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A nation of fires and assessing your risk
Matt James & Traci SiegelRead MoreAs grim images from space reveal, New Mexico’s Calf Canyon/Hermit's Peak fire continues to tear through the state. The largest wildfire in the state’s history,…
Shrinking lakes, water cuts and an ominous milestone
Matt James & Traci SiegelRead MoreA new report from the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification shines a light on the growing incidence of extreme drought and calls upon leaders to …
Deadly heat, enormous wildfires and a new record.
Matt James & Traci SiegelRead MoreAn intense and widespread heatwave has gripped India and Pakistan in recent weeks, blanketing the region in some of the highest temperatures ever recorded on …
Losses on land, extinctions at sea, and three possible climate scenarios
Matt James & Traci SiegelRead MoreWhile climate change is often associated with harmful increases in things like heat and rainfall, new developments this week point to the growing threat of cli…
Air, rivers, insects, cacti, and reasons for hope
Matt James & Traci SiegelRead MoreFour new reports timed for release during Earth Week paint a grim picture of our Mother’s current state of affairs.
Famine, superstorms and a scientist rebellion
Matt James & Traci SiegelRead MoreA devastating drought has intensified this week in Somalia, where three years of failed rainy seasons have brought the country to its knees.
At a crossroads to a livable future
Matt James & Traci SiegelRead MoreMarching orders. In its latest report issued this week, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that while we are “firmly…
Record heat, collapsing ice, and a 12-year warning
Matt James & Traci SiegelRead MoreA new report has found that for humanity to have a 50 percent chance of limiting planetary warming to 1.5°C (2.7°F), wealthy countries must completely end oil …
