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Local weather Change Is Bankrupting America’s Small Cities

FAIR BLUFF, N.C. — It’s been almost five years since Hurricane Matthew flooded this small town on the coastal plain of North Carolina. But somehow, the damage keeps getting worse.The storm submerged Main Street in four feet of water,…

What We Know About Local weather Change and Hurricanes

Hurricane Ida intensified overnight and became a Category 4 storm in a matter of hours. The rapid increase in strength begs the question of how much climate change will affect hurricanes in the Atlantic. While researchers cannot say for…

What We Know About Local weather Change and Hurricanes

Hurricane Ida intensified overnight and became a Category 4 storm in a matter of hours. The rapid increase in strength begs the question of how much climate change will affect hurricanes in the Atlantic. While researchers cannot say for…

Rain Showers in Greenland Level to Local weather Change

Something extraordinary happened last Saturday at the frigid high point of the Greenland ice sheet, two miles in the sky and more than 500 miles above the Arctic Circle: It rained for the first time.The rain at a research station — not just…