The Northeast Is Becoming a Tinderbox Here’s everything you need to know about the region’s record-breaking drought conditions and unusual wildfires By Sara Hashemi November 27, 2024 In this story: wildfire, drought
As Salt Water Flows up the Mississippi River for a Third Year, the Region Looks for Permanent Solutions A salty river is a public health crisis, contaminating drinking water for thousands in southeast Louisiana By Lily Carey and Eva Tesfaye November 19, 2024 In this story: clean water, climate change, drought
Hotter Temperatures Are Causing Trees to Have Heat Strokes How climate-change-driven drying of the air is leading to tree deaths the world over By Nathan Gilles July 29, 2024 In this story: forests, national forests, state forests, drought, climate change
In Corpus Christi, Texas, Environmentalists Are Fighting a Slate of Proposed Desalination Plants The city says it needs extra water. But it's for fossil fuel and plastic corporations—not people By Jeremy Miller June 13, 2023 In this story: water, drought, climate change
In British Columbia, Streams Have Gone Missing Water is running out in a region known for rain By Tatum McConnell June 6, 2023 In this story: climate change, forests, water, drought
What I Learned From Wildfire Risk Tools Fire maps are better than ever. Are we ready to use them? By Juliet Grable August 4, 2022 In this story: wildfire, drought, saving wild places
Mapping a State's Secret Water How groundwater mapping could be a game-changer for California By Isobel Whitcomb July 13, 2022 In this story: science, drought, climate change, water
The Rivers in Our Skies Everything you need to know about atmospheric rivers By Mukta Patil March 13, 2019 In this story: science, climate change, drought
Ask the Dust What the driest place on Earth can tell us about climate change By Aaron Carnes December 16, 2018 In this story: climate change, science, drought
Wildfires Shroud Southeast in Smoke By Matt Smith November 21, 2016 In this story: wilderness, forests, drought, climate change