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Scientists Tease Out Climate Change’s Role in Zika Spread
While the effects of El Niño and other weather cycles are beyond the control of humans, the recent spread of the disease into the U.S. is a savage reminder of the heavy toll that humans are taking on their planet — and of the potential for those changes to bite back... More
Texas
Austin a ‘Poster Child’ for Urban Wildfire Threat
In Texas, which straddles the wet-dry divide between East and West, drought likely exacerbated by climate change means that confronting the threat of wildfires has become a way of life... More
Texas
Texas’s Warmer Future: Drought and Heavy Rains?
The juxtaposition between heavy precipitation and drought is an example of the complex and sometimes unpredictable way that climate change signals come together... More
Louisiana
The Fuel Behind Louisiana’s Torrential Rains, Floods
Such heavy downpours are expected to happen more often and be more intense as the world heats up due to the increase of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere... More
