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Little League players warm up before a game as the Valley Fire burns in the background near San Diego. (Photo: Sandy Huffaker/AFP, Getty Images)

Science & Health

3 weeks ago

An Incomplete List of the Past 72 Hours of Unprecedented Weather-Related Calamities In The U.S.

Brian Kahn

A firefighter douses flames as they push towards homes during the Creek Fire. (Photo: Josh Edelson/AFP, Getty Images)

Science & Health

3 weeks ago

Western U.S. Faces Major Record-Setting Weather Extremes

Brian Kahn

Science & Health

1 month ago

Hurricane Laura Shows Us the Injustice of the Climate Crisis

Yessenia Funes

Hurricane Laura slammed into the Gulf Coast Wednesday night with winds making it nearly a Category 5 storm upon making landfall. With the storm came more than 2.74 m of storm surge in parts of Louisiana. This level of water is incomprehensible. Hurricane Laura tied the strongest storm to hit…

The downtown area of Port Arthur, Texas, is strangely quiet as evacuations are underway ahead of Hurricane Laura on August 26, 2020. (Photo: Eric Thayer, Getty Images)

Science & Health

1 month ago

Hurricane Laura Is Heading for a City That Can’t Take Any More

Yessenia Funes

The GFS model forecast showing two hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico early next week. Because of course. (Gif: Earth Wind Map)

Science & Health

1 month ago

Dammit, Two Hurricanes

Yessenia Funes

A tropical depression and tropical storm are currently blowing through the Atlantic. They are creating the potential for one hell of a rare event by Tuesday: two storms in the Gulf of Mexico at the same time. Not only would this be historic weather-wise; it would stretch disaster response resources…

Hikers in Death Valley. Which no thank you. (Photo: Brian Melley, AP)

Science & Health

1 month ago

Death Valley Just Saw the Hottest Temperature Ever Reliably Recorded on Earth

Brian Kahn

The derecho approaches Chicago. (Gif: Colorado State University)

Online

2 months ago

All Hell Is Breaking Loose in Chicago’s Skies

Brian Kahn

Forecast scenes from this weekend: Hurricane Michael as it approaches the Hawaiian Islands on Sunday on the left, Tropical Storm Hanna as it nears Texas on Saturday on the right. (Gif: Earth Wind Map)

Online

2 months ago

Two Tropical Cyclones Could Make Landfall in the U.S. This Weekend

Brian Kahn

Just when it feels like 2020 can’t 2020 any harder, things somehow get worse. The latest example of this year of no chill is the prospect of two tropical cyclones making landfall in the U.S. at once this weekend, albeit 5,955 km apart.