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Megan McLaughlin

Dec 07, 2017 Impacts

Did climate change worsen the Southern California fires?

Seven of the state’s 10 largest modern wildfires have occurred in the last 14 years.

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Miami street's radical sea level rise plan could be blueprint for city

A small group of neighbors who own some of the city's most valuable waterfront homes have put together a proposal for how to prevent flooding, ranging from mini sewage treatment plants to building an artificial island to clean pumped water.

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Tropics face massive rise in heatwave deaths

Tropical countries will see massive hikes in heatwave deaths unless they adapt to climate change, says study.

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Rat academy is in session

Civilians learn preventive measures and battle tactics for Bill de Blasio’s “War on Rats.”

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Governors: Trump directive could hurt effort to save sage grouse

Some governors in the U.S. West say a new Trump administration directive threatens to undermine a hard-won compromise aimed at saving a beleaguered bird scattered across their region.

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Halfway to boiling: The city at 50C

It is the temperature at which human cells start to cook, animals suffer and air conditioners overload power grids. Once an urban anomaly, 50C is fast becoming reality.

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Butterflies flourishing in hot summer but face problems ahead

The good news: while many animals, including us humans, are suffering in extremely high temperatures, most butterflies are currently doing well. The bad news: they'll run into problems soon.

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Lyme disease Is spreading fast. Why isn’t there a vaccine?

The only vaccine was taken off the market more than 15 years ago. As reports of the disease skyrocket, researchers are working on a new one.

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Pete Myers: The past and future of Buckminster Fuller’s energy slaves

We are in something of a race… a race against time and depletion.

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Weekend Reader: Award winners, Southern delusions & top news.

SEJ recognizes the year's best in environmental journalism; a few observations from our Weekend Editor on the Solid (and Trumpian) South; and more

Peter Dykstra: Southern Discomfort

If environmental advocates really expect a seismic shift in party sympathies in the midterm elections, they'd do well to look away, look away from Dixieland. It's a mess.

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Study: Pennsylvanians who live near fracking are more likely to be depressed

Stress and depression are higher among those living closest to more and bigger wells.

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Weekend Reader: What would – or wouldn't – happen while our attention is diverted.

We learned a lot about double negatives and grammar this week. We didn't see a lot of headlines about rollbacks to health and environmental protections.

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U.S. intel chief warns of devastating cyber threat to U.S. infrastructure.

Did climate change worsen the Southern California fires?

Miami street's radical sea level rise plan could be blueprint for city

Tropics face massive rise in heatwave deaths

Rat academy is in session

Governors: Trump directive could hurt effort to save sage grouse

Halfway to boiling: The city at 50C

Butterflies flourishing in hot summer but face problems ahead

Lyme disease Is spreading fast. Why isn’t there a vaccine?

Pete Myers: The past and future of Buckminster Fuller’s energy slaves

We are in something of a race… a race against time and depletion.

Weekend Reader: Award winners, Southern delusions & top news.

SEJ recognizes the year's best in environmental journalism; a few observations from our Weekend Editor on the Solid (and Trumpian) South; and more

Peter Dykstra: Southern Discomfort

If environmental advocates really expect a seismic shift in party sympathies in the midterm elections, they'd do well to look away, look away from Dixieland. It's a mess.

Study: Pennsylvanians who live near fracking are more likely to be depressed

Stress and depression are higher among those living closest to more and bigger wells.

Weekend Reader: What would – or wouldn't – happen while our attention is diverted.

We learned a lot about double negatives and grammar this week. We didn't see a lot of headlines about rollbacks to health and environmental protections.

U.S. intel chief warns of devastating cyber threat to U.S. infrastructure.

How are cyber security and environmental health linked? Just look at the health mess – still! – in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria leveled the grid.

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Did climate change worsen the Southern California fires?

We are in something of a race… a race against time and depletion.

SEJ recognizes the year's best in environmental journalism; a few observations from our Weekend Editor on the Solid (and Trumpian) South; and more

If environmental advocates really expect a seismic shift in party sympathies in the midterm elections, they'd do well to look away, look away from Dixieland. It's a mess.

Stress and depression are higher among those living closest to more and bigger wells.

We learned a lot about double negatives and grammar this week. We didn't see a lot of headlines about rollbacks to health and environmental protections.

How are cyber security and environmental health linked? Just look at the health mess – still! – in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria leveled the grid.

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