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- A new analysis of America’s 28 largest population centers found that all but three are sinking overall, and in many cases significantly. Several of the most affected areas are in Texas, particularly around Fort Worth […]
- Trade winds play a big role, Muhammad Azhar Ehsan, a climate scientist at Columbia Climate School’s Center for Climate Systems Research, told Live Science. He explained that weakening trade winds in the eastern Pacific likely […]
- “There’s a tremendous opportunity for national emergency management capability to invest in… the impacts of climate change, and how can we better prepare,” says Jeff Schlegelmilch, associate professor of professional practice and director of the […]