Impactscommons.wikimedia.org The Mississippi River basin is getting wetter as climate change brings era of extreme rain, floods Recently, Eastern Kentucky and St. Louis saw severe flooding. Longtime residents said they'd never seen anything like it — and they were right.
Newsletter e360.yale.edu Climate whiplash: Wild swings in extreme weather are on the rise As the world warms, scientists say that abrupt shifts in weather patterns are intensifying, adding yet another climate-related threat that is already affecting humans and natural world.