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A river rushes by a damaged road with cones on it in Asheville after Hurricane Helene.
Science & Technology

You’ve heard of climate change. What is the climate debt doom loop?

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert
A seagull against a blue sky flies over a pier with boats on the water and buildings rising from the pier.
Science & Technology

How lobstermen could help save our coastal habitats

by Noah Lloyd
A white Vermont road sign with a green border reads "North 14." It sticks out of a flooded street with buildings and a tractor in the background and an overcast sky.
Science & Technology

Breakthrough research uses machine learning to better predict New England floods

by Noah Lloyd
A fallen tree that was downed by recent severe weather reflected in a large puddle along with the Golden Gate Bridge.
Society & Culture

Extreme weather events hit the socially vulnerable hardest, research finds

by Noah Lloyd
A glacier floating in the sea below a blue sky.
University News

The Antarctic Ocean of the last ice age has stories to tell about a warming planet

by Noah Lloyd
A shot of wind turbines in an offshore wind farm.
Science & Technology

EPA endangerment finding: Why one rule shapes US climate policy

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by Cyrus Moulton
A group of students stand on a grassy path looking at a river. An instructor stands in the foreground.
University News

In Bali, Northeastern students see resilience and innovation at the heart of climate change adaptation

Headshot of Kate Rix.
by Kate Rix
A man with long dark hair taking a dunk in a driver amid crushing heat.
Health

Heat index vs. wet bulb globe temperature: What’s better for heat wave safety?

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert
Residents in the Philippines are shown wading through a flooded road in the aftermath of a typhoon.
Science & Technology

Understanding the polycrisis: Why interconnected disasters are the new normal

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by Tanner Stening
A group of climate protestors holding a blue sign urging governments to act.
Law

A UN court says countries can sue each other over greenhouse gas emissions. A legal expert explains why it’s ‘absolutely remarkable’

by Cody Mello-Klein
Silhouette of a boy dumping water on his head on a hot summer day.
Health

How to identify a victim of heat exhaustion or heat stroke. Recognizing the signs is crucial, extreme medicine expert says

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert
A satellite image of a large circular hurricane storm system.
Science & Technology

Should we add a Category 6 hurricane to the Saffir-Simpson scale? Experts weigh in 

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert