus: A Desert Sentinel’s Prickly Plight – JSTOR Daily

JSTOR Daily

The saguaro cactus has evolved to endure dry days and high temperatures, but even this resilient plant struggles to cope with the effects of climate change.

Here Come the Lionfish

Emergence Magazine

James Bridle traces the unfolding of geology, evolution, and empire that not only occasions this meeting, but binds us in relationship with this “invasive” species.

Wild Clocks

Emergence Magazine

Attentive to the loss of age-old ecological relationships as “wild clocks” fall out of synchronization with each other, David Farrier imagines an opportunity to renew the rhythms by which we live. In every living thing, there ticks a clock. “Lodged in all is a set metronome,” wrote W. H.

The Hideaway

Hazlitt

In an abandoned military barracks in rural Germany, Ben Green prepares for the end of the world.

Shocked by Extreme Storms, a Maine Fishing Town Fights to Save Its Waterfront

After two devastating storms hit Stonington in January, plans are multiplying to raise and fortify wharves, roads and buildings. But will that be enough? We’re exploring how America defines itself one place at a time.

When will climate change turn life in the U.S. upside down?

Yale Climate Connections

The words of explorer John Wesley Powell on the eve of his departure into the unexplored depths of the Grand Canyon in 1869 best describe how I see our path ahead as we brave the unknown rapids of climate change: We are now ready to start our way down the Great Unknown.

The Fight to Save Florida’s Oranges

WIRED

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Oranges are synonymous with Florida. The zesty fruit can be spotted adorning everything from license plates to kitschy memorabilia.

How Soon Might the Atlantic Ocean Break? Two Sibling Scientists Found an Answer—and Shook the World

WIRED

Off the southwest tip of Iceland, you’ll find what’s often called a “marginal” body of water. This part of the Atlantic, the Irminger Sea, is one of the stormiest places in the northern hemisphere. On Google Maps it gets three stars: “very windy,” says one review.

Can a colossal extreme weather event galvanize action on the climate crisis?

Yale Climate Connections

On a sweltering June day in 1988, during the great drought and heat wave of the summer of 1988 — a catastrophe that caused over 5,000 direct and indirect deaths, with damages of $54 billion (2024 USD) in the U.S. — climate scientist Dr.

Why were the 1930s so hot in North America?

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Those who’ve trawled social media during heat waves have likely encountered a tidbit frequently used to brush aside human-caused climate change: Many U.S. states and cities had their single hottest temperature on record during the 1930s, setting incredible heat marks that still stand today.

How a Trove of Whaling Logbooks Will Help Scientists Understand Our Changing Climate

Smithsonian Magazine

When the U.S. whaling industry was at its peak in the middle of the 19th century, crews relied heavily on the wind. Oil derived from captured whales helped power the machinery of the Industrial Revolution, but steam engines weren’t yet widely in use at sea.

The Weather Man

The moment Daniel Swain wakes up, he gets whipped about by hurricane-force winds.

Pakistan is planting lots of mangrove forests. So why are some upset?

NPR

KETI BANDAR, Pakistan — Wildlife ranger Mohammad Jamali boats through mangrove forests of the Indus River Delta, the terminus of a curly waterway that begins thousands of miles upstream in the Himalayas. Birds flutter in and out.

The slow death of a desert giant

Yale Climate Connections

On a 105-degree afternoon in Phoenix, Arizona, Dr. Kimberlie McCue stands at the base of an 18-foot-tall saguaro cactus and looks up. She pushes back the brim of her sun hat and squints into the blindingly bright desert sky.

Forests Are No Longer Our Climate Friends

Canadian wildfires have this year burned a land area larger than 104 of the world’s 195 countries. The carbon dioxide released by them so far is estimated to be nearly 1.