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A Slight Increase In Risk
Quincy, Massachusetts, bills itself as the 'Birthplace of the American Dream.' One family says that dream has wrecked their health.
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Coral Crisis
Here's how Thailand is working to save its reefs that are being ravaged by climate change.
Environment | Health | People
Babygirl
How a 1970s-era battle over money and mining has shaped our world.
Playing Through Pandemics
Is the key to coronavirus, climate change and responding to natural disasters playing a bunch of board games?
Climate | Disasters | People | Unrecovered
Ellicott City, Md.: A City on Edge
Ellicott City, Maryland, has experienced two 1,000-year floods in two years. Can the city preserve its history and tourist economy before the next big flood?
Environment | Politics | Unrecovered
Polluted by Politics
Written by Marcus Stern and Meryl Kornfield This story is a collaboration of the Investigative Reporting Workshop and The Weather Channel and is being co-published by the Tampa Bay Times.
Legislative Sleight of Hand
Written by Meryl Kornfield and Marcus Stern This story is a collaboration of the Investigative Reporting Workshop and The Weather Channel and is being co-published by the Tampa Bay Times.
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In Need of a Net
In Mozambique, imbalance of power and unemployment define a flailing hurricane disaster response.
Death Comes in Threes
First, a devastating hurricane. Then weeks of earthquakes. Now Puerto Rico faces its third tragedy in less than three years.
Praying for Rain
The Zuni tribe's homeland is one of the most parched sections of the country. The tribe has already declared three drought emergencies in the last 15 years. Will it survive the next one?
Land, Water, Spirits, War
The Inuit of Labrador face off against Canada’s hydropower industry in a battle against irreversible environmental and cultural damage.
Climate | Environment | Science | Unrecovered | Wildlife
Dance of the Dying Whales
This family of endangered North Atlantic Right Whales has danced away from extinction for decades. Now, climate change is pushing them over the edge.
Climate | Environment | Health | People | Science
When Memory Fails
In 2018, more children died in the United States of vehicular heatstroke than ever before. There is a solution. One county in Arizona used science-backed public health messaging to prevent the accidental death of children in hot vehicles.
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A Course in Climate Misinformation
Prager University is not a university. And the facts it preaches aren’t necessarily facts. It is named after someone named Prager, though.
Causing a Catastrophe
When the West Quincy Levee failed during catastrophic floods 25 years ago, police pegged James Robert Scott as the cause.
Rebuilt, Repaired, Abandoned: Five Years After Sandy
Photographer Liz Roll documented the New Jersey coastline for three months after Superstorm Sandy ravaged shore towns. Five years later, weather.com sent her back to the same locations to photograph the changes over time. While many people have rebuilt and the boardwalks are largely restored, empty lots remain and scars from Sandy are still visible.
The Things They Saved from Irma
Millions fled Hurricane Irma as it headed for the Southeast. Photographer Maura Friedman interviewed evacuees who hunkered down in Atlanta, overwhelmed with anxiety over the possibility of losing their homes. Friedman asked them one question: What was the one thing you couldn't leave behind?
Reflections of Harvey
Hurricane Harvey made landfall on Friday, August 25 near Rockport, Texas, as a Category 4 hurricane. The storm caused catastrophic inland flooding and at least 70 deaths. Photographer Julie Dermansky headed to Vidor, Texas, to document the ongoing flood, capturing eerie images that show floodwaters reflecting the town and sky.
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Life at the Edge
The impossible choices of those living through drought and famine in Somalia.
Cleaning Up Stella
When a dangerous snow storm shuts down New York City, the city doesn’t clean itself. For some, unexpected weather patterns mean double-shifts, late nights and manual labor.
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Leaving Paradise
Thanks to a federal grant that made them the nation’s first “climate refugees,” the people of Isle de Jean Charles will be given a chance to move to higher ground, away from the rising water that threatens their two-century-old Gulf Coast community. But residents say that they only feel at home when they are near water and family. Can their new community provide both?
Climate | Featured | Technology
The Spillway
How an 85-year-old engineering marvel protects New Orleans and shapes the region.
Environment | Featured | Space
Stargaze
Stargazing is extinct in cities like New York City and London, but it’s also endangered in places all over the world because of urbanization. We rounded up the most incredible places to see the night sky, and a few places that need to be preserved.
Environment | Featured | People | Wildlife
Epic Earth
Seven continents, five oceans, 195 countries – the earth is a big and breathtaking place, studded with thousands of natural wonders and breathtaking landscapes that awe and inspire. From majestic waterfalls and stunning islands to beautiful national parks and spectacular deserts, here are 25 once-in-a-lifetime destinations that prove what a truly epic planet it is that we live on. Go and explore it.
Trafficking Jam
Crimes against wildlife deplete animal populations and natural resources. Even more so when circumstances — weather, migration — make them vulnerable, particularly in the face of a changing climate. A handful of wildlife crime scene investigation labs around the country are tackling this problem, focusing on the evidence to stop these heinous acts.
Mixing Oil and Water
The state of Louisiana says it has a public duty to seize private land that sinks underwater. Families who have lived off that coastal marshland for 300 years say the state is using oil company research to grab millions of dollars in oil royalties from lands it failed to protect.
Down and Out In Anchorage
Being homeless in Anchorage is like nowhere else in America. Winter temperatures can drop below -20. It's not uncommon to lose your life or limbs. Twelve have died already this year. Few have seen their world.
The Real Death Valley
Why are hundreds of migrants dying each year as they attempt to cross the border to America? "The Real Death Valley" takes a hard look into this tragedy, in which hopeful souls cross through one of the most unforgiving weather environments in America - the punishing terrain of Brooks County, Texas.
Environment | Politics | Wildlife
The Sting
In the California Central Valley, farmers have planted 800,000 acres of almond orchards. Every year beekeepers bring millions of beehives from across the country to pollinate the almond trees. But with the bees come bee thieves.
Climate | Health | Technology
Brave New Food
Weather is pummeling our food supply through droughts, wildfires and the changing climate. Meanwhile, the global population is exploding, so the world needs to produce a staggering 70 percent more food by 2050. Meet the groundbreaking, though in some cases unsettling, foods that their creators say will aid the planet and change the way we eat.
Disasters | Environment | Wildlife
Deepwater Horizon Five Years Later
Half a decade has passed since one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history. Despite years of research, there are plenty of unanswered questions: How long will it take for the region to recover? What will the lasting damage be?
After the Quake
On April 25, 2015, Nepal was rattled by a devastating earthquake. One month later, the laborious process of recovery and restoration continues in the Himalayan nation. These six videos document a range of human stories and experiences from the ground, showing just some of the issues, initiatives and emotions intrinsic to the rehabilitation process, which will likely take months – if not years – to complete.
Sticky Business
In the maple syrup industry, the only thing more powerful than the weather is Quebec’s completely legal syrup cartel.
Fracking the Eagle Ford Shale
The Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas is the site of one of the biggest energy booms in America, with oil and gas wells sprouting at an unprecedented rate. But local residents fear for their health - not from the water, but from the air they breathe. Our eight-month investigation reveals the dangers that come with releasing a toxic soup of chemicals into the air and just how little the government of Texas knows - or wants to know - about it.
The Copperhead Shuttle
The Lowcountry of South Carolina is home to wetlands, pine forests and tidal creeks — as well as some some particularly nasty copperheads. The venom of these snakes is deathly dangerous, but it could hold the secret to cures for cancer, strokes and the future of pain medicine. We sent author Rowan Jacobsen to meet up with the men who risk yet another life-threatening bite in a search for the drugs of the future.
The Sea Washed It Away
Even for Filipinos, who experience natural disasters with regularity — an average of 20 typhoons hit the archipelagic nation every year — Typhoon Haiyan left the country reeling. Residents were not prepared for the 20-foot (six-meter) storm surges that swept through Tacloban and coastal villages in Leyte, Samar and Cebu. Many chose to evacuate their one-room shacks to safer structures such as schools and churches, but others decided to stay and guard their property.
Climate | Environment | Science
Nature Made
How do ecosystems adapt to a constantly changing world? Turns out, some of them become hotspots for combinations of flora and fauna not experienced in the same place for tens of thousands of years — if ever before. Introducing the novel ecosystems of climate change.
The weather.com Climate Disruption Index
Which cities will feel the effects of climate change the most? weather.com looked at six factors ranging from extreme precipitation to sea-level rise to determine which places across our country will get hit the hardest. Here, we present our top 25.
Virus Hunters with David Quammen
As man invades the last remote places on Earth, a new generation of deadly pathogens is escaping and spreading around the world: From AIDS to SARS to ebola. Where will they strike next? How many will perish? And who will stop them? Enter the Virus Hunters.
Disasters | Environment | Politics
BOOM
On July 6, 2013, a train hauling two million gallons of crude oil exploded in the Canadian town of Lac-Megantic, killing 47 people. It took two days to put out the fire and devastated the small community.
Worst Places To Own A Home
Choosing where to buy a home can be downright daunting. There are practical components to consider, like the cost of living, commute times, schools and locale, just to name a few. But how often do weather, climate and natural risks and disasters factor into that decision? Maybe they should.
Weather.com’s 15 Best Winter Escapes
The temperatures are plunging, making this the perfect time of year for a vacation to a warm-weather destination. But if you've only visited a favorite beach during the summer, you might be surprised to find paradise can get uncomfortably chilly in the winter months.
The Big Dry
How nearly a decade and a half of drought is drying up the Colorado River, and could reshape life across the American West.
Losing Louisiana
Because of a slow-moving disaster caused by sinking land, climate change and oil exploration, Louisiana’s coastal families must choose between leaving their homes for higher ground or staying where generations of their families lived, on land so precarious the next hurricane could wash them away.
