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While Climate Risk Grows, States Ease Off Building Codes
The showdown in the Florida statehouse last year had all the drama of a knock-down political brawl: Powerful industries clashing. Warnings of death and destruction. And a surprise last-minute vote, ...
The Arctic Just Finished Its Warmest Winter Ever
Winter at the top of the world wimped out this year. The Arctic just finished its warmest winter on record. And sea ice hit record lows for this time of year, with plenty of open water where ocean ...
U.S. Drought Footprint in January Reached Largest Levels Since 2014
In January, the East was cold, the West was warm and drought reached its largest extent since 2014, the National Centers for Environmental Information said Wednesday. The average temperature across ...
Blame Global Warming for Recent U.S. Cold Snap Surges
Because the world is getting warmer, it's getting colder, too. Crazy as that sounds, there's an explanation in the northernmost corner of the the planet, where temperatures are rising twice as fast ...
Extreme Weather Linked to Man-Made Warming: Weather Researchers
Some of last year's crazy weather -- including extreme heat around the world to unusually warm waters in the Bering Sea -- can be blamed on man-made climate change, according to a report from a group ...
Global Warming Could Be Much Worse Than Expected: Study
World temperatures could rise 15 percent more than expected this century, obliging governments to make deeper cuts in greenhouse gas emissions to limit global warming, scientists said on Wednesday. ...
Trump Administration Disbands Cross-Agency Group Focused on Climate Change Prep
The Trump administration has terminated a cross-agency group created to help local officials protect their residents against extreme weather and natural disasters. The Community Resilience Panel for ...
Leaked Federal Climate Reports Could Slow Rollback of Federal Regulations
A pair of highly anticipated government studies, one of them due to be released this week, could complicate President Donald Trump's effort to roll back federal climate regulations, according to ...